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Chapter 1: Product introductionChapter 1: Product introduction

Chapter 1: Product introduction

1.3 Special features

1.3.11.3.1

1.3.1

Product highlightsProduct highlights

Product highlights

Latest processor technology Latest processor technology

Latest processor technology

The motherboard comes with dual 604-pin surface mount ZIF sockets

designed for the Intel

Xeon™ processor with 800 MHz Front Side Bus

(FSB) and 1 MB L2 cache. The processor incorporates the Intel

Hyper-Threading Technology, the Intel

NetBurst™ micro-architecture that

features hyper-pipelined technology, and Extended Memory 64-bit

Technology (EM64T). The EM64T enables the support for 64-bit operation

system, such as 64-bit Windows

and Linux. See page 2-10 for details.

IntelIntel

Intel

E7320 and Intel E7320 and Intel

E7320 and Intel

6300 ESB chipset 6300 ESB chipset

6300 ESB chipset

The Intel

E7320 Memory Controller Hub (MCH) and the Intel

6300ESB I/O

controller hub (ICH) provide the vital interfaces for the motherboard.

The MCH provides the processor, dual-channel DDR-333 registered ECC

memory, and PCI Express interfaces. The ICH is a new generation server

class I/O controller hub that provides the interface for PCI-X 1.0.

DDR 333 memory support DDR 333 memory support

DDR 333 memory support

The motherboard supports DDR 333 registered ECC memory which features

data transfer rates of 333 MHz to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of

the latest 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications. The dual-channel

DDR 333 architecture doubles the bandwidth of your system memory to

boost system performance, eliminating bottlenecks with peak bandwidths of

up to 5.3 GB/s.

Serial ATA technology Serial ATA technology

Serial ATA technology

The motherboard supports the Serial ATA technology through the Serial ATA

interfaces controlled by the Intel

6300ESB and the Adaptec AIC-8130

(optional). The SATA specification allows for thinner, more flexible cables

with lower pin count, reduced voltage requirement, and up to 150 MB/s data

transfer rate for 6300 ESB and 300 MB/s for AIC-8130. See page 2-27 and

2-28 for details.

PCI Express™ interface PCI Express™ interface

PCI Express™ interface

The motherboard fully supports PCI Express, the latest I/O interconnect

technology that speeds up the PCI bus. PCI Express features point-to-point

serial interconnections between devices and allows higher clockspeeds by

carrying data in packets. This high speed interface is software compatible with

existing PCI or PCI-X specifications. See page 2-18 for details.