The driver for the 440BX's separate i82443bxgx EDAC chip is being removed as it hasn't actually worked for 19 years. This is the driver for things like ECC memory fault detection and correction.
The 440BX chipset itself is still supported and works fine.
Yet another instance of a mainstream tech journalist not understanding what they're reporting. I expect better from a site like Tom's Hardware. Very sad.
badc0ffee•43m ago
powerbook5300CS•40m ago
badc0ffee•33m ago
> The importance of the chipset can't be understated. As proof, to this very day, VMware virtualization software always uses the Intel 440BX as the default chipset, even with Windows 11 as both the host and guest.
It raises the obvious question of whether that will need to change, or already has.
worldsavior•2m ago