Asus MOTHERBOARD K8N-E - Manual (Page 16)

1-2 Chapter 1: Product introduction
1.3 Special features
1.3.1 Product Highlights
Latest processor technology
The AMD Athlon™ 64 desktop processor is based on AMD’s 64-bit
architecture, which represents the landmark introduction of the industry’s
first x86-64 technology. This processor provides a dramatic leap forward in
compatibility, performance, investment protection, and reduced total cost
of ownership and development.
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.
AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet!™ Technology
The motherboard supports the AMD Cool ‘n’ 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 six 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.
Dual Serial ATA RAID
The motherboard provides two high-performance Serial ATA RAID
controllers that enhance hard disk performance and data backup
protection without the cost of additional RAID cards. The Silicon Image
SATARaid™ Sil 3114 Serial ATA controller incorporates four Serial ATA and
one parallel connector with RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, JBOD and RAID 5
functions while the onboard NVIDIA
® nForce3 250Gb chipset provides an
additional two Serial ATA connectors for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 and
JBOD functions.