Slide 1: VIA K8 Series Chipsets
VIA K8 Series Chipsets Powering the AMD64 Revolution! Updated March 2004 VIA Confidential and Proprietary
Slide 2: Long-Term Leadership on the AMD Platform
Long-Term Leadership on the AMD Platform n Leading Chipset supplier for AMD64, Athlon™ XP, Athlon & Duron Processors g 9 out of 10 Athlon 64 Motherboards now use the VIA K8T800 Chipset g From VIA KX133 to VIA KT880, VIA chipsets have covered the entire life span of the K7 processor g Pioneered integ
Slide 3: VIA K8T800 Chipset
VIA K8T800 Chipset n Undisputed Market Leading Core-Logic Chipset for AMD64 Platform g Commands 90% Market Share for AMD Athlon 64 Motherboards g AMD Athlon 64 Ready! g Performance Desktops & Enthusiast PCs g Media Center PCs n Hyper8™ Technology g Enables full 16-bit/800MHz implementation of HyperT
Slide 4: K8T800 – What the Media Are Saying
K8T800 – What the Media Are Saying “AMD will tell you what ATX mainboards they think are fit for their Athlon64s. In the Athlon64 3200+ category, 6 out of 8 are powered by the VIA K8T800 and only 2 out of 8 are sporting NVIDIA nForce3 chipsets.” “VIA, with the K8T800 chipset, currently offers a clea
Slide 5: K8T800 – Superior Feature Set
K8T800 – Superior Feature Set “the K8T800 looks like the better workstation platform right now. The nForce3 Pro doesn't have any great flaws, and its single-chip approach is elegant, but the K8T800 offers more." "In terms of chipset features, for the Athlon64, VIA simply has the feature edge right n
Slide 6: K8T800 – Superior Stability
K8T800 – Superior Stability “…showed no stability problems in our stress tests with both banks filled with double-bank DIMMs at stock 400 speed.” “VIA K8T800 was impressively stable… There were no freezes, instability or unexplained crashes during week-long testing. The same cannot be said about the
Slide 7: VIA K8M800 Chipset
VIA K8M800 Chipset n Industry’s First IGP Chipset for the AMD64 Platform Extends 64-bit Computing into the Mainstream n S3 Graphics UniChrome™ Pro IGP Provides Ultimate Hi- Def™ Visual Experience on AMD64 Platform g S3 Chromotion CE Video Display Engine g Output - Full HDTV Support, including 1080p
Slide 8: VIA Hyper8 Technology
VIA Hyper8™ Technology n Enables Full Implementation of HyperTransport Interface g 6.4GB/s Bandwidth (800MHz/16-bit) HyperTransport interface for 754-pin and 940-pin AMD64 CPUs n Offers Unparalleled Performance Levels and Data Integrity g Analysis of retail motherboards featuring competitor’s chipse
Slide 9: VIA Hyper8 Technology
VIA Hyper8™ Technology VIA Confidential and Proprietary
Slide 10: Most Scalable Platform for AMD64 Architecture
Most Scalable Platform for AMD64 Architecture n VIA’s flexible and highly scalable architecture allows motherboard manufacturers to cover all market segments and price points g VIA Networking Gigabit Ethernet g Single chip 10/100/1000 design g Advanced software interface g VIA Vinyl Audio g VIA Viny
Slide 11: VT8237 South Bridge Overview
VT8237 South Bridge Overview n VIA DriveStation™ Advanced Controller Suite g Serial ATA g High Performance 150MB/s Dual Channel Serial ATA interface g Extended support for additional two Serial ATA devices through SATAlite™ interface g V-RAID g Serial RAID controller g RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 0+1 g
Slide 12: VIA DriveStation V-RAID
VIA DriveStation V-RAID n Industry’s first full-featured native Serial RAID solution to be integrated into PC core logic chipset architecture g Supports RAID Levels 0, 1 & 0+11 g Highest HDD Data Transfer Rates for Maximum System Performance g Superior Fault Tolerance for Optimum Data Integrity n Ea
Slide 13: VIA DriveStation V-RAID Configurations
VIA DriveStation V-RAID Configurations RAID Level 0 RAID Level 1 RAID Level 0+11 Effect: Striping Effect: Mirroring Effect: Mirroring & Striping Capacity: 100% Capacity: 50% Capacity: 50% Performance: High Performance: Performance: High Normal/High Fault Tolerance: Fault Tolerance: High Low Fault To
Slide 14: VIA Networking Velocity Line of Gigabit Ethernet Controllers
VIA Networking Velocity™ Line of Gigabit Ethernet Controllers n Complete Gigabit Ethernet Package g Single chip 10/100/1000 design g Ready Now! g Integrated Cicada SimpliPHY™ Technology g Delivers superior real world Gigabit performance g GigaCheck™ Software Interface g Connection speed g Link Quali
Slide 15: VIA Vinyl Multichannel Audio Suite
VIA Vinyl™ Multichannel Audio Suite n VIA Vinyl™ Audio g Richest choice of market leading integrated and onboard audio performance options g VIA Vinyl integrated 5.1 surround sound n VIA Vinyl AC ’97 audio controller n VIA Six-TRAC codec g VIA Vinyl Gold onboard 7.1 surround sound n VIA Envy24PT + V
Slide 16: VIA K8 Series In Summary
VIA K8 Series In Summary n Industry’s most comprehensive portfolio of AMD64 chipsets, covering ALL market segments g Athlon 64 Performance Desktop / Enthusiast g Dual / Single Opteron Servers & Workstations g Athlon 64 Mainstream Desktop g Athlon 64 Mobile n Industry’s highest performance & most sca
Slide 17: Thank You
Thank You VIA Confidential and Proprietary