Taipei, Taiwan, November 22 2005 –
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon
chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced that
VIA's latest high performance chipset for the AMD platform, the VIA
K8T900, is sampling to leading motherboard partners to create platforms
tailored for the PC enthusiast market.
Integrating VIA's proprietary RapidFire technology that incorporates a
number of PCI Express enhancements, the VIA K8T900 offers exceptional
performance across the board, while also featuring industry leading low
power consumption. With the Flex Express architecture the VIA K8T900
supports advanced connectivity options including dual x8 PCI Express
connections for the latest multi-graphics card configurations or
alternatively a standard single x16 PCI Express graphics connection. In
combination with the VIA VT8251 South Bridge the K8T900 platform offers
unparalled peripheral support with an additional six x1 PCI Express
connections, as well as supporting up to four high speed SATA 3.0Gb/s
hard drives, and VIA Vinyl High Definition audio.
"The VIA K8T900 chipset continues a strong path of support for all
market segments of the AMD platform," commented Chewei Lin, Vice
President of Product Marketing, VIA Technologies, Inc. "VIA's high
performance RapidFire technology, combined with dual x8 PCI Express
graphics connections, makes VIA K8T900 an unbeatable platform for the
enthusiast community delivering high levels of performance, a premium
feature set, and unparalleled stability and compatibility."
VIA has also been working very closely with S3 Graphics to ensure
support for upcoming MultiChrome technology enabling two or more Chrome
S27 cards to operate together enabling higher levels of 3D
acceleration. To ensure premium support for MultiChrome configurations,
the VIA K8T900's dual x8 PCI Express connections ensure plenty of
graphics bandwidth, together with special attention to chipset features
that enable high speed communication between the graphic cards without
the need for special connectors or cables.
"MultiChrome technology is a standard feature in all graphics cards
based on our Chrome S27 graphics processors providing a powerful
upgrade path for gamers looking for cost effective high performance 3D
action," commented Dr. Ken Weng , General Manager of S3 Graphics. "S3
Graphics has been working very closely with VIA in the development of
our MultiChrome technology, and based on its outstanding performance we
certainly consider VIA K8T900 as today's premium platform to support
MultiChrome configurations."
Source: VIA Press Release
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