Asus AW171 - Manual (Page 16)

1-2 Chapter 1: Product introduction
1.3 Special features
1.3.1 Product Highlights
Latest processor technology
The 940-pin ZIF socket on the motheboard supports the AMD Athlon™ 64
FX and AMD Opteron™ processors. The AMD Opteron™ processor
represents the industry’s first x86-64 technology, while the AMD Athlon™
64 FX is a 64-bit PC processor designed specifically for cinematic
computing. The 128-bit-wide data paths of these processors can run
applications faster than processors with only 32-bit or 64-bit wide data
paths.
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.
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. With the Promise PDC 20378 RAID controller
onboard, the motherboard supports RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 0+1
configurations using Serial ATA drives.
Dual Channel DDR memory support
Employing the Double Data Rate (DDR) memory technology, the
motherboard supports up to 8GB of system memory using PC3200/
PC2700/PC2100 registered DDR DIMMs. The ultra-fast 400MHz memory
bus delivers the required bandwidth for the latest 3D graphics, multimedia,
and Internet applications.
AGP 8X support
AGP 8X (AGP 3.0) is the next generation VGA interface specification that
enables enhanced graphics performance with high bandwidth speeds up
to 2.12 GB/s.