Asus K8U-X - Manual (Page 13)

ASUS K8U-X Motherboard 1-3
HyperTransport™ Technology
HyperTransport™ Technology is a high-speed, low latency, point-to-point link
designed to increase the communication speed between integrated circuits in
computers, networking and telecommunicatons equipment up to 48 times faster
than other existing technologies.
Cool ʻnʼ Quiet!™ Technology
The motherboard supports the AMD ® Cool ʻnʼ Quiet!™ Technology that dynamically
and automatically changes the CPU speed, voltage and amount of power
depending on the task the CPU performs.
Serial ATA solution
The motherboard supports two interfaces compliant to the Serial ATA (SATA)
specification, an evolutionary replacement of the Parallel ATA storage interface.
The Serial ATA specification allows for thinner, more flexible cables with lower pin
count, reduced voltage requirement, up to 150 MB/s data transfer rate.
Serial ATA RAID solution
The motherboard provides a high-performance Serial ATA RAID controller that
enhance hard disk performance and data backup protection without the cost of
additional RAID cards. The onboard ULI M1689 RAID controller provides two Serial
ATA connectors for RAID 0, 1 and JBOD functions.
AGP 8X support
AGP 8X (AGP 3.0) is the VGA interface specification that enables enhanced
graphics performance with maximum bandwidth speeds of up to 2.12 GB/s.
S/PDIF out
The motherboardʼs S/PDIF out function turns your computer into a high-end
entertainment system with digital connectivity to powerful speaker systems.
USB 2.0 technology
The motherboard implements the new Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0 specification,
extending the connection speed from 12 Mbps on USB 1.1 to a fast 480 Mbps on
USB 2.0 - supporting up to eight USB 2.0 ports. The higher bandwidth of USB 2.0
allows connection of devices such as high resolution video conferencing cameras,
next generation scanners and printers, and fast storage units. USB 2.0 is backward
compatible with USB 1.1.