SOYO Unveils 12 New Motherboards, for AMD and Intel CPUs at CeBIT.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

CeBIT 2002

Hall 19, Booth No. C39

HANNOVER, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 19, 2002

SOYO Computer, Inc. will announce 12 new motherboard designs at CeBIT 2002 here, which will maximize performance of Intel and AMD CPUs, and newest VIA, SiS and Intel chipset technologies.

SOYO, with U.S. headquarters in Fremont, Calif., will introduce several new additions to its DRAGON series of DDR-memory based motherboards for Intel and AMD, and preview other new AMD and Intel designs.

The company will also introduce its SY-P4I RAPTOR, which will support Intel Socket-478 Pentium 4 CPUs and will be based on the forthcoming Intel i8850/ICH2 chipset with support for 400 MHz FSB. The RAPTOR is SOYO's featured Rambus memory mainboard for 2002 with its four 184-pin Direct Rambus RIMM modules, which will support up to 2GBs of memory.

Featured motherboards in the DRAGON series for Intel Socket-478 Pentium 4 processors include the SY-P4V DRAGON Ultra with VIA's P4X333/8235 chipset; the SY-P4I Fire DRAGON with Intel i845B step/ICH2 chipset and IEEE 1394 FireWire support. Two new DRAGON series boards will be based on new SiS chipset technology for Intel Pentium 4 CPUs. The SY-P4S645DX DRAGON Ultra will feature the SiS 645DX/961 chipset, while the SY-P4S648 DRAGON Ultra has been designed with the SiS 648/962 chipset. DRAGON series boards for Intel CPUs. All boards offer DDR memory support, and support for 400/533 MHz FSB.

For AMD Socket-A processors, SOYO will show its SY-K7V DRAGON Ultra with VIA KT333/8233A chipset, and support for 200/266 MHz FSB. The DRAGON Ultra distinguishes itself from like-boards with the addition of SOYO's "sigma box" series, which provides 10 USB ports, including four USB 2.0 ports. SOYO's SY-K7V DRAGON Light board for consumers will feature the VIA KT266A/8233A chipset.

Other new SOYO motherboards for Intel CPUs will include the SY-P4VDA for Socket-478 Pentium 4 processors. It will feature VIA's P4X266A / 8233A chipset, support 400 MHz FSB, and is expandable with three 184-pin DDR SDRAM 2.5V DIMM sockets with support up to 3GB. SOYO's SY-P4SDM, designed for consumers, will support the Socket-478 Pentium 4 with SiS 650/961B chipset, 400MHz FSB, and two 184-pin DDR SDRAM 2.5V DIMM sockets for up to 2GBs of memory. The SY-7VEF has also been designed for price-performance systems with support for the Intel FC-PGA 2 Tualatin Processor, and Intel FC-PGA Pentium III and Celeron Processors. The SY-7VEF uses standard 168-pin SDRAM DIMM sockets with support up to 1.0GB.

Additional new boards in SOYO's AMD 2002 lineup for Socket A processors include the SY-K7VDM with VIA KM266/8233A chipset, and the SY-K7VEM Pro with VIA KLE133 VT8361+ 686B Chipset. Both boards will support 200/266 MHz FSB.

Depending on the model SOYO will integrate many advanced features to add performance and value to its designs. Standard features on many boards in the 2002 lineup will include: Embedded Hipoint IDE-RAID chip, which will provide ATA133 IDE- RAID 0,1,0+1; on board 10/100 Mbps Ethernet function by PHY controller; embedded CMI 8738 audio chips to provide 6 channels audio solution; AGP Pro Slots; and Smart Card Reader connectors for utilizing Smart Card applications.

SOYO will also include its "sigma box" line of peripherals with some models. These bundled peripherals occupy a standard 3.5-inch drive bay for easily connecting additional devices such as USB 2.0, telephony, and FireWire devices to the front of the system being built.

The SOYO 2002 motherboard lineup continues SOYO's tradition of making it easy to fine-tune its motherboards for business & consumer performance applications such as 3D modeling, animation or gaming. SOYO has integrated many enhanced overclocking, system management, and security features into the majority of its motherboards. Users can customize their boards to specific applications by adjusting the CPU FSB, core voltage & multiplier, AGP/AGP Pro voltage, and DDR SDRAM/RAMBUS voltage via the BIOS setup. The FSB on most models can also 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 all SOYO boards are CPU fan speed and temperature monitoring; WOL (Wake On LAN) function to simplify network management; software power-off controls and remote and/or alarm power-on control.

Pricing on many boards and ships dates are to be determined. SOYO will offer both single board and volume pricing.

With more than 8,000 exhibitors (3,000 from abroad) and a net display area of more than 432,000 square meters, CeBIT 2002 is the world's leading show for information technology, telecommunications and office automation and a key showplace for SOYO's worldwide market.

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.

European headers are located at SOYO Deutschland GmbH, August-Wilhelm-Kuhnholz-Str.15, D-26135 Oldenburg (Oldb), Germany, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], Web Site: http://www.soyo.de, Email:[e-mail]

Note to Editors: SOYO is a registered trademark. Other product names are either trademarks or trade names of their respective holders.

See SOYO at CeBIT 2002, March 13-20, 2002, Hall 19, Booth #C39.