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C h a p t e r 1 : P r o d u c t i n t r o d u c t i o n

1.3

Special features

1.3.1

Product highlights

Latest processor technology

The motherboard comes with a 775-pin surface mount Land Grid Array
(LGA) socket designed for the Intel

Pentium

4 processor in the 775-land

package. The motherboard supports the Intel

Pentium

4 processor and

the Intel

Pentium

D processor with 1066/800/533 MHz Front Side Bus

(FSB). The motherboard also supports the Intel

Hyper-Threading

Technology and is fully compatible with Intel

05B/05A and 04B/04A

processors. See page 2-7 for details.

Intel

Dual-Core Technology CPU support

The motherboard supports dual-core processors containing two physical
CPU cores with dedicated L2 caches to meet demands for more powerful
processing. See page 2-7 for details.

Intel

955X/ICH7R chipset

The Intel

955X Memory Controller Hub (MCH) and the ICH7R I/O controller

hub provide the vital interfaces for the motherboard. The Intel

955X

supports up to 8 GB dual-channel DDR2-667/533 MHz, 1066/800 FSB, PCI
Express x16 graphics, and dual-core CPU. The MCH supports the Intel

Memory Pipeline Technology (MPT) that boosts system performance.

The Intel

ICH7R Southbridge integrates four Serial ATA ports enabled

through the Serial ATA 3 Gb/s RAID controller to ensure data security and
enable powerful multi-task processing.

Intel

Memory Pipeline Technology (MPT)

The Intel

MPT increases system-level and standard operating performance

by optimizing memory access between CPU and system memory.

Intel

EM64T

The motherboard supports Intel

Pentium

4 CPUs with the Intel

EM64T

(Extended Memory 64 Technology). The Intel

EM64T feature allows your

computer to run on 64-bit operating systems and access larger amounts of
system memory for faster and more efficient computing. See the Appendix
for details.