News Release
VIA Announces KT880 Dual Channel Chipset for the AMD
Athlon XP Processor
With its category-leading features, KT880 is widely
welcomed by the mainboard industry
Taipei, Taiwan, 12 February 2004 - VIA Technologies,
Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip
technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced
that the new VIA KT880 dual channel chipset has been selected
by the world's leading mainboard vendors including Asus,
Gigabyte and MSI to power their flagship AMD Athlon XP
processor platforms.
Featuring the DualStream64™ memory controller, an
intuitive package of new dual channel DDR400 memory technologies,
and a host of top-class connectivity features, the KT880
sports native Serial ATA/RAID, VIA Vinyl 6-channel Audio,
10/100 Ethernet, as well as optional VIA Vinyl Gold 8-channel
Audio and VIA Velocity Gigabit Ethernet support through
the addition of VIA companion controllers.
"With the launch of the KT880 chipset, VIA further
extends our leadership position across the entire AMD
processor platform," commented Chewei Lin, Vice President
of Product Marketing, VIA Technologies, Inc. "Our
customers are delighted to be able to add innovative new
features to their AMD Athlon XP mainboards as they continue
to see the platform playing an important role in their
AMD product mix through 2004."
Broad Industry Support for the VIA KT880
The world's leading motherboard manufacturers have confirmed
new AMD Athlon XP flagship mainboard designs featuring
the VIA KT880 chipset, including ABIT, Acorp, AsRock,
ASUS, Chaintech, DFI, Epox, Gigabyte, Jetway, MSI, Soltek,
and Soyo, clearly demonstrating the strong industry support
for the platform. Here's what some of the industry's foremost
vendors are saying about the VIA KT880:
"Our customers are demanding dual channel DDR memory
performance and the latest connectivity technologies,"
said Joe Hsieh, Vice President, ASUS Motherboard Business
Unit, "The VIA KT880 chipset delivers on all counts
and is set to power our flagship Socket A motherboards."
"The VIA Apollo KT880 is the latest in a series
of performance chipsets from VIA that have been successfully
implemented in our Socket A motherboard range," said
Tony Liao, Associate Vice President, GIGABYTE. "VIA
chipsets provide a combination of performance and stability
that allows our customers to get the best from their AMD
Athlon XP processor based systems."
"We have a large and loyal fan base of AMD mainboard
users who have come to expect a lot from our KT family
of boards," said Jeans Huang, Senior Vice President
of R&D Division, MSI. "Our new VIA KT880-based
KT880 Delta-FSR will not disappoint these loyal fans."
About the VIA KT880 Chipset with DualStream64
The VIA KT880 chipset brings DualStream64™ dual
channel DDR400 memory performance and VIA VT8237R South
Bridge connectivity to the AMD Athlon XP processor platform.
Building on the market leading position of the VIA KT
Series, the KT880 offers additional category-leading features
such as AGP 8X, 400MHz FSB, Native Serial ATA/RAID, in
addition to 8-channel audio and Gigabit Ethernet when
paired with VIA companion controllers.
The VIA DualStream64 dual channel DDR400 memory controller
achieves impressive memory bandwidths of up to 6,400 MB/s
by harnessing intuitive technologies such as an enhanced
data prefetch protocol, improved memory branch prediction
with a larger on-chip branch table, and tighter read/write
turn-around for improved clock timings. Furthermore, the
high throughput V-Link North/South Bridge interconnect
enables a 533MB/s link with the VT8237R South Bridge, allowing
maximum system flexibility and optimization options, as
is often demanded by today's power users.
In combination with the acclaimed VIA VT8237R South Bridge,
the VIA KT880 offers the most complete range of storage,
multimedia and connectivity features for the AMD Athlon
XP processor. In addition to enabling native support for
two Serial ATA Hard Drives, as well as up to four IDE
devices, the VIA DriveStation Controller Suite provides
optimal data transfer rates and data integrity through
V-RAID, a revolutionary integrated RAID controller with
support for RAID Level 0, RAID Level 1, RAID 0+1, and
JBOD configurations.
The VT8237R also features the VIA Vinyl Multichannel Audio
Suite for superlative 6-channel and 8-channel immersion
audio support, while VIA's Advanced Connectivity Suite
offers a host of high-bandwidth connectivity options,
including support for the VIA Gigabit Ethernet companion
controller, integrated 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet and up
to eight high-speed USB 2.0 ports.
The VIA KT880 is part of VIA's unique Modular Architecture
Platform (V-MAP) that reduces design times and shortens
time-to-market for motherboard partners through pin-compatibility
with VIA core-logic solutions, and allows motherboard
partners to cover multiple market segments with a single
design.
For further information on the VIA KT880, please see
the VIA website at:
http://www.via.com.tw/en/k7-series/kt880.jsp.
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