Asus Z8PE-D12 - Manual (Page 20)

1-6 Chapter 1: Product introduction
100% Japan-made Conductive Polymer Capacitors
This motherboard uses all high-quality conductive polymer capacitors (5000hrs)
onboard for durability, improved lifespan, and enhanced thermal capacity.
1.4.2 Innovative ASUS features
ASUS EPU
With current trends leaning towards power efficiency, the Z8PE-D12X is equipped
with the ASUS exclusive EPU technology to provide total system power saving by
detecting current CPU loadings and intelligently moderating power in real-time.
PIKE (Proprietary I/O Kit Expansion)
PIKE is an on-demand upgrade kit for users. This ASUS unique feature enables
users to choose their preferred I/O solutions. ASUS provides multiple SAS
solutions for different segments and purposes and PIKE saves lots of validation
efforts and hardware cost for end users. Moreover, the special patent design offers
multiple I/O solutions without occupying the Slot 6 in 1U system.
ASUS Flex-E Technology
ASUS Flex-E Technology allows PCIE slots to automatically switch configurations
for Graphic Card and Storage Utilization. ASUS Flex-E Technology offers two kinds
of configurations, PCI-E x8 Link on both Slot 5 and 6 or PCI-E x16 Link on the Slot 6.
The PCI-E signal of the Slot 6 would switch to x16 Link automatically when the Slot
5 is not occupied. With this flexibility, ASUS Flex-E makes motherboards suitable
for both Server and Workstation.
ASUS MIO Audio card
Enjoy high-end sound quality! The ASUS MIO audio card is a discrete 8-channel
high definition audio (High Definition Audio previously codenamed Azalia) CODEC
enable clearest high quality audio output, jack-sensing feature, retasking functions,
and multi-streaming technology that simultaneously send different audio streams to
different destinations.