AOpen America Introduces the AK73 Pro Socket-A Motherboard as Solid Contender for AMD Athlon/Duron Market; Rock Solid Stability Makes the KT133-based Product a Real Competitor.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 2, 2001 AOpen America, Inc. today announced its most recent addition to its AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. Athlon/Duron chipset compatible product line, the AK73 Pro. This newest ATX form factor edition uses the new, high-performance VIA Apollo KT133 chipset as well as the VIA VT8363/VT82C686B AGPset graphics engine. The AK73 Pro offers AGP4X graphics controller, high-speed PC133 memory controller, ultra-fast 200 MHz Front Side Bus (332 MHz maximum), and ATA-66 interface for high-speed hard disk drive connections. "Sometimes the market just wants blazing performance in their PC configurations," comments Paul Su, President of AOpen America, Inc. "The AK73 Pro has blistering performance with the designed-in stability to be a solid performer for the most demanding applications." "In our stability tests, the AK73 Pro was rock solid, mainly the result of a solid layout, proper placement of surface mount components, as well as the choice of capacitors around the CPU socket," concurs Anandtech.com, a highly respected reviewer of hardware for the PC industry. The AK73 Pro is a jumperless-design supporting clock ratios from 5.5 to 12.5. It also includes AC'97 2.1 Audio support onboard, 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 adjustment for overclocking via BIOS settings, 4 channel USB ports, Dr. LED and Dr. Voice are also available. The board architecture supports 1 AMR slot, 5 PCI slots, and 1 AGP slot. Main memory supports up to 1.5 GByte SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) A type of dynamic RAM (DRAM) memory chip that has been widely used since the late 1990s. SDRAM chips eliminated wait states by dividing the chip into two cell blocks and interleaving data between them. or VCM for 168 pin 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 *3. A variety of I/O port support is also included: 1 serial port, 1 parallel port, 2 Channel E-IDE, 1 floppy connection, mouse and keyboard ports plus Game/Midi port, Speaker out, Line-in and Mic-in. The AK73Pro includes Award Plug and Play BIOS A system BIOS in a PC that supports Plug and Play. Although it ensures effective operation of Plug and Play under all circumstances, it is not vital for general Plug and Play operation. See Plug and Play. , Wake On LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. , Wake ON RTC See real time clock. Timer. "High performance applications demand feature-rich, high-performance motherboards as a base for these IT solutions," added Su. "We are very intent on continuing to provide the very best price/performance to the market. And in some cases, like the AK73 Pro, raw performance is our primary focus." Pricing and Availability The AK73 Pro is priced at $169.00 USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. with a one-year warranty. Product is now available through AOpen's registered reseller partners. About AOpen America Headquartered in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. , AOpen America is the world's largest total component solutions manufacturer and a member of an $8.5 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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