GDC 2008: Intel launches Skull Trail motherboard with 8 cores

If you are a processor-power hungry PC gamer or a games developer then Intel has just given you a reason to be happy. The chip manufacturer officially launched its new, powerful motherboard, codenamed Skull Trail, at the Game Developers Conference with one eye on affluent, geeky gamers and the other on game developers.

The motherboard, which supports two quad-core processors and as many graphic cards, has been formally christened “Intel Dual Socket Extreme Desktop Platform.” It supports a wide array of GPUs from both the…