Shattering The 1 GHz FSB Barrier : Intel’s 3.46 GHz P4 EE : Review

Quote: The speed of a system’s front side bus (the speed of which data is transferred between the processor and the system's "Northbridge" controller of the chipset) is a vital component of any modern system. Typically, any time we see a jump in front side bus speed, we also see fairly solid boosts in overall performance. The last time Intel raised their front side bus speeds was in mid-2003 with their first "Northwood" Pentium 4 processors, which jumped from 533 MHz FSB to 800 MHz FSB. This boosted performance for Intel's processors by 5-10% across the board, and was very well received by both the enthusiast communities and the mainstream markets.

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