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1.3
Special features
1.3.1
Product highlights
Latest processor technology
The motherboard comes with dual 1207-pin surface mount Land Grid Array
(LGA) sockets coded Socket F, designed for AMD Opteron™ 2000 series
processors. The motherboard with the new socket supports registered
DDR2-667/533 memory, delivering advanced performance and ensuring
reliable data protection. See page 2-7 for details.
AMD Dual-Core Architecture
The motherboard supports AMD dual-core processors containing two
physical CPU cores with discrete L2 cache structure for each core to meet
demands for more powerful computing.
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 2-15 and 2-16 for details.
HyperTransport™ Technology
HyperTransport™ Technology is a high-speed, low latency, point-to-point
link designed to increase the communication speed between integrated
circuits in computers, networking and telecommunicatons equipment up to
48 times faster than other existing technologies.
DDR2 memory support
The motherboard supports DDR2 memory which features data transfer rates
of 667 MHz or 533 MHz to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of the
latest 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications. The dual-channel
DDR2 architecture doubles the bandwidth of your system memory to boost
system performance, eliminating bottlenecks with peak bandwidth of up to
10.7 GB/s. See page 2-11 for details.
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