AOpen America Introduces New Family of Socket 370 Motherboards for Celeron and Pentium III CPUs.Business Editors/High Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 30, 2000 High Performance, Flexible Design Allows System Builders to Target Multiple Markets With Single Motherboard AOpen America, Inc. today announced a new family of high performance motherboards that support both the Intel Celeron and Pentium III The successor to the Pentium II from Intel. Introduced in the spring of 1999 at 500 MHz, the Pentium III architecture was similar to the Pentium II with the addition of 70 new instructions optimized for multimedia (see SSE). Coppermine CPUs. The "duality" of the single design gives system builders and value-added resellers (VARs) the ability to target system solutions that meet the specific needs of small business users as well as large MIS departments. The new motherboard products are the AX34 Pro, the AX34, and the MX34. All motherboards are socketed with the 370 grid array socket to support Intel's Celeron and Pentium III processors. Additionally all boards support 4X AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) A high-speed 32-bit port from Intel for attaching a display adapter to a PC. It provides a direct connection between the card and memory, and only one AGP slot is on the motherboard. (advanced graphics processing), UDMA/66, AC'97 Sound Onboard, and are 4 channel USB port ready using an optional USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. cable. The MX34 is designed for the uATX form factor using the VIA 694X chipset for PC133/VCM DIMM (Dual In-Line Memory Module) A printed circuit board that holds memory chips and plugs into a DIMM socket on the motherboard. See memory module. DIMM - Dual In-Line Memory Module memory. The AX34 and AX34 Pro are ATX See ATX motherboard. (hardware, standard) ATX - An open PC motherboard specification by Intel. ATX is a development of the Baby AT specification with the motherboard rotated 90 degrees in the chassis. form factor designs also using the VIA 694X chipset. The AX34 Pro includes CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. Vcore adjustable using BIOS settings, "die-hard" BIOS, 24K gold plated heatsink for chipset, Award PnP BIOS, and enhanced low ESR ESR - Eric S. Raymond capacitors for overall stability. "We are now focusing our product offerings into specific markets where a multitude of customer needs are emerging," noted Jerry Huang, director of Marketing and Communications for AOpen America. "To be able to offer a single high-performance design that meets multiple market segments gives our system builders and channel partners more flexibility in meeting their customers' requirements." Pricing and availability The products are priced at $119 for the AX34 Pro, $100 for AX34 and $94 for the MX34. All products are available now through AOpen's channel partners. All products offer one year warranty on parts and labor. About AOpen America Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., AOpen America is the world's largest total component solutions manufacturer and a member of an $8 billion technology group. Leveraging more than 23 years of technology manufacturing experience and more than 1,000 Group patents, AOpen designs, develops and markets advanced PC motherboards, optical drives, PC housings, peripherals, multimedia and networking solutions for resellers, system integrators and those who value reliability and performance. Note to Editors: More information about AOpen, AOpen Products, services, and business partners is available on the World Wide Web at: www.AOpenUSA.com. AOpen is a registered trademark of AOpen Inc. All other products, brand names or companies are trademarks or registered marks of their respective companies. |
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