Quote Originally Posted by Omastar View Post
Unlike AMD, Intel has the immense R&D and raw capital to put up in order to implement an IMC correctly.
Believe it or not, modulating has its benefits over integrating. A modular memory controller (such as one located on a north bridge chip) allows for more platform flexibility without the need to have redundant logic that tends to ramp R&D and production costs.

Besides, with their fast (and large) L2 caches, Intel is less reliant on RAM than AMD.