News: VIA K8T400M

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<br>Anche VIA ha annunciato un chipset dedicato ad Opteron. Si tratta del K8T400M che, affiancato al Southbridge VT8237, fornisce supporto HyperTransport, AGP8X, Serial ATA/RAID 0,1 e 0+1, 4 porte ATA-133 e 8 USB 2.0. Inoltre si supporta il nuovo caale Ultra V-Link di connessione al Southbridge per oltre 1 Gb/sec di banda disponibile.<p>
Ecco l'elenco delle caratterisriche:<br>
· Supports AMD Opteron™ processors<br>
· 800MHz HyperTransport FSB
<br>· Support for AGP 2X/4X/8X
<br>· Ultra V-Link 1.06GB/s high bandwidth North/South Bridge interconnect
<br>· VIA Vinyl 6 channel Surround Sound AC'97 Audio
<br>· Integrated MC'97 Modem
<br>· Integrated 10/100 Ethernet MAC
<br>· Dual Channel Serial ATA/RAID (0,1,0+1,JBOD)
<br>· Dual Channel ATA 33/66/100/133
<br>· USB 2.0, 8 ports, UHCI compliant
<br>· Advanced power management capabilities including ACPI/OnNow <br>
· 578-pin BGA VT8385 North Bridge<br>
· 539-pin BGA VT8237 South Bridge<p>
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