SOYO Releases VIA KT333 Chipset Motherboards for AMD Socket-A CPUs; SY-KT333 DRAGON Ultra Features DDR333 Support, Digital Sound, USB 2.0, ATA-133, 10/100 Ethernet, Embedded RAID Chip.Business Editors/High Tech Writers FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 29, 2002 SOYO SOYO Society of Orthodox Youth Organization Computer, Inc. today announced its fastest motherboard for builders of 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. Socket-A based systems who want both style and function. SOYO's new SY-KT333 DRAGON Ultra motherboard flies past previous AMD-based boards with its VIA KT333/8233A chipset and many advanced features, however the new board also makes a fashion statement with its platinum finish. SOYO will offer the SY-KT333 in a limited "Platinum Edition," which features a platinum-colored PCB PCB: see polychlorinated biphenyl. PCB in full polychlorinated biphenyl Any of a class of highly stable organic compounds prepared by the reaction of chlorine with biphenyl, a two-ring compound. for building a stylish system when the board is mounted in a translucent case. The SY-KT333 DRAGON Ultra -- Platinum Edition also has a heat dissipation feature for keeping the board cool, and includes a bundled sigma box with two front 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. 2.0 ports and a combination Compact Flash Card/Smart Media Reader/Writer, which allows users to easily transfer data from digital cameras, PDAs, MP3 Players, and other mobile electronics devices that use Smart Media. The sigma box occupies a standard 3.5-inch drive bay. The SY-KT333 DRAGON Ultra will also be offered in a basic black PCB and will be bundled with a sigma box peripheral that includes four front USB 2.0 ports. SOYO's newest edition to its DRAGON series motherboard line maximizes VIA's KT333/8233A chipset. The KT333 chipset now fully supports DDR memory modules at 333MHz. The enhanced chipset solves bottlenecks created by increasing processor speeds, and accelerates the memory bandwidth by 20% to 2.7 gigabits per second (GB/sec) compared to 2.1 GB/sec with existing 266MHz memory. In addition to extra memory bandwidth from the VIA chipset, the SY-KT333 DRAGON Ultra also boosts performance with ATA-133 (133Mbytes/sec) support for hard drives, and has USB 2.0 on board. The SY-KT333 DRAGON Ultra is easily expandable with three 184-pin DDR SDRAM 2.5V 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 sockets, which support up to 3GB of DDR333 memory. The board has five 32-bit Bus Mastering PCI slots (V2.2 compliant), and one Universal AGP Pro slot, which supports 1x/2x/4x mode. SOYO has integrated several on-board features to add performance and value. The SY-KT333 features an on board CMI (Computer-Managed Instruction) Using computers to organize and manage an instructional program for students. It helps create test materials, tracks the results and monitors student progress. 8738 audio chip to provide 6-channel digital audio. The sound chip eliminates the need for a sound card, and also supports optical output & SPDIF See S/PDIF. output. SOYO is bundling a SPDIF audio card with both its Platinum and Black Edition boards. The SPDIF card allows digital audio signals to be transferred from one device to another without having to convert them first to an analog. Maintaining the integrity of the digital signal prevents signal degradation when it is converted to analog. On board 10/100 Mbps Ethernet is a standard feature of the SY-KT333 with its Realtek 8100B controller. SOYO has also embedded a HiPoint IDE-RAID chip to provide ATA (1) (AT Attachment) The specification for IDE drives. See IDE. (2) See analog telephone adapter. ATA - Advanced Technology Attachment 133 IDE RAID at Level 0 (data striping), Level 1 (disk mirroring) or Levels 0+1. The SY-KT333 features an on board Ultra I/O chip, which supports two RS-232 serial ports (16550 UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter) The electronic circuit that makes up the serial port. Also known as "universal serial asynchronous receiver transmitter" (USART), it converts parallel bytes from the CPU into serial bits for transmission, and vice compatible); one parallel printer port (SPP/EPP/ECP mode); one FDD port (Supports 3 mode, 1.2/1.44/2.88 MB FDD; an IrDA (infrared) port with optional cable for transceiver, and four USB 2.0 ports (2 rear, 2 front). The board also features two PCI bus mastering ATA133 E-IDE ports, and Ultra DMA 66/100/133 IDE ports, which support four independent channels to accommodate eight IDE devices, including two for RAID. SOYO has integrated many enhanced overclocking, system management, and security features into the SY-KT333 DRAGON Ultra motherboard. Users can customize their boards to specific applications by adjusting the 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. FSB, core voltage & multiplier, AGP Pro voltage through the Award PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). BIOS setup. The FSB can be set in 1Mhz increments through the BIOS setup. Support is also included for on-board hardware monitoring, and includes SOYO's Hardware Health Utility to streamline PC system management. Among the many hardware monitoring functions are CPU fan speed and temperature monitoring through a thermal sensor; WOL (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. ) function to simplify network management; software power-off controls and remote and/or alarm power-on control. SOYO bundles its 8-in-1 Software CD Pack with each board. It includes Norton AntiVirus 2002, Norton Ghost, Adobe Active Share and Acrobat Reader, Vcom AutoSave See auto save. , WinDVD, eWalla text & voice messaging software, and Imagemore photographic collection. The MSRP of the SY-KT333 DRAGON Ultra is $179 (U.S.). The Platinum Edition will have a MSRP of $195 (U.S.). Volume discounts are available. ABOUT SOYO COMPUTER, INC. SOYO Computer, Inc was founded in 1985, with worldwide headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan, and branch offices in Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, and Korea. The company sells its products through a select group of distributors, resellers, system integrators, and VARs worldwide. SOYO's U.S. headquarters are at 41484 Christy Street, Fremont, CA 94538. For information, call 510-226-7696 or visit www.soyousa.com. SOYO is a registered trademark. Other product names are either trademarks or trade names of their respective holders. |
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