A new generation of P55 motherboards is rumoured to be in the works. It would seem to be a response by Intel to rectify the previous lack of SATA 6Gb/s and USB 3.0 capabilities, and given the recent emergence of SATA 3 and USB 3.0 devices on the mainstream market, it would seem to be a shrewd move on Intel's part.It is important to note, however, that they don't currently have enough bandwidth to realise the full benefits of the aforementioned technologies, but the performance increase will nonetheless be impressive.
It is expected that X58 boards will also have versions released which support USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s.
The release date for the new boards is currently unknown.
Source: Fudzilla
KaySL
On: 10/01/09
