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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 478-pin surface mount, Zero Insertion
Force (ZIF) socket for the Intel

Pentium

4 processor in the 478-pin

package with 512/256KB L2 cache on 0.13 micron process. This
motherboard supports 800/533/400 MHz system front side bus that
allows 6.4GB/s, 4.3GB/s and 3.2GB/s data transfer rates, respectively. The
motherboard also supports Intel

Pentium

4 processors with

Hyper-Threading Technology.

Intel

915P

The Intel

915P chipset provides the interface for a processor in the

478-pin package with 400/533/800MHz front side bus (FSB), dual channel
DDR at speeds of up to 400MHz, and PCI Express x16-lane port for
graphics card. The Intel

915P GMCH platform is compliant to the Direct

Media Interface (DMI) and supports the sixth generation I/O Controller Hub
(ICH6).

Dual-channel DDR memory support

Employing the Double Data Rate (DDR) memory technology, the
motherboard supports up to 4GB of system memory using DDR400/333
DIMMs. The ultra-fast 400MHz memory bus delivers the required bandwidth
for the latest 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications. See page
2-12 for details.

PCI Express™ interface

The motherboard fully supports PCI Express, the latest I/O interconnect
technology that speeds up the PCI bus. PCI Express features point-to-point
serial interconnections between devices and allows higher clockspeeds by
carrying data in packets. This high speed interface is software compatible with
existing PCI specifications. See page 2-18 for details.

Serial ATA technology

The motherboard supports the Serial ATA technology through the Serial ATA
interfaces and the Intel

ICH6. The SATA specification allows for thinner,

more flexible cables with lower pin count, reduced voltage requirement, and
up to 150 MB/s data transfer rate. See page 2-26 for details.