Intel Doubles Graphics Bus Bandwidth With AGP 8x Technology

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From Intels Pressroom:-
"Retaining backward compatibility with the older AGP 4x technology, AGP 8x doubles the graphics bandwidth of the AGP interface to 2.1 gigabytes per second (GB/s) which is designed to benefit applications on today's most popular workstation platforms. It is expected to impact the desktop market segment in 2003 as desktop applications become more bandwidth-intensive. "

As stated in the press release AGP3.0 solutions will be released for workstations first around 4th quarter of 2002 and then will be followed for desktop solutions on the first quarter of 2003.
To read the full Press release Warp2.. Intel Pressroom.