News Release
VIA Announces Adoption of K8T890 chipset by World’s Leading Motherboard
Manufacturers
Leading motherboard partners ABIT, ASUS, EPoX, Gigabyte and MSI
expected to offer VIA K8T890 based motherboards in mid-Q4, leveraging
the unique VIA Flex Express Architecture to deliver platforms on
the cutting-edge
Taipei, Taiwan, October 22 2004, - VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading
innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform
solutions, today announced widespread support for the VIA K8T890
chipset from leading PC motherboard manufacturers, delivering PCI
Express graphics and peripheral support for the AMD Platform.
VIA K8T890 Series chipsets support a complete range of AMD Athlon™
64, Athlon 64 FX, Opteron™, and Sempron™ processors, delivering high
performance, comprehensive features, and solid reliability. Featuring
a PCI Express x16 connection with up to 8GB/s of dedicated graphics
bandwidth, VIA K8T890 Series chipsets are optimized to work seamlessly
with the latest PCI Express graphics cards, and also provide up to
four PCI Express x1 connections to high-bandwidth peripheral devices.
“In addition to offering unparalleled performance, features, and
stability, VIA K8T890 Series chipsets also offer the industry’s most
flexible PCI Express implementation available,” commented Chewei
Lin, Vice President of Product Marketing, VIA. “For our partners
this means that they can deliver solutions with extensive PCI Express
connectivity to ensure customers a future proof platform to support
the latest PC peripherals.”
Widespread Industry Support for VIA K8T890 Series Chipsets
Among the first motherboard manufacturers to announce products based
around the advanced architecture VIA K8T890 Series chipset are ABIT,
ASUS, EPoX, Gigabyte and MSI.
"ABIT's VIA-based motherboards have already been named as
the Ultimate DOOM3 motherboards. With the arrival of the VIA K8T890
chipset based AX8 from ABIT, gamers around the world have the ultimate
gaming upgrade. With AMD K8 CPU support and the first to offer PCI
Express for the AMD platform, this platform is unquestionably the
board to have right now." said Scott Thirlwell, Marketing Director
of ABIT.
“By harnessing the power and flexible options of the VIA K8T890
chipset, the A7V-E works seamlessly with AMD64 processors, and the
latest PCI Express graphics cards to provide an unsurpassed 3D graphics
and digital multimedia experience.” said Joe Hsieh, Director of ASUS
Motherboard Business.
“By enabling PCI Express support for the AMD64 platform, the VIA
K8T890 chipset is providing AMD users the ability to upgrade with
peace of mind that they have a future proof system,” commented Timothy
Hsu, Product marketing manager, EPoX. “EPoX’s new EP-8HEAI leverages
the advanced VIA Flex Express Architecture of the VIA K8T890 chipset
to provide blistering performance and rock-solid stability for a
new generation PCI Express enabled Athlon 64 motherboards.”
“The GA-K9VT890 offers the perfect platform for end-users and system
integrators wanting to move to a PCI Express compatible motherboard
for AMD64 processors” commented Tony Liao, Associate Vice President,
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. “The VIA K8T890 chipset delivers the
right balance of performance, stability and flexibility, as well
as providing unmatched connectivity and I/O options to ensure our
customers get the most from GIGABYTE's motherboard.”
“The combination of the VIA K8T890 chipset’s advanced architecture
and MSI’s proven expertise in motherboard design and engineering
provides the ultimate platform for a generation of users who have
been waiting for a high-performance and future proof PCI Express
compatible platform.” commented Charles Jiang, Vice President of
R&D Division, MSI.
About the VIA K8T890 Chipset
Optimized for a complete range of AMD Athlon 64, Athlon 64 FX, Opteron,
and Sempron processors, VIA K8T890 Series chipsets feature the unique
VIA Flex Express Architecture to allow the industry’s most flexible
implementations of PCI Express devices. Multiple device configurations
can be implemented, with support for up to five PCI Express devices
directly into the chipset North Bridge and a total of 20 PCI Express
lanes for a combined bandwidth of 10GB/s.
VIA K8T890 Series chipsets include support for the latest PCI Express
x16 graphics cards, and up to four PCI Express x1 connections to
high speed PCI Express peripherals, such as Gigabit Ethernet and
bandwidth hungry HDTV tuner cards. Forthcoming solutions from the
VIA K8T890 Series will include the VIA DualGFX Express feature, a
solution that stands ready to support all dual graphics card industry
standards. VIA DualGFX Express provides enhanced single application
performance with supporting graphics cards and multi-monitor support
for power multitasking without tying up vital system bandwidth.
VIA K8T890 Series chipsets also feature an asynchronous bus architecture,
providing improved system optimization options to enable power users
to squeeze the very most out of their systems.
When combined with the market-leading VIA VT8237R South Bridge and
a broad array of VIA companion chips, VIA K8T890 Series chipsets
provide the most comprehensive range of storage, multimedia and connectivity
features available for the AMD64 processor platform today, including
native Serial ATA and V-RAID, 6-channel or 8-channel VIA Vinyl audio,
USB2.0, and 1394.
For further information about VIA K8T890 Series chipsets please
visit the VIA website at:
http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/chipsets/k8-series/k8t890/
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