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Chapter 1: Product introduction
1.3.1 Product highlights
Latest processor technology
The motherboard supports the latest Intel
®
Pentium
®
4 Processor via a
478-pin surface mount ZIF socket. The Pentium 4 processor with 512KB L2
cache includes a 800/533/400 MHz system bus and features the Intel
Hyper-Threading Technology and new power design that allow up to
3.2+GHz core frequencies. See page 2-4 for more information.
The motherboard will also support the next generation Intel Prescott CPU
when available.
Dual-channel DDR400 memory support
Employing the dual-channel DDR memory architecture, the motherboard
provides a solution that doubles the system memory bandwidth to boost
system performance. The motherboard supports up to 4GB of system
memory using PC3200/2700/2100 ECC or non-ECC DDR DIMMs to
deliver up to 6.4GB/s data transfer rate for the latest 3D graphics,
multimedia, and Internet applications. See page 2-10.
Intel Performance Acceleration Technology (PAT)
Incorporating the Intel PAT, which is a turbo mode enabled in the Intel
875P to work with DDR 400 memory and boost system performance, the
motherboard delivers a new level of performance to beat.
Serial ATA technology
The motherboard bundles the new Serial ATA technology through the
SATA interfaces onboard. The SATA specification allows for thinner, more
flexible cables with lower pin count, reduced voltage requirement, up to
150 MB/s data transfer rate. See page 2-23.
Multi-RAID solution
The motherboard has the Promise
®
PDC20378 controller to support multi-
RAID solution using Serial ATA/150 and Ultra ATA/133 hard disks. The
RAID0 (striping), RAID1 (mirroring), and RAID 0+1 provide a cost-effective
high-performance solution for added system performance and reliability.
1.3 Special features