Abit annonce sa carte mère basée sur le chipset Plumas, capable de gérer jusqu'à 2 processeurs Xeon.
Voici ses caractéristiques :
Processor :
Supports up to two Intel Xeon processor of up to 2.4GHz and faster with a 512K L2 cache
Chipset :
The Intel Plumas Chipset Memory Controller Hub (MCH) that supports 533MHz front side bus
Intel 82801CA I/O Controller Hub 3-S (ICH3-S)
Intel 82870P2 64-bit PCI/PCI-X Controller Hub 2 (P64H2)
Memory :
Four 184-pin DIMM sockets with two-way interleaving
Supports up to 8GB DDR200/266 registered, ECC memory
Chipkill technology support
Networking :
On board two IntelR 82546EB(Anvik) dual gigabit Ethernet controllers, supporting four 64-bits gigabit LAN ports
RX/TX IP and TCP/UDP checksum
off-loading capabilities.
Front panel LAN Active/ Link LED
Graphics :
On board ATI RAGE XL PCI interface VGA with 4MB local SDRAM memory
PCI Expansion Slot :
Five 64-bit PCI-X slots, supporting one 100MHz and four 66MHz operation modes
One 32bit/33MHz PCI slot for debug purpose
Host I/O Interface :
Dual channel Ultra33/66/100 IDE interface, supporting up to four IDE and ATAPI compliant devices
Internal I/O Connections :
One USB header, each supports two USB devices
Two COM port pin headers (rear * 1, front * 1)
One LPT port pin header
One VGA pin header
One header Smart Card Reader
External Accessible I/O :
PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse connectors
Two USB external connectors
Four RJ45 LAN connectors
System BIOS :
Award Plug and Play BIOS supports APM, DMI, and ACPI
4M-bit Flash ROM
Form Factor :
EEB 3.0 compliance, 12"X13"
EPS12V PSU
Sa date de sortie et son prix ne sont pas encore connus... (Sa disponibilité n'est pas encore prévue pour la France...)
