After the merger between AMD and ATI last year, some doubt was cast upon the relationship between ATI (the firm's graphics division) and major CPU rival Intel. However, it looks like any fears have been put to rest according to DigiTimes, which is claiming that Intel has received a license to support CrossFireX on its upcoming P45 chipsets. Both AMD and Intel have declined to comment.

It seems as though hardware manufacturers finally got tired of being forced into AMD products if they bought an AMD motherboard, or NVIDIA products if they bought an NVIDIA board. And so, Voodoo PC (owned by HP) decided to fix that. Using an unknown method, Voodoo is giving customers the option to get either CrossFire or SLI in a computer built around an NVIDIA SLI platform.

You can read the full interview, where Voodoo PC discusses the new technology and makes some "rather unflattering" remarks over the Dell XPS here.

While the P35 chipset has spawned a lot of high-end board, Intel's X38 part was actually meant to be used in the ultra high-end. MSI is one of the first to jump the gun, with a detailed picture of the upcoming flagship Intel based product. The interesting aspect are the four PCIe slots for Quad Crossfire.

OCZ Technology Group, Inc., today announced the OCZ PC2-8500 AMD CrossFire Reaper HPC Edition. As some of the highest performing modules on the market, the PC2-8500 CrossFire features the exclusive OCZ CrossFire edition Reaper HPC heatsink for advanced component cooling.

HKEPC reports that AMD's Crossfire architecture might become open to 3rd party chipset manufacturers. In the past, several attempts at getting Crossfire working on other chipsets have been made, but this was rather rare.

AMD hopes to open up the Crossfire architecture so that any motherboard with any chipset that features 2 x16 PCIE slots will have the ability to link 2 ATI GPUs via Crossfire. This would theoretically mean that NVIDIA chipsets would support Crossfire, too.

CrossFire has lagged behind in term of marketing share for a long time. Therefore, an open multi-GPU chipset platform would definitely be a wise strategy for AMD.

Super Talent Technology, a leading manufacturer of DRAM memory modules and flash products, today announced that their 800MHz DDR2 modules have passed ATI CrossFire Certification.

Super Talent's most popular gaming memory kit, T800UX2GC4, has passed ATI's intensive qualification testing, which ensures that this Super Talent memory kit is compatible with the ATI CrossFire gaming platform. ATI's Certification List can be found here.

Codenamed lasso, AMD's external graphics solution will use the external PCI-e connection announced last week. This solution is targeted at both desktops and laptops, but obviously will make the biggest difference in the latter. Laptops are not known for their high powered graphical solutions, but with an external unit, you may be able to enjoy high quality, portable graphics without sacrificing battery life when on the go. A crossfire implementation is also said to be in the works. It is not yet known whether these devices will utilize a seperate power supply, but I'd say it's a safe bet.

Crucial Technology today announced the immediate availability of CrossFire Certified Ballistix and Ballistix Tracer DDR2 modules. ATI CrossFire certified memory ensures compatibility within the ATI CrossFire platform and meets ATI's certification program for reliability, stability and highest standard of quality. The Crucial Ballistix line is designed for the highest performance features including advanced speed grades, low latencies, and integrated aluminum heat spreaders. CrossFire Certified Ballistix and Ballistix Tracer DDR2 memory are available in 512MB and 1GB modules, as well as 1GB and 2GB dual channel kits, at www.crucial.com/ballistix.