next big amd motherboard

[JSR]

they're comin' out w/ longhorn first quarter of 2004............

[minibubba]

sorry, but it is more like 2005 ..last time I heard anything anyway

[JSR]

beta 1 in the first quarter, beta 2 in the last quarter, final release, 2005..........do i care? or, will i wait?..........no
http://www.winsupersite.com/faq/longhorn.asp

[yujen]

nforce3 pro isn't the only x86-64 chipset...

AMD has their own chipset.. the AMD-8000 family

[JSR]

and, with only sample quantities of the nf3, we'll have to see what's up ..........:thumb:

[JSR]

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1235502,00.asp

[weta]

K8T800, K8M800, K8N800, K8T890: VIA gets ready to fight for the Athlon 64 market

It's not long before AMD Athlon 64 chips arrive, so chipset makers get their heavy artillery ready to fight for the new, yet inexisting market.

For the 64-bit Athlon 64 platform VIA prepared three chipsets: desktop K8T800 and K8M800 and mobile K8N800. The latter two are already sampling, though their official announcement is scheduled only to Q4.

And we've been hearing about K8T800 for some time already, with photos posted in our news. As for K8M800, it has integrated Unichrome graphics with 200MHz core and 8-64 Mb RAM, and VIA Hyper8 that stands for the fully-fledged support of 16bit/1.6GHz Hypertransport interconnecting CPU and chipset. K8M800 is backward-compatible with K8T800 and will feature the VT8237 Southbridge.

Mobile K8N800 also has Unichrome graphics; supports external AGP; and features USB2.0, external and internal Serial ATA, 10/100 Ethernet and a modem.

The next generation of VIA's chipsets supporting PCI Express will be presented with K8T890 designed for both server Opterons, and Athlon 64. In the future we might also see the VT8239 Southbridge with 4 x S-ATA ports and 2 x IDE channels.

Digit-Life

[weta]

AMD-8151 HyperTransport AGP3.0 Graphics Tunnel

This AGP3.0-compliant graphics controller offers stunning graphics performance modes up to AGP-8X. The tunnel function provides connection capability to other downstream HyperTransport technology devices, allowing greater system flexibility.


AMD-8131 HyperTransport PCI-X Tunnel

This high-speed device provides two independent, high-performance PCI-X bus bridges, integrated with a high-speed HyperTransport technology tunnel. The tunnel function provides connection capability to other downstream HyperTransport technology devices, allowing greater system flexibility.


AMD-8111 HyperTransport I/O Hub

This feature-rich core-logic component provides sophisticated I/O functionality to systems implementing HyperTransport technology.

AMD

[weta]

Single-Chip Solution
Revolutionary single-chip solution designed for the AMD Opteron CPU enables higher-quality, full-featured motherboards and delivers maximum performance with the lowest latency. The single-chip design also means less power consumption and less heat dissipation.

Nvidia Raid
Provides support for RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 0+1, enabling the highest disk data transfer rates for highest system and application performance, and the highest performance fault tolerant solution for maximum data integrity. Nvidia RAID supports both SATA and ATA-133 disk controller standards.

Nvidia Enterprise-Class Networking
Delivers the required manageability features required by IT professions while maintaining the highest level of reliability, quality, and performance. Also delivers the highest throughput for network transfers and lower CPU utilization, resulting in lower total cost of ownership.

64-Bit Architecture
Nvidia nForce3 Pro provides advanced processing capabilities and system innovations for the new 64-bit AMD processor architecture.

Nvidia

[weta]

M1687 North bridge Chipset supporting AMD K8 Desktop and Mobile Processor-based Platforms

Product Overview
M1687 is ALi’s new generation North bridge that offers a high-performance and cost-effective solution for PC systems. It supports the AMD K8 Processors.

With AGP 1x/2x/4x/8x support, M1687 provides system designers with enough headroom to interface with different graphics solutions to fulfill various market requirements. The M1687 introduces HyperTransport bus, a next generation link bus that can reach up to 6.4GB/sec to K8 CPU side and up to 1.6GB/sec to our south bridge side in bandwidth.

M1687 coupled with M1563, a highly integrated Southbridge device, brings a complete and cost-effective solution for PC system designers. The M1563 integrates AC-Link Host Controller, 2-channel dedicated Ultra-66/100/133 IDE Master controller, USB 2.0/1.1 Host controllers with 6 ports in total, IO APIC controller, 1/10/100 Mb/s Fast Ethernet and HomePNA 1.0/2.0 MAC layer, and HyperTransport Technology Link interface. Additional features include Host Signal Processing (HSP) software modem solution, ACPI support, green function, and Real Time Clock.

HyperTransport Processor Support
Supports K8 processors.
16 bit data bus in each direction.
Low signal swing: 1.2V ± 0.3V.
High frequency: 400/800/1200/1600 MHz data transfer rate.
Supports lightning bandwidth up to 6.4GB/s.

Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) Interface
Supports AGP specification V2.0, V3.0.
Supports 533MHz 1.5V signaling.
Supports 1x/2x/4x/8x AGP data transfer.
Maximum bandwidth 2.133 GB/s
Supports 64-bit upstream and 32-bit downstream addressing

HyperTransport I/O Support
Low pin count: 8 bit data bus in each direction.
Low signal swing: 1.2V ± 0.3V.
High frequency: 400/600/800 MHz data transfer rate.
Supports lightning bandwidth up to 1.6GB/s.
High concurrency between requests and responds.
Supports connect/disconnect power down mode.
Supports tri-state power down mode.
PC 2001 Compliance

Packaging
564-ball 31mmx31mm BGA package

ALI