Intel X38

The Intel X38 is a chipset released in September 2007 for the LGA 775 socket, part of the Bearlake platform. It is built on a 90 nm process node and supports PCI Express 2.0 with a total of 32 chipset lanes. The X38 supports both DDR3 memory at speeds up to 1333 MHz and DDR2 memory up to 1066 MHz, with a maximum capacity of 16 GB. It does not support ECC memory. This chipset is designed for use with Intel Core 2 processors and was typically paired with the ICH9 or ICH9R southbridge.