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News Release from: VIA Technologies | Subject: K8T900
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 23 November 2005
Chipset makes the most of AMD-powered PC
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VIA's latest high performance chipset for the AMD platform, the VIA K8T900, is sampling to leading motherboard partners to create platforms tailored for the PC enthusiast market.
VIA's latest high performance chipset for the AMD platform, the VIA K8T900, is sampling to leading motherboard partners to create platforms tailored for the PC enthusiast market Integrating VIA's proprietary RapidFire technology that incorporates a number of PCI Express enhancements, the VIA K8T900 offers exceptional performance across the board, while also featuring industry leading low power consumption
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 24 May 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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With the Flex Express architecture the VIA K8T900 supports advanced connectivity options including dual x8 PCI Express connections for the latest multi-graphics card configurations or alternatively a standard single x16 PCI Express graphics connection.
In combination with the VIA VT8251 South Bridge the K8T900 platform offers unparalled peripheral support with an additional six x1 PCI Express connections, as well as supporting up to four high speed SATA 3.0Gbit/s hard drives, and VIA Vinyl high definition audio.
"The VIA K8T900 chipset continues a strong path of support for all market segments of the AMD platform", commented Chewei Lin, Vice President of Product Marketing, VIA Technologies: "VIA's high performance RapidFire technology, combined with dual x8 PCI Express graphics connections, makes VIA K8T900 an unbeatable platform for the enthusiast community delivering high levels of performance, a premium feature set, and unparalleled stability and compatibility".
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To ensure premium support for MultiChrome configurations, the VIA K8T900's dual x8 PCI Express connections ensure plenty of graphics bandwidth, together with special attention to chipset features that enable high speed communication between the graphic cards without the need for special connectors or cables.
"MultiChrome technology is a standard feature in all graphics cards based on our Chrome S27 graphics processors providing a powerful upgrade path for gamers looking for cost effective high performance 3D action", commented Dr Ken Weng, General Manager of S3 Graphics.
"S3 Graphics has been working very closely with VIA in the development of our MultiChrome technology, and based on its outstanding performance we certainly consider VIA K8T900 as today's premium platform to support MultiChrome configurations".
Designed to support a complete range of AMD Athlon 64, and AMD Athlon 64 FX processors, the VIA K8T900 delivers a leading edge platform for PC enthusiasts.
Featuring VIA RapidFire technology for leading performance, the VIA K8T900 also integrates a single x16 PCI graphics card connection or alternatively two x8 PCI Express connections supporting for the latest high performance multi graphics card configurations.
In addition the VIA K8T900 supports an additional four x1 PCI Express connections to the latest PCI Express peripheral devices.
In combination with the latest VIA VT8251 South Bridge the VIA K8T900 platform offers leading edge connectivity with support for an additional two x1 PCI Express connections, four SATA 3.0Gbit/s connections with VIA V-RAID support, and the VIA Vinyl audio suite including support for high definition audio.
The K8T900 is also designed to be pin-for-pin compatible with existing VIA K8T890 chipset platforms.
The VIA K8T900 is expected to be available in volume quantities in Q1 2006.
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