Nvidia SLI Licensed For Intel Core i7, i5 Platforms
Ready to rock the games.
Excited for the upcoming Intel Lynnfield platform curious what you'll do with your GeForce SLI setup? Worry no more, as Nvidia announced that it has licensed its SLI technology to Intel as well as other motherboard manufacturers, including ASUS, EVGA, Gigabyte, and MSI for inclusion on their Intel P55 Express Chipset.
Soon you'll be able to grab a P55 motherboard and pair it with a Core i7 or i5 processor in the LGA1156 socket along with an Nvidia GPU set up to quad-SLI.
"Nvidia SLI technology is a perfect complement to the processing prowess of our new Core i7 and Intel DP55KG desktop board," said Clem Russo, VP and GM of Intel client board division at Intel. "Nvidia and Intel share a combined passion for furthering the PC as the definitive platform for gaming, and this combination will surely be attractive to anyone building or purchasing a brand new PC this fall."

Core i7 is not for P55......way to go guys.....
Intel is actually branding the high end LGA1156 socket chips as i7, since the 2 highest end LGA1156 chips should have performance superior to the current i7 920. So, I don't see any flaw in this statement.
That is also some completely retarded branding on Intel's part, way to confuse EVERYONE
Core i7 IS for P55......way to go scook9.....
As least we now have CF and SLI on the new platform as options.
Well that can get confusing. T_T should have named it i8 or something new.
They didn't give up, but Intel would not license QPI and DMI to any third party chipset design teams. So, Intel offered them a deal that they can't refuse.
You know the X58 chipset has had SLI support for a while now, right? No need to imagine when you can already do it
My X58 has been humming along for some time now and I dont go home to it and go boohoo. I change it every year or so, what do I care. In a few months time when I upgrade again, I will buy whatever is best then...
Stay tuned for next week: Intel suing NVidia over SLI licensing on LGA-1156 (again).