Flexible display interface

The Flexible Display Interface (FDI) is a proprietary communication interface between processor and chipset introduced by Intel in 2009 .

The development in the field of PC chipsets is moving away from the traditional distribution of tasks between the processor and the two sub-chips Northbridge and Southbridge. In the future, the functions of these most important components of a PC will only be divided between the CPU and a chip of the "one-chip chipset". Some of these changes affect integrated graphics units .

With the new Intel architecture " Westmere ", the CPU receives the graphics unit iGFX and the Intel 5 chipset keeps the display output. The communication between the functional units in the CPU and the chipset takes place via FDI.

Web links

• IDF: Intel presents the next generation of processors , message from heise online from September 25, 2009
• IDF-Intel-concretized-CPU-roadmap-for-32nm-architectures-Westmere-and-Sandy-Bridge-Update , message from PC Games Hardware Online from September 25th, 2009