Special Features; Product Highlights - Asus K8N-LR User Manual

1.3

Special features

1.3.1

Product highlights

Latest processor and 64-bit computing technology
The AMD Athlon™ 64 and AMD Opteron™ 64 desktop processors are based
on AMDʼs 64-bit and 32-bit architecture, which represents the landmark
introduction of the industryʼs first x86-64 technology. These processors
provide a dramatic leap forward in compatibility, performance, investment
protection, and reduced total cost of ownership and development. See
page 2-6 for details.
PCI Express™ interface
The motherboard fully supports PCI Express, the latest I/O interconnect
technology that speeds up the PCI bus. PCI Express features point-to-point
serial interconnections between devices and allows higher clockspeeds by
carrying data in packets. This high speed interface is software compatible
with existing PCI specifications. See page 2-14 and 2-15 for details.
Dual Channel DDR memory support
Employing the Double Data Rate (DDR) memory technology,
the motherboard supports up to 4GB of system memory using
DDR400/333/266 DIMMs. The ultra-fast 400MHz memory bus delivers the
required bandwidth for the latest 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet
applications. See page 2-11.
Serial ATA 3Gb/s technology
The motherboard supports the next-generation Serial ATA 3Gb/s
technology through the Serial ATA interfaces and the NVIDIA
SLI chipset. The SATA 3Gb/s specification provides twice the bandwidth
of the current Serial ATA products. Additionally, Serial ATA allows thinner,
more flexible cables with lower pin count, and reduced voltage requirement.
See pages 2-22.
USB 2.0 technology
The motherboard implements the Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0
specification, dramatically increasing the connection speed from the
12 Mbps bandwidth on USB 1.1 to a fast 480 Mbps on USB 2.0. USB 2.0 is
backward compatible with USB 1.1. See pages 2-24 for details.
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