Archive for the ‘Mainboard (Motherboard)’ Category

ASUS Could have X58 Motherboards Available by Core i7 Launch Date

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Intel is readying its first wave of processors based on the Nehalem-derived Bloomfield core which should hit shelves sometime this autumn. Meanwhile motherboard manufacturers seem to be in a rush to bring in supportive LGA 1366 motherboards based on the spanking-new Intel X58 chipset around that time. Intel had reportedly ...

VIA Announces First Nano-ITX Board with VIA VX800

Friday, August 15th, 2008

VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator of power efficient x86 processor platforms, today announced the VIA EPIA N700 Nano-ITX board, designed as a complete solution for compact industrial PC and embedded automation devices. Featuring a 1.5GHz VIA C7 or 500MHz VIA Eden processor, the VIA EPIA N700 is the first ...

VIA Quits Motherboard Chipset Business

Monday, August 11th, 2008

In a rather surprising for me move VIA, the company that has always been third in the motherboard and processor battle for supremacy, announced today it's stepping down from the motherboard business. Production of future chipsets for third party AMD and Intel processors will be halted. Instead, VIA will migrate ...

ASUS Launches the Latest Z7S WS with Superb Expansion Options

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

Taipei, Taiwan, February 26, 2008 -Catering to users who need a powerful motherboard with high speeds and great expansion slot interface support, ASUS, worldwide leader in motherboard design and production, has today released the Z7S WS workstation motherboard. This innovative motherboard is equipped with dual socket 771 and utilizes the ...

Foxconn to Display Quantum Force Destroyer at CeBIT

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Foxconn is going to display their Quantum Force "Destroyer" Hybrid SLI board based on the MCP72 chipset over at the upcoming CeBIT. MCP72XE supports AMD AM2/AM2+ processors, PCI-E 2.0, HT 3.0, Hybrid SLI technology, a total of 19 PCI--E lanes and another 32 lanes from nForce 200 PCIe switch chip, ...

FOXCONN Introduces the Entry-Level Discrete A78AX AMD 770 Motherboard

Monday, February 4th, 2008

FOXCONN today announced the A78AX family of discrete motherboards based on the AMD 770 chipset with SB700 southbridge - providing a low-cost, low-power solution for the latest AMD processors. As the first motherboard manufacturer to use the SB700 southbridge across its entire AMD 7-Series chipset range, the A78AX has been ...

ASUS FSB1600 Next-gen Processor Support List

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

If you're an ASUS motherboard owner and you're wondering if it will support the latest Intel 1600MHz FSB 45nm processors, the chart below will answer your question. ASUS has unleashed the list of its motherboards that will officially support FSB1600 .

ASUS and DFI Add Penryn Support to 680i Boards

Friday, January 4th, 2008

Motherboard manufacturers ASUS and DFI are both working on BIOSes which will allow users to install quad-core Intel Penryn processors on motherboards equipped with an nForce 680i chipset – a feature which was labelled as being a major advantage of the new nForce 780i chipset. Source: NordicHardware

AMD Has Upper Hand in Next IGP Chipset Battle with NVIDIA

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

AMD's RS780 and NVIDIA's MCP 78 IGP chipsets are scheduled to go head-to-head in the first quarter of 2008, however, performance of the MCP 78S is reportedly below that of the RS780, while the higher-end MCP 78U is causing issues due to its higher thermal dissipation giving AMD the advantage ...