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Chapter 1: Product introduction
1.3 Special features
1.3.1 Product Highlights
Latest processor technology
The motherboard comes with a 478-pin surface mount, Zero Insertion
Force (ZIF) socket for the Intel
®
Pentium
®
4 processor in the 478-pin
package with 512/256KB L2 cache on 0.13 micron process. This
motherboard supports 800/533/400 MHz system front side bus that allows
6.4GB/s, 4.3GB/s and 3.2GB/s data transfer rates, respectively. The
motherboard also supports the Intel
®
Hyper-Threading Technology and the
next-generation Intel
®
Prescott CPU.
Dual Channel DDR memory support
Employing the Double Data Rate (DDR) memory technology, the
motherboard supports up to 4GB of system memory using DDR400/333/
266 DIMMs. The ultra-fast 400MHz memory bus delivers the required
bandwidth for the latest 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications.
ASUS Hyper-Path Technology
This unique technology from ASUS optimizes the true potential of the
Intel
®
865PE chipset to deliver the highest performance among competing
865PE-based solutions.
SouthBridge Integrated Serial ATA and RAID solution
The motherboard supports the next generation Serial ATA (SATA)
specification with RAID 0 and RAID 1 function through the ICH5R
SouthBridge controller. The Serial ATA specification provides scalable
performance with up to 150MB/s data transfer rate and allows a maximum
of two Serial ATA hard disks with RAID 0 and RAID 1 array.
Multi-RAID Function
The motherboard has the Promise PDC30378 controller to support multi-
RAID solution using Serial ATA and UltraDMA hard disks. The RAID 0
(striping), RAID 1 (mirroring), and RAID 0+1 provide a cost-effective
high-performance solution for added system performance and reliability.
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