It does make more sense to only have one "bridge" but since this is the first time I've heard of such a thing, im not encouraged nor impressed. Notice how long it takes the south-bridge to get an upgrade?
I give props for intel "leaping ahead."
If it weren't for AMD waking Intel up with the Athlon we would be using beefed up pentium4's at the moment.
North, south, east and west bridges.. as many as it takes to get better frames.. im fine.