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1-GHz Motherboards For AMD And Intel CPUs

Source: Soyo Computer Inc.
Three new motherboards have been designed to optimize Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s (AMD) and Intel Corp's new 1-GHz CPUs
Soyo Computer Inc.otherboards have been designed to optimize Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s (AMD) and Intel Corp's new 1-GHz CPUs. The firm has also tested its SY-6BA+IV, SY-6VCA, and SY-6ICA boards with Intel's 1-GHz Pentium III CPU to give system integrators and end users six 1-GHz-compatible SOYO boards. When configured with PC133 SDRAM, the SY-6BA+IV is said to provide a cost-effective solution that extends the life of Intel's proven BX chip set technology.

New SOYO motherboards designed for 1-GHz CPUs will all feature standard SDRAM and will include Ultra DMA 33/66 IDE ports for four IDE devices, a pair of USB ports, two serial ports, one parallel port, and enhanced PC health monitoring.

For AMD's new Athlon CPUs, SOYO will ship in April its new SY-K7VIA -- a 200-MHz system bus, Slot A-based, ATX footprint system board. The board, designed specifically for AMD's 1-GHz CPU's, features VIA's KX 133 AGP chipset.

The SY-K7VIA uses standard SDRAM, expandable to 1.5 Gbytes. Expansion slots will include five 32-bit PCI slots, one 16-bit ISA slot, one AGP slot, and one AMR (audio modem riser) slot.

SOYO will offer two new motherboards: the SY-7VCA in the ATX footprint, and the SY-7VCM in the MicroATX footprint-- for Intel's 1-GHz Pentium III, Socket 370 CPUs. Both feature VIA's 694X chipset, which has selectable front side system bus speeds of 66/100/133 MHz. The boards have also been designed to support SDRAM to give users a more cost-effective memory solution. The SY-7VCA is expandable to 1.5 Gbytes with three 168-pin SDRAM DIMM sockets while the SY-7CM is expandable to 1 Gbytes of SDRAM. Both boards also include an on board AC 97 CODEC to provide a software audio solution, and one audio/modem riser connector.

The SY-7VCA offers a number of expansion options with five 32-bit PCI slots, one 16-bit ISA slot and universal AGP slot with support for 1x/2x/4x mode graphics. The SY-7VCM features three 32-bit PCI slots, and an AGP slot with support to 4x mode.

All motherboards ship with a Symantec CD-ROM bundle including: Symantec Norton AntiVirus; Symantec Norton Ghost disk cloning software, and the Virtual Drive CD-ROM emulation application.

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