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Socket 7
| Chipset | Part Numbers | South Bridge | Release Date | Processors | FSB Front side bus A front-side bus is a computer communication interface often used in computers during the 1990s and 2000s.It typically carries data between the central processing unit and a memory controller hub, known as the northbridge.... | SMP Symmetric multiprocessing In computing, symmetric multiprocessing involves a multiprocessor computer hardware architecture where two or more identical processors are connected to a single shared main memory and are controlled by a single OS instance. Most common multiprocessor systems today use an SMP architecture... | Memory types | Memory bus | Max. memory | Max. cache | Max. cacheable RAM | Parity/ ECC Error detection and correction In information theory and coding theory with applications in computer science and telecommunication, error detection and correction or error control are techniques that enable reliable delivery of digital data over unreliable communication channels... | PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer... | AGP Accelerated Graphics Port The Accelerated Graphics Port is a high-speed point-to-point channel for attaching a video card to a computer's motherboard, primarily to assist in the acceleration of 3D computer graphics. Since 2004 AGP has been progressively phased out in favor of PCI Express... | IGP |
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| Apollo Master | VT82C575M + VT82C577M | VT82C576M + VT82C416 | Socket 5 Socket 5 Socket 5 was created for the second generation of Intel P5 Pentium processors operating at speeds from 75 to 120 MHz as well as certain Pentium OverDrive and Pentium MMX processors with core voltage 3.3 V. Consisting of 320 pins, this was the first socket to use a staggered pin grid array, or... |
66 MHz | FPM EDO BEDO | 66 MHz | 1024 MB | 2 MB | 1024 MB w/ 1 MB L2 | 2.1 | No | ||||
| Apollo VP | VT82C585VP, VT82C587VP | VT82C586 | Socket 7 Socket 7 Socket 7 is a physical and electrical specification for an x86-style CPU socket on a personal computer motherboard. The socket supersedes the earlier Socket 5, and accepts P5 Pentium microprocessors manufactured by Intel, as well as compatibles made by Cyrix/IBM, AMD, IDT and others.Socket 7 was... |
66 MHz | FPM Dynamic random access memory Dynamic random-access memory is a type of random-access memory that stores each bit of data in a separate capacitor within an integrated circuit. The capacitor can be either charged or discharged; these two states are taken to represent the two values of a bit, conventionally called 0 and 1... EDO Dynamic random access memory Dynamic random-access memory is a type of random-access memory that stores each bit of data in a separate capacitor within an integrated circuit. The capacitor can be either charged or discharged; these two states are taken to represent the two values of a bit, conventionally called 0 and 1... BEDO Dynamic random access memory Dynamic random-access memory is a type of random-access memory that stores each bit of data in a separate capacitor within an integrated circuit. The capacitor can be either charged or discharged; these two states are taken to represent the two values of a bit, conventionally called 0 and 1... SDRAM SDRAM Synchronous dynamic random access memory is dynamic random access memory that is synchronized with the system bus. Classic DRAM has an asynchronous interface, which means that it responds as quickly as possible to changes in control inputs... |
66 MHz | 512 MB | 2 MB | 512 MB w/ 2 MB L2 | 2.0 | No | ||||
| Apollo VP2/97 | VT82C595 | VT82C586B | Socket 7 | 66 MHz | FPM EDO BEDO SDRAM | 66 MHz | 512 MB | 2 MB | 512 MB w/ 2 MB L2 | 2.0 | No | ||||
| Apollo VPX/97 | VT82C595 | VT82C586B | Socket 7 | 66 MHz | FPM EDO BEDO SDRAM | 66 MHz | 512 MB | 2 MB | 512 MB w/ 2 MB L2 | 2.0 | No | ||||
| Apollo VP3 Apollo VP3 Apollo VP3 is a x86 based Socket 7 chipset which was manufactured by VIA Technologies and was launched 1997. y.On its time Apollo VP3 was a high performance, cost effective, and energy efficient chipset. It offered AGP support for Socket 7 processors which was not supported at that moment by... |
VT82C597 | VT82C586B | 1997 | Socket 7 | 66 MHz | FPM EDO BEDO SDRAM | 66 MHz | 1024 MB | 2 MB | 1024 MB w/ 2 MB L2 | 2.0 | 2× | No | ||
| Apollo MVP3 | VT82C598AT | VT82C586B, 596A/B or 686A/B | Super Socket 7 Super Socket 7 The Super Socket 7, also referred to as Super 7, is an extension of the Socket 7 ZIF socket specification. It features a 100 MHz front-side bus, support for AGP, and a SPGA package. Super Socket was used by AMD K6-2 and K6-III processors, and some of the final Cyrix M-II processors... |
66 - 100 MHz | FPM EDO BEDO SDRAM | 66 - 100 MHz | 768 MB | 2 MB | 512 MB w/ 2 MB L2 | 2.1 | 2× | No | |||
| Apollo MVP4 | VT8501 | VT82C686A/B or VT82C596B | Super Socket 7 | 66 - 100 MHz | FPM EDO BEDO SDRAM | 66 - 100 MHz | 768 MB | 2 MB | 512 MB w/ 2 MB L2 | 2.1 | Trident Blade3D |
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. or AMD is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Sunnyvale, California, that develops computer processors and related technologies for commercial and consumer markets...
licensed the VIA Apollo VP2/97 core logic architecture as its AMD 640 chipset.
Socket 370Socket 370Socket 370 is a common format of CPU socket first used by Intel for Pentium III and Celeron processors to replace the older Slot 1 CPU interface on personal computers. The "370" refers to the number of pin holes in the socket for CPU pins...
and Slot 1Slot 1Slot 1 refers to the physical and electrical specification for the connector used by some of Intel's microprocessors, including the Pentium Pro, Celeron, Pentium II and the Pentium III...
| Chipset | Part Numbers | South Bridge | Release Date | Processors | FSB Front side bus A front-side bus is a computer communication interface often used in computers during the 1990s and 2000s.It typically carries data between the central processing unit and a memory controller hub, known as the northbridge.... |
SMP Symmetric multiprocessing In computing, symmetric multiprocessing involves a multiprocessor computer hardware architecture where two or more identical processors are connected to a single shared main memory and are controlled by a single OS instance. Most common multiprocessor systems today use an SMP architecture... |
Memory types | Memory bus | Max. memory | Max. cache | Max. cacheable RAM | Parity/ECC Error detection and correction In information theory and coding theory with applications in computer science and telecommunication, error detection and correction or error control are techniques that enable reliable delivery of digital data over unreliable communication channels... |
PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer... |
V-Link | AGP Accelerated Graphics Port The Accelerated Graphics Port is a high-speed point-to-point channel for attaching a video card to a computer's motherboard, primarily to assist in the acceleration of 3D computer graphics. Since 2004 AGP has been progressively phased out in favor of PCI Express... |
IGP |
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| Apollo Pro | VT82C691, VT62C692BX | VT82C586B | Pentium III Pentium III The Pentium III brand refers to Intel's 32-bit x86 desktop and mobile microprocessors based on the sixth-generation P6 microarchitecture introduced on February 26, 1999. The brand's initial processors were very similar to the earlier Pentium II-branded microprocessors... , Pentium II Pentium II The Pentium II brand refers to Intel's sixth-generation microarchitecture and x86-compatible microprocessors introduced on May 7, 1997. Containing 7.5 million transistors, the Pentium II featured an improved version of the first P6-generation core of the Pentium Pro, which contained 5.5 million... , Pentium Pro Pentium Pro The Pentium Pro is a sixth-generation x86 microprocessor developed and manufactured by Intel introduced in November 1, 1995 . It introduced the P6 microarchitecture and was originally intended to replace the original Pentium in a full range of applications... |
66/100 MHz | No | FPM Dynamic random access memory Dynamic random-access memory is a type of random-access memory that stores each bit of data in a separate capacitor within an integrated circuit. The capacitor can be either charged or discharged; these two states are taken to represent the two values of a bit, conventionally called 0 and 1... EDO Dynamic random access memory Dynamic random-access memory is a type of random-access memory that stores each bit of data in a separate capacitor within an integrated circuit. The capacitor can be either charged or discharged; these two states are taken to represent the two values of a bit, conventionally called 0 and 1... BEDO Dynamic random access memory Dynamic random-access memory is a type of random-access memory that stores each bit of data in a separate capacitor within an integrated circuit. The capacitor can be either charged or discharged; these two states are taken to represent the two values of a bit, conventionally called 0 and 1... PC66/PC100 SDRAM SDRAM Synchronous dynamic random access memory is dynamic random access memory that is synchronized with the system bus. Classic DRAM has an asynchronous interface, which means that it responds as quickly as possible to changes in control inputs... |
66/100 MHz | 1 GB | NA | NA | Yes | 2.1 | No | 2× | No | |
| Apollo Pro+ | VT82C693 | VT82C586B, VT82C596A/B | Pentium III Pentium III The Pentium III brand refers to Intel's 32-bit x86 desktop and mobile microprocessors based on the sixth-generation P6 microarchitecture introduced on February 26, 1999. The brand's initial processors were very similar to the earlier Pentium II-branded microprocessors... , Pentium II Pentium II The Pentium II brand refers to Intel's sixth-generation microarchitecture and x86-compatible microprocessors introduced on May 7, 1997. Containing 7.5 million transistors, the Pentium II featured an improved version of the first P6-generation core of the Pentium Pro, which contained 5.5 million... , Pentium Pro Pentium Pro The Pentium Pro is a sixth-generation x86 microprocessor developed and manufactured by Intel introduced in November 1, 1995 . It introduced the P6 microarchitecture and was originally intended to replace the original Pentium in a full range of applications... |
66/100 MHz | No | FPM Dynamic random access memory Dynamic random-access memory is a type of random-access memory that stores each bit of data in a separate capacitor within an integrated circuit. The capacitor can be either charged or discharged; these two states are taken to represent the two values of a bit, conventionally called 0 and 1... EDO Dynamic random access memory Dynamic random-access memory is a type of random-access memory that stores each bit of data in a separate capacitor within an integrated circuit. The capacitor can be either charged or discharged; these two states are taken to represent the two values of a bit, conventionally called 0 and 1... BEDO Dynamic random access memory Dynamic random-access memory is a type of random-access memory that stores each bit of data in a separate capacitor within an integrated circuit. The capacitor can be either charged or discharged; these two states are taken to represent the two values of a bit, conventionally called 0 and 1... PC66/PC100 SDRAM SDRAM Synchronous dynamic random access memory is dynamic random access memory that is synchronized with the system bus. Classic DRAM has an asynchronous interface, which means that it responds as quickly as possible to changes in control inputs... |
66/100 MHz | 1 GB | NA | NA | Yes | 2.1 | No | 2× | No | |
| Apollo Pro 133 | VT82C693A | VT82C596A/B, VT82C686A/B | July 1999 | Pentium III, Pentium II | 66/100/133 MHz | No | FPM Dynamic random access memory Dynamic random-access memory is a type of random-access memory that stores each bit of data in a separate capacitor within an integrated circuit. The capacitor can be either charged or discharged; these two states are taken to represent the two values of a bit, conventionally called 0 and 1... EDO Dynamic random access memory Dynamic random-access memory is a type of random-access memory that stores each bit of data in a separate capacitor within an integrated circuit. The capacitor can be either charged or discharged; these two states are taken to represent the two values of a bit, conventionally called 0 and 1... PC66/PC100/PC133 SDRAM SDRAM Synchronous dynamic random access memory is dynamic random access memory that is synchronized with the system bus. Classic DRAM has an asynchronous interface, which means that it responds as quickly as possible to changes in control inputs... |
66/100/133 MHz | 1.5 GB | NA | NA | Yes | 2.1 | No | 2× | No |
| Apollo Pro 133A | VT82694X or VT82C694MP | VT82C596B or VT82C686A/B | Oct 1999 | Pentium III, Pentium II | 66/100/133 MHz | Yes (VT82C694MP only) | PC100/PC133 SDRAM | 66/100/133 MHz | 2 GB | NA | NA | Yes | 2.1 | No | 4× | No |
| Apollo Pro 133T | VT82C694T | VT82C686B | Pentium III, Celeron | 66/100/133 MHz | No | PC100/PC133 SDRAM | 66/100/133 MHz | 2 GB | NA | NA | Yes | 2.1 | No | 4× | No | |
| ProSavage PM133 | VT8601 | VT82C686A/B | Pentium III, Pentium II | 66/100/133 MHz | No | PC100/PC133 SDRAM | 66/100/133 MHz | NA | NA | 2.1 | No | 4x | Yes | |||
| PLE133 | VT8601A | VT82C686B | Pentium III, Celeron, C3 | 66/100/133 MHz | No | PC100/PC133 SDRAM | 66/100/133 MHz | 1 GB | NA | NA | No | 2.2 | No | No | Yes | |
| PLE133T | VT8601T | VT82C686B | Pentium III, Celeron, C3, Pentium III Tualatin | 66/100/133 MHz | No | PC100/PC133 SDRAM | 66/100/133 MHz | 1 GB | NA | NA | No | 2.2 | No | No | Yes | |
| Apollo Pro 266 | VT8633 | VT8233 | Sept 2000 | Pentium III, Celeron, C3 | 66/100/133 MHz | Yes | SDRAM DDR 200/266, PC100/PC133 SDRAM | 200/266 MHz DDR, 100/133 MHz SDRAM | 4 GB | NA | NA | 2.1 | 266 MB Megabyte The megabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information storage or transmission with two different values depending on context: bytes generally for computer memory; and one million bytes generally for computer storage. The IEEE Standards Board has decided that "Mega will mean 1 000... /s |
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| Apollo Pro 266T | VT8653 | VT8233 | Pentium III, Celeron, Pentium III Tualatin, C3 | 66/100/133 MHz | Yes | SDRAM DDR 200/266, PC100/PC133 SDRAM | 200/266 MHz DDR, 100/133 MHz SDRAM | 4 GB | NA | NA | 2.1 | 266 MB/s | 4× | No | ||
| CLE266 | VT8622 or VT8633 | VT8233A, VT8235M | Pentium III, Celeron, Pentium III Tualatin, C3 | 66/100/133 MHz | No | SDRAM DDR 200/266 | 100/133 MHz | 2 GB | NA | NA | No | 2.1 | 266 MB/s | No | Yes |
- ProSavage PM133 - Graphics core from S3S3 GraphicsS3 Graphics, Ltd is an American company specializing in graphics chipsets. Although they do not have the large market share that they once had, they still produce graphics accelerators for home computers under the "S3 Chrome" brand name.-History:...
, derived from a combination of the 3D component of Savage4 and 2D from Savage 2000S3 SavageSavage was a product-line of PC graphics chipsets designed by S3.-Savage 3D:At the 1998 E3 Expo S3 introduced the first Savage product, Savage3D. Compared to its ViRGE-derived predecessor , Savage3D was a technological leap forward...
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Slot A and Socket A
| Chipset | Part Numbers | South Bridge | Release Date | Processors | FSB Front side bus A front-side bus is a computer communication interface often used in computers during the 1990s and 2000s.It typically carries data between the central processing unit and a memory controller hub, known as the northbridge.... |
SMP Symmetric multiprocessing In computing, symmetric multiprocessing involves a multiprocessor computer hardware architecture where two or more identical processors are connected to a single shared main memory and are controlled by a single OS instance. Most common multiprocessor systems today use an SMP architecture... |
Memory types | Memory bus | Max. memory | Parity/ECC Error detection and correction In information theory and coding theory with applications in computer science and telecommunication, error detection and correction or error control are techniques that enable reliable delivery of digital data over unreliable communication channels... |
V-Link | AGP Accelerated Graphics Port The Accelerated Graphics Port is a high-speed point-to-point channel for attaching a video card to a computer's motherboard, primarily to assist in the acceleration of 3D computer graphics. Since 2004 AGP has been progressively phased out in favor of PCI Express... |
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| KX133 | VT8371 | VT82C686A | Athlon (Slot A Slot A Slot A refers to the physical and electrical specification for a 242-lead single-edge-connector used by early versions of AMD's Athlon processor.The Slot A connector allows for a higher bus rate than Socket 7 or Super Socket 7... ) |
100 MHz | SDR SDRAM SDRAM Synchronous dynamic random access memory is dynamic random access memory that is synchronized with the system bus. Classic DRAM has an asynchronous interface, which means that it responds as quickly as possible to changes in control inputs... |
100-133 MHz | 2.0 GB | No | 4× | |||
| KT133 | VT8363 | VT82C686A/B | Athlon, Duron (Socket A Socket A Socket A is the CPU socket used for AMD processors ranging from the Athlon Thunderbird to the Athlon XP/MP 3200+, and AMD budget processors including the Duron and Sempron. Socket A also supports AMD Geode NX embedded processors... ) |
100 MHz | SDR SDRAM | 100-133 MHz | 1.5 GB | No | 4× | |||
| KT133A | VT8363A | VT82C686B | 2001 | Athlon, Athlon XP, Duron (Socket A) | 100-133 MHz | SDR SDRAM | 100-133 MHz | 1.5 GB | No | 4× | ||
| KT266 | VT8366 | VT823x | Jan 2001 | Athlon, Athlon XP, Duron (Socket A) | 100-133 MHz | DDR SDRAM DDR SDRAM Double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory is a class of memory integrated circuits used in computers. DDR SDRAM has been superseded by DDR2 SDRAM and DDR3 SDRAM, neither of which are either forward or backward compatible with DDR SDRAM, meaning that DDR2 or DDR3 memory modules... |
100-133 MHz | 4.0 GB | 266 MB Megabyte The megabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information storage or transmission with two different values depending on context: bytes generally for computer memory; and one million bytes generally for computer storage. The IEEE Standards Board has decided that "Mega will mean 1 000... /s |
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| KT266A | VT8366A | VT823x | Sept 2001 | Athlon, Athlon XP, Duron (Socket A) | 100-133 MHz | DDR SDRAM | 100-133 MHz | 4.0 GB | 266 MB/s | 4× | ||
| KT333 | VT8367 | VT8233, VT8235 | Feb 2002 | Athlon, Athlon XP, Duron, Sempron (Socket A) | 100-166 MHz | DDR SDRAM | 100-166 MHz | 4.0 GB | 266 MB/s | 4× | ||
| KT400 | VT8368 | VT8235, VT8237 | Aug 2002 | Athlon, Athlon XP, Duron, Sempron (Socket A)) | 100-166 MHz | DDR SDRAM | 100-166 MHz | 4.0 GB | 533 MB/s | 8× | ||
| KT400A | VT8377A | VT8237, VT8251 | Mar 2003 | Athlon, Athlon XP, Duron, Sempron (Socket A) | 100-166 MHz | DDR SDRAM | 100-200 MHz | 4.0 GB | 533 MB/s | 8× | ||
| KT600 | VT8377 | VT8237, VT8251 | May 2003 | Athlon, Athlon XP, Duron, Sempron (Socket A) | 100-200 MHz | DDR SDRAM | 100-200 MHz | 8.0 GB | 533 MB/s | 8× | ||
| KT880 | VT8379 | VT8237, VT8251 | Feb 2004 | Athlon, Athlon XP, Duron, Sempron (Socket A) | 100-200 MHz | DDR SDRAM | Dual 100-200 MHz | 8.0 GB | 533 MB/s | 8× |
- KT266 contains a hardware bug which cause system instability when using the AGP slot at the specified max capacity of 4×.
- ProSavage KM133, KM266, KM400, KM400A - Similar to the above, but with integrated graphics. After KM133, DDR is supported. The KM133 uses an IGP consisting of the S3 Savage4 3D core and Savage 2000 2D functionality. KM266's ProSavage8 IGP is similar but has an additional 3D pipeline. The KM400 chipset and its "A" variant use the VIA UniChrome IGP.
Socket 478
| Chipset | Part Numbers | South Bridge | Release Date | Processors | FSB Front side bus A front-side bus is a computer communication interface often used in computers during the 1990s and 2000s.It typically carries data between the central processing unit and a memory controller hub, known as the northbridge.... |
SMP Symmetric multiprocessing In computing, symmetric multiprocessing involves a multiprocessor computer hardware architecture where two or more identical processors are connected to a single shared main memory and are controlled by a single OS instance. Most common multiprocessor systems today use an SMP architecture... |
Memory types | Memory bus | Max. memory | Parity/ECC Error detection and correction In information theory and coding theory with applications in computer science and telecommunication, error detection and correction or error control are techniques that enable reliable delivery of digital data over unreliable communication channels... |
V-Link | AGP Accelerated Graphics Port The Accelerated Graphics Port is a high-speed point-to-point channel for attaching a video card to a computer's motherboard, primarily to assist in the acceleration of 3D computer graphics. Since 2004 AGP has been progressively phased out in favor of PCI Express... |
IGP |
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| P4M266 | VT8751 | VT8233/8233A/8233C | Pentium 4 Pentium 4 Pentium 4 was a line of single-core desktop and laptop central processing units , introduced by Intel on November 20, 2000 and shipped through August 8, 2008. They had a 7th-generation x86 microarchitecture, called NetBurst, which was the company's first all-new design since the introduction of the... , Celeron Celeron Celeron is a brand name given by Intel Corp. to a number of different x86 computer microprocessor models targeted at budget personal computers.... , Celeron D |
400/533 MHz | SDR SDRAM SDRAM Synchronous dynamic random access memory is dynamic random access memory that is synchronized with the system bus. Classic DRAM has an asynchronous interface, which means that it responds as quickly as possible to changes in control inputs... /DDR SDRAM DDR DDR may refer to:In entertainment:*Dance Dance Revolution, a music video game series by Konami*DDR , a Norwegian rock band singing in German.*DDR , a Greenlandic punk band singing in Danish.In organizations:... |
100/133 MHz SDRAM, 200/266 MHz DDR SDRAM | 4.0 GB | 266 MB/s | 4× | Yes (ProSavage8™ DDR) | |||
| P4X266 | VT8753 | VT8233/8233C | Pentium 4, Celeron | 400 MHz | SDR SDRAM/DDR SDRAM | 100/133 MHz SDRAM, 200/266 MHz DDR SDRAM | 4.0 GB | 266 MB/s | 4× | No | |||
| P4X266E | VT8753 | VT8233/8233C | Pentium 4, Celeron, Celeron D | 400/533 MHz | SDR SDRAM/DDR SDRAM | 100/133 MHz SDRAM, 200/266 MHz DDR SDRAM | 4.0 GB | 266 MBs | 4× | No | |||
| P4X266A | VT8753 | VT8233/8233C | Pentium 4, Celeron | 400 MHz | SDR SDRAM/DDR SDRAM | 100/133 MHz SDRAM, 200/266 MHz DDR SDRAM | 4.0 GB | 266 MB Megabyte The megabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information storage or transmission with two different values depending on context: bytes generally for computer memory; and one million bytes generally for computer storage. The IEEE Standards Board has decided that "Mega will mean 1 000... /s |
4× | No | |||
| P4X333 | VT83754 | VIA VT8235 | Pentium 4, Celeron, Celeron D | 400/533 MHz | DDR SDRAM | 200/266/333 MHz | 16.0 GB | 533 MB/s | 8× | No | |||
| P4X400 | VT8754 | VIA VT8235 | Pentium 4, Celeron, Celeron D | 400/533 MHz | DDR SDRAM | 200/266/333/400 MHz | 16.0 GB | 533 MB/s | 8× | No | |||
| P4X533 | VIA VT8237R+ | Pentium 4, Celeron, Celeron D | 400/533 MHz | DDR SDRAM | 200/266/333/400 MHz | 16.0 GB | 533 MB/s | 8× | No |
AMD / Intel processors
- VIA K8T800, VIA K8T800 Pro, VIA K8M800 - Athlon 64Athlon 64The Athlon 64 is an eighth-generation, AMD64-architecture microprocessor produced by AMD, released on September 23, 2003. It is the third processor to bear the name Athlon, and the immediate successor to the Athlon XP...
chipsets. Established an early market lead, with richer features, and a full speed HyperTransport implementation
- VIA PT900, P4M900, K8T900, K8M890 - VIA's PCIe-onlyPCI ExpressPCI Express , officially abbreviated as PCIe, is a computer expansion card standard designed to replace the older PCI, PCI-X, and AGP bus standards...
chipsets. The P4M900 and K8M890 have onboard graphics. The PT900 and P4M900 chipsets have single-channel DDR2-only memory controllers, while the K8T900 and K8M890 being Athlon 64 chipsets do not have memory controllers. - VIA Chipsets K8 Series for AMD CPU Comparison Chart
| Chipset | Part Numbers | South Bridge | Release Date | Processors | Max. FSB Front side bus A front-side bus is a computer communication interface often used in computers during the 1990s and 2000s.It typically carries data between the central processing unit and a memory controller hub, known as the northbridge.... |
SMP Symmetric multiprocessing In computing, symmetric multiprocessing involves a multiprocessor computer hardware architecture where two or more identical processors are connected to a single shared main memory and are controlled by a single OS instance. Most common multiprocessor systems today use an SMP architecture... |
Memory types | Memory bus | Max. memory | Parity/ECC Error detection and correction In information theory and coding theory with applications in computer science and telecommunication, error detection and correction or error control are techniques that enable reliable delivery of digital data over unreliable communication channels... |
V-Link | AGP Accelerated Graphics Port The Accelerated Graphics Port is a high-speed point-to-point channel for attaching a video card to a computer's motherboard, primarily to assist in the acceleration of 3D computer graphics. Since 2004 AGP has been progressively phased out in favor of PCI Express... |
PCI-Express |
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| K8T800 | VT | VT8237R Plus | Apr 2003 | Socket 754 Socket 754 Socket 754 is a CPU socket originally developed by AMD to succeed its Athlon XP platform . Socket 754 was the first socket developed by AMD to support their new consumer version of the 64 bit microprocessor family known as AMD64.-Technical specifications:Socket 754 was the original socket for... |
800 MHz | No | DDR SDRAM DDR SDRAM Double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory is a class of memory integrated circuits used in computers. DDR SDRAM has been superseded by DDR2 SDRAM and DDR3 SDRAM, neither of which are either forward or backward compatible with DDR SDRAM, meaning that DDR2 or DDR3 memory modules... |
MHz | 4GB | 533MB/s | 8× | ||
| K8M800 | VT | VT8237R Plus | Dec 2003 | Socket 754/AM2 | 800 MHz | No | DDR SDRAM | MHz | 4GB | 533MB/s | 8× | ||
| K8T800 Pro | VT | VT8237R Plus | May 2004 | Socket 939 Socket 939 Socket 939 is a CPU socket released by AMD in June 2004 to supersede the previous Socket 754 for Athlon 64 processors. Socket 939 was succeeded by Socket AM2 in May 2006. It is the second socket designed for AMD's AMD64 range of processors.-Availability:... |
1 GHz | No | DDR SDRAM | MHz | 4GB | 1 GHz/s | 8× | ||
| K8T890 | VT | VT8237R Plus | Sept 2004 | Socket 939/940(AM2) | 1 GHz | No | DDR/DDR2 SDRAM | 800MHz | 4GB | 1 GHz/s | ×16 | ||
| K8M890 | VT | VT8251/VT8237R Plus | Oct 2005 | Socket 939/940(AM2) | 1 GHz | No | DDR/DDR2 SDRAM | 800MHz | 4GB | 1 GHz/s | ×16 |
- Being a reduced version of PM880, PM800 is not as closely related to PT800 as P4M890 to PT890. Because of its high cost, It is soon obsoleted in favor of P4M800 and then P4M800 Pro, both of which have a lower rated V-Link and feature no special memory technology such as FastStream64 or StepUp that is common in the other listed 8xx chipsets.
- VIA Chipsets P4 Series for Intel CPU Comparison Chart
| Chipset | Part Numbers | South Bridge | Release Date | Processors | Max. FSB Front side bus A front-side bus is a computer communication interface often used in computers during the 1990s and 2000s.It typically carries data between the central processing unit and a memory controller hub, known as the northbridge.... |
SMP Symmetric multiprocessing In computing, symmetric multiprocessing involves a multiprocessor computer hardware architecture where two or more identical processors are connected to a single shared main memory and are controlled by a single OS instance. Most common multiprocessor systems today use an SMP architecture... |
Memory types | Memory bus | Max. memory | Parity/ECC Error detection and correction In information theory and coding theory with applications in computer science and telecommunication, error detection and correction or error control are techniques that enable reliable delivery of digital data over unreliable communication channels... |
V-Link | AGP Accelerated Graphics Port The Accelerated Graphics Port is a high-speed point-to-point channel for attaching a video card to a computer's motherboard, primarily to assist in the acceleration of 3D computer graphics. Since 2004 AGP has been progressively phased out in favor of PCI Express... |
PCI-Express |
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| PM800 (IG) | VT | VT8237 | Nov 2003 | LGA 775/Socket 478 Socket 478 Socket 478 is a 478-contact CPU socket used for Intel's Pentium 4 and Celeron series CPUs.Socket 478 was launched with the Northwood core to compete with AMD's 462-pin Socket A and their Athlon XP processors. Socket 478 was intended to be the replacement for Socket 423, a Willamette-based... |
800 MHz | No | DDR SDRAM DDR SDRAM Double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory is a class of memory integrated circuits used in computers. DDR SDRAM has been superseded by DDR2 SDRAM and DDR3 SDRAM, neither of which are either forward or backward compatible with DDR SDRAM, meaning that DDR2 or DDR3 memory modules... |
MHz | 3 GB | 1066 MB/s | 8× | No | |
| PT800 | VT | VT8237 | Mar 2004 | LGA 775/Socket 478 Socket 478 Socket 478 is a 478-contact CPU socket used for Intel's Pentium 4 and Celeron series CPUs.Socket 478 was launched with the Northwood core to compete with AMD's 462-pin Socket A and their Athlon XP processors. Socket 478 was intended to be the replacement for Socket 423, a Willamette-based... |
800 MHz | No | DDR SDRAM DDR SDRAM Double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory is a class of memory integrated circuits used in computers. DDR SDRAM has been superseded by DDR2 SDRAM and DDR3 SDRAM, neither of which are either forward or backward compatible with DDR SDRAM, meaning that DDR2 or DDR3 memory modules... |
MHz | 3 GB | 533 MB/s | 8× | No | |
| P4M800 (IG) | VT | VT8237R+ | LGA 775/Socket 478 | 800 MHz | No | DDR SDRAM | MHz | 3 GB | 533 MB/s | 8× | No | ||
| P4M800 Pro (IG) | VT | VT8237R+ | Sept 2005 | LGA 775 | 1066 MHz | No | DDR/DDR2 SDRAM | MHz | 2 GB | 533 MB/s | 8× | No | |
| P4M890 (IG) | VT | VT8237A | Feb 2006 | LGA 775 | 1066 MHz | No | DDR/DDR2 SDRAM | MHz | 4 GB | 533 MB/s | N/A | ×16 | |
| PT890 | VT | VT8237A | Apr 2006 | LGA 775 | 1066 MHz | No | DDR/DDR2 SDRAM | MHz | 4 GB | 533 MB/s | N/A | ×16 | |
| P4M900 (IG) | VT | VT8251, VT8237 | May 2006 | LGA 775 | 1066 MHz | No | DDR/DDR2 SDRAM | MHz | 4 GB | 1066 MB/s | N/A | ×16 | |
| PM880 (IG) | VT | VT8237 | Nov 2003 | LGA 775/Socket 478 Socket 478 Socket 478 is a 478-contact CPU socket used for Intel's Pentium 4 and Celeron series CPUs.Socket 478 was launched with the Northwood core to compete with AMD's 462-pin Socket A and their Athlon XP processors. Socket 478 was intended to be the replacement for Socket 423, a Willamette-based... |
800 MHz | NO | Dual Channel DDR SDRAM | MHz | 4 GB | No | 1066 MB/s | 8× | No |
| PT880 | VT | VT8237 | Nov 2003 | LGA 775/Socket 478 Socket 478 Socket 478 is a 478-contact CPU socket used for Intel's Pentium 4 and Celeron series CPUs.Socket 478 was launched with the Northwood core to compete with AMD's 462-pin Socket A and their Athlon XP processors. Socket 478 was intended to be the replacement for Socket 423, a Willamette-based... |
800 MHz | NO | Dual Channel DDR SDRAM | MHz | 4 GB | No | 1066 MB/s | 8× | No |
| PT880 Pro | VT | VT8237R+ | Jan 2005 | LGA 775/Socket 478 Socket 478 Socket 478 is a 478-contact CPU socket used for Intel's Pentium 4 and Celeron series CPUs.Socket 478 was launched with the Northwood core to compete with AMD's 462-pin Socket A and their Athlon XP processors. Socket 478 was intended to be the replacement for Socket 423, a Willamette-based... |
800 MHz | No | Dual Channel DDR/DDR2 SDRAM | MHz | 4 GB | 1066 MB/s | 8× | ×4 | |
| PT880 Ultra | VT | VT8237R+ | Jan 2005 | LGA 775 | 1066 MHz | No | Dual Channel DDR/DDR2 SDRAM | MHz | 4 GB | 1066 MB/s | 8× | ×4 | |
| PT894 | VT | VT8237R+ | LGA 775 | 1066 MHz | No | Dual Channel DDR/DDR2 SDRAM | MHz | 4 GB | 1066 MB/s | N/A | ×16 |
VIA processors
| Chipset | Part Numbers | South Bridge | Release Date | Processors | FSB Front side bus A front-side bus is a computer communication interface often used in computers during the 1990s and 2000s.It typically carries data between the central processing unit and a memory controller hub, known as the northbridge.... |
SMP Symmetric multiprocessing In computing, symmetric multiprocessing involves a multiprocessor computer hardware architecture where two or more identical processors are connected to a single shared main memory and are controlled by a single OS instance. Most common multiprocessor systems today use an SMP architecture... |
Memory types | Memory bus | Max. memory | Parity/ECC Error detection and correction In information theory and coding theory with applications in computer science and telecommunication, error detection and correction or error control are techniques that enable reliable delivery of digital data over unreliable communication channels... |
V-Link | PCI | AGP Accelerated Graphics Port The Accelerated Graphics Port is a high-speed point-to-point channel for attaching a video card to a computer's motherboard, primarily to assist in the acceleration of 3D computer graphics. Since 2004 AGP has been progressively phased out in favor of PCI Express... |
PCI-e | IGP | Audio |
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| VX700 | VT | (single-chip solution) | Jul 2006 | VIA C7-M/C7-M ULV | 533/400 MHz | DDR2/DDR SDRAM | 2GB | No | 4 | 8× | VIA UniChrome Pro | VIA Vinyl HD Audio | ||||
| CN700 | VT | VT8237A/VT8251 | 2006 | VIA C7 VIA C7 The VIA C7 is an x86 central processing unit designed by Centaur Technology and sold by VIA Technologies.- Product history :The C7 delivers a number of improvements to the older VIA C3 cores but is nearly identical to the latest VIA C3 Nehemiah core. The C7 was officially launched in May 2005,... |
533/400 MHz | DDR2/DDR SDRAM | up to 533 MHz | 2GB | 533MB Megabyte The megabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information storage or transmission with two different values depending on context: bytes generally for computer memory; and one million bytes generally for computer storage. The IEEE Standards Board has decided that "Mega will mean 1 000... /s |
SB | 8× | VIA UniChrome Pro | SB | |||
| CN800 | VT | VT8237R Plus | Nov 2006 | VIA C7 VIA C7 The VIA C7 is an x86 central processing unit designed by Centaur Technology and sold by VIA Technologies.- Product history :The C7 delivers a number of improvements to the older VIA C3 cores but is nearly identical to the latest VIA C3 Nehemiah core. The C7 was officially launched in May 2005,... /C7-D |
533/400 MHz | DDR2/DDR SDRAM | up to 667 MHz | 4GB | 533MB Megabyte The megabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information storage or transmission with two different values depending on context: bytes generally for computer memory; and one million bytes generally for computer storage. The IEEE Standards Board has decided that "Mega will mean 1 000... /s |
SB | 8× | VIA UniChrome Pro | SB | |||
| CN896 | VT | VT8237S/VT8251 | Feb 2007 | VIA C7/C7-D/Eden VIA Eden VIA Eden is a name of a variant of VIA's C3/C7 processors, designed to be used in embedded devices. They have smaller package sizes, lower power consumption, and somewhat lower computing performance than their C equivalents, due to reduced clock rates... (V4) |
800/400 MHz | DDR2/DDR SDRAM | up to 667 MHz | 4GB | 533MB Megabyte The megabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information storage or transmission with two different values depending on context: bytes generally for computer memory; and one million bytes generally for computer storage. The IEEE Standards Board has decided that "Mega will mean 1 000... /s |
SB | No | ×16-1 ×1-1 |
VIA Chrome9 HC | SB | ||
| VX800 | VT | (single-chip solution) | Apr 2008 | VIA Nano/C7/Eden | 800/400 MHz | DDR2 SDRAM | up to 667 MHz | 4GB | No | 4 | No | ×4-1 ×1-2 |
VIA Chrome9 HC3 | VIA Vinyl HD Audio | ||
| VX855 | VT | (single-chip solution) | Mar 2009 | VIA Nano VIA Nano The VIA Nano is a 64-bit CPU for personal computers. The VIA Nano was released by VIA Technologies in 2008 after five years of development by its CPU division, Centaur Technology... /C7/Eden |
800/400 MHz | DDR2 SDRAM | up to 800 MHz | 4GB | No | No | No | No | VIA Chrome9 HCM | VIA Vinyl HD Audio | ||
| VX900 | VT | (single-chip solution) | Mar 2010 | VIA Nano/C7/Eden | 800/400 MHz | DDR2/DDR3 SDRAM | up to 800 MHz | 4GB | No | Yes | No | ×4-1 ×1-2 |
VIA Chrome9 HCM | VIA Vinyl HD Audio | ||
| VN1000 | VT | VT8261 | Dec 2010 | VIA Nano/C7/C7-D/Eden (V4) | 800/400 MHz | DDR2/DDR3 SDRAM | up to 800 MHz | 16GB | Ultra V-Link (1GB/s) | SB | No | ×8-1 ×1-4 |
VIA Chrome 520 | VIA Vinyl HD Audio | ||
| Chipset | Part Numbers | South Bridge | Release Date | Processors | FSB Front side bus A front-side bus is a computer communication interface often used in computers during the 1990s and 2000s.It typically carries data between the central processing unit and a memory controller hub, known as the northbridge.... |
SMP Symmetric multiprocessing In computing, symmetric multiprocessing involves a multiprocessor computer hardware architecture where two or more identical processors are connected to a single shared main memory and are controlled by a single OS instance. Most common multiprocessor systems today use an SMP architecture... |
Memory types | Memory bus | Max. memory | Parity/ECC Error detection and correction In information theory and coding theory with applications in computer science and telecommunication, error detection and correction or error control are techniques that enable reliable delivery of digital data over unreliable communication channels... |
V-Link | PCI | AGP Accelerated Graphics Port The Accelerated Graphics Port is a high-speed point-to-point channel for attaching a video card to a computer's motherboard, primarily to assist in the acceleration of 3D computer graphics. Since 2004 AGP has been progressively phased out in favor of PCI Express... |
PCI-e | IGP | Audio |
- VIA VN800 - Support VIA C7-M / Intel Pentium M Processors
- Support product: (VIA VB6002 Mini-ITX Board)
- VIA VX700 - utilizes the VIA UniChrome Pro Integrated Graphics Processor (IGP), C7-M or C7-ULV 533/400 MHz FSB, DDR2 533/400/333 or DDR400/333
- VIA VN896 (Mobile) and VIA CN896 (Desktop),VIA VN896(Mobile) can support Intel Pentium M / Mobile Core Duo Processor
- Support product: (BenQ Joybook R42)
- VIA VX800
- First VIA mobile chipset to support DirectX 9.0 (Pixel Shader 2.0)
- VIA Chrome9 HC3 integrated graphics (250 MHz engine clock, up to 256 MB frame buffer)
- Built-in VIA Vinyl HD Audio controller supports up to eight high definition channels with a 192 kHz sampling rate and 32-bit sample depth.
- Supports 800/400 MHz FSB
- Supports up to 4GBs of RAM with two 64-bit DDR2 667 DIMMs
- Single chip solution (No southbridge required).
- Designed towards being used with the VIA Isaiah 64-bit processor.
- Maximum power consumption (TDP max) of 5 watts.
- VIA VX800U
- Similar to the VIA VX800
- VIA Chrome9 HC3 integrated graphics (166 MHz engine clock, up to 256 MB frame buffer)
- Supports 400 MHz FSB
- Supports up to 4GBs of RAM with two 64-bit DDR2 400 DIMMs
- Doesn't have PCI-Express nor SATA support due to their power requirements.
- Maximum power consumption (TDP max) of 3.5 watts.
- Specifically issued to be used in very low power devices.
- VIA VX855
- Full hardware acceleration of H.264, MPEG-2MPEG-2MPEG-2 is a standard for "the generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information". It describes a combination of lossy video compression and lossy audio data compression methods which permit storage and transmission of movies using currently available storage media and transmission...
/4MPEG-4MPEG-4 is a method of defining compression of audio and visual digital data. It was introduced in late 1998 and designated a standard for a group of audio and video coding formats and related technology agreed upon by the ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group under the formal standard ISO/IEC...
, DivXDivXDivX is a brand name of products created by DivX, Inc. , including the DivX Codec which has become popular due to its ability to compress lengthy video segments into small sizes while maintaining relatively high visual quality.There are two DivX codecs; the regular MPEG-4 Part 2 DivX codec and the...
and WMV9 - Maximum power consumption (TDP max) of 2.3 watts.
- Full hardware acceleration of H.264, MPEG-2
- VIA VX900
- Similar to VX855, but more expansion options
- VIA VN1000
- DirectXDirectXMicrosoft DirectX is a collection of application programming interfaces for handling tasks related to multimedia, especially game programming and video, on Microsoft platforms. Originally, the names of these APIs all began with Direct, such as Direct3D, DirectDraw, DirectMusic, DirectPlay,...
10.1 - 32 stream processorsStream processorsThere are multiple articles regarding the term stream processors:*Stream Processing - a technique used to accelerate the processing of many types of video and image computations....
and 4 sampling units, supports Shader Model 4, OpenGLOpenGLOpenGL is a standard specification defining a cross-language, cross-platform API for writing applications that produce 2D and 3D computer graphics. The interface consists of over 250 different function calls which can be used to draw complex three-dimensional scenes from simple primitives. OpenGL...
3.0 and OpenCLOpenCLOpenCL is a framework for writing programs that execute across heterogeneous platforms consisting of CPUs, GPUs, and other processors. OpenCL includes a language for writing kernels , plus APIs that are used to define and then control the platforms...
1.0 for GPGPUGPGPUGeneral-purpose computing on graphics processing units is the technique of using a GPU, which typically handles computation only for computer graphics, to perform computation in applications traditionally handled by the CPU...
applications. - Acceleration of Blu-Ray, MPEG-2, WMV-HD, VC-1VC-1VC-1 is the informal name of the SMPTE 421M video codec standard, which was initially developed as a proprietary video format by Microsoft before it was released as a formal SMPTE standard video format on April 3, 2006...
and H.264
- DirectX
Southbridge chips
| Part Number | PATA AT Attachment Parallel ATA , originally ATA, is an interface standard for the connection of storage devices such as hard disks, solid-state drives, floppy drives, and optical disc drives in computers. The standard is maintained by X3/INCITS committee... |
SATA Serial ATA Serial ATA is a computer bus interface for connecting host bus adapters to mass storage devices such as hard disk drives and optical drives... |
RAID RAID RAID is a storage technology that combines multiple disk drive components into a logical unit... |
NB Interconnect | PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer... |
PCI-e | USB Universal Serial Bus USB is an industry standard developed in the mid-1990s that defines the cables, connectors and protocols used in a bus for connection, communication and power supply between computers and electronic devices.... |
Audio | Modem Modem A modem is a device that modulates an analog carrier signal to encode digital information, and also demodulates such a carrier signal to decode the transmitted information. The goal is to produce a signal that can be transmitted easily and decoded to reproduce the original digital data... |
Ethernet Ethernet Ethernet is a family of computer networking technologies for local area networks commercially introduced in 1980. Standardized in IEEE 802.3, Ethernet has largely replaced competing wired LAN technologies.... |
Integrated Super I/O Super I/O Super I/O is a class of I/O controller integrated circuits that began to be used on personal computer motherboards in the late 1980s, originally as add-in cards, later embedded on the motherboards. A super I/O chip combines interfaces for a variety of low-bandwidth devices... |
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| VT82C586A | 4 ATA33 | No | No | PCI | No | No | |||||
| VT82C586B | 4 ATA33 | No | No | PCI | 1.1 | No | No | ||||
| VT82C596A | 4 ATA33 | No | No | PCI | 1.1 | No | No | ||||
| VT82C596B | 4 ATA66 | No | No | PCI | 1.1 | No | No | ||||
| VT82C686A | 4 ATA66 | No | No | PCI | 4 1.1 | AC'97 | Yes | No | Yes | ||
| VT82C686B | 4 ATA100 | No | No | PCI | 4 1.1 | AC'97 | Yes | No | Yes | ||
| VT8231 | 4 ATA100 | No | No | 4× V-Link 266 MB/s | 6 1.1 | AC'97 | Yes | No | Yes | ||
| VT8233 | 4 ATA100 | No | No | 4× V-Link 266 MB/s | 6 1.1 | AC'97 | Yes | VIA 10/100 | No | ||
| VT8233A | 4 ATA133 | No | No | 4× V-Link 266 MB/s | 6 1.1 | AC'97 | Yes | VIA 10/100 | No | ||
| VT8233C | 4 ATA100 | No | No | 4× V-Link 266 MB/s | 6 1.1 | AC'97 | Yes | 3Com 10/100 | No | ||
| VT8235 | 4 ATA133 | No | No | 8× V-Link 533 MB/s | 6 2.0 | AC'97 | Yes | VIA 10/100 | No | ||
| VT8237(R+) | 4 ATA133 | 2 SATA-150, SATALite* | (SATA) RAID 0, 1, 0+1* & JBOD | 8× V-Link 533 MB/s | 8 2.0 | AC'97 | Yes | VIA 10/100 | No | ||
| VT8237A | 4 ATA133 | 2 SATA-150, SATALite* | (SATA) RAID 0, 1, 0+1* & JBOD | 8× V-Link 533 MB/s | 8 2.0 | HD Audio | Yes | VIA 10/100 | No | ||
| VT8237S* | 4 ATA133 | 2 SATA-II, SATALite* | (SATA) RAID 0, 1, 0+1* & JBOD | 8× V-Link 533 MB/s | 8 2.0 | HD Audio | Yes | VIA 10/100 | No | ||
| VT8251 | 4 ATA133 | 4 SATA-II | (SATA) RAID 0, 1, 0+1* & JBOD | 8× V-Link 533 MB/s | 7 | ×1-2 | 8 2.0 | HD Audio | Yes | VIA 10/100 | No |
| VT8261 | 2 ATA133 | 4 SATA-II | No | Ultra V-Link (1GB/s) | 5 | 12 2.0 | HD Audio | Yes | VIA 10/100/1000 | No | |
| Part Number | PATA AT Attachment Parallel ATA , originally ATA, is an interface standard for the connection of storage devices such as hard disks, solid-state drives, floppy drives, and optical disc drives in computers. The standard is maintained by X3/INCITS committee... |
SATA Serial ATA Serial ATA is a computer bus interface for connecting host bus adapters to mass storage devices such as hard disk drives and optical drives... |
RAID RAID RAID is a storage technology that combines multiple disk drive components into a logical unit... |
NB Interconnect | PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer... |
PCI-e | USB Universal Serial Bus USB is an industry standard developed in the mid-1990s that defines the cables, connectors and protocols used in a bus for connection, communication and power supply between computers and electronic devices.... |
Audio | Modem Modem A modem is a device that modulates an analog carrier signal to encode digital information, and also demodulates such a carrier signal to decode the transmitted information. The goal is to produce a signal that can be transmitted easily and decoded to reproduce the original digital data... |
Ethernet Ethernet Ethernet is a family of computer networking technologies for local area networks commercially introduced in 1980. Standardized in IEEE 802.3, Ethernet has largely replaced competing wired LAN technologies.... |
Integrated Super I/O Super I/O Super I/O is a class of I/O controller integrated circuits that began to be used on personal computer motherboards in the late 1980s, originally as add-in cards, later embedded on the motherboards. A super I/O chip combines interfaces for a variety of low-bandwidth devices... |
- *SATALite interface allows for two additional SATA devices (4 total). It is required for RAID 0+1 on VT8237R Plus.
- The SATA-II feature of VT8237S is limited to 300 MB/S Data Transfer Rate bearing no NCQ functionality.
- Motherboards frequently had VIA companion chips for added functionality such as better audio (8 channel), more/faster USB (i.e. USB 2.0 for VT8233), or Gigabit EthernetGigabit EthernetGigabit Ethernet is a term describing various technologies for transmitting Ethernet frames at a rate of a gigabit per second , as defined by the IEEE 802.3-2008 standard. It came into use beginning in 1999, gradually supplanting Fast Ethernet in wired local networks where it performed...
.
Hardware bugs
The KT133 chipset corrupted disc subsystems. Specifically, the 686B Southbridge had issues with Creative's SBLive! sound cards. A BIOS update was released by VIA to fix this issue, however it is not known if all motherboards with 686Bs had their BIOSes updated.The KT266 contains a hardware bug which cause system instability when using the AGP slot at the specified max capacity of 4×. [14]
See also
- Comparison of AMD chipsetsComparison of AMD chipsetsThis is a comparison of chipsets sold under the brand AMD, manufactured before May 2004 by the company itself, before the adoption of open platform approach as well as chipsets manufactured by ATI Technologies after July 2006 as the completion of the ATI acquisition.- AMD-xxx :- A-Link Express II...
- Comparison of ATI chipsetsComparison of ATI chipsets-Comparison of Northbridges:Note 1: A-Link Express and A-Link Express II is essentially PCI-Express x4 lanes, so that any PCI Express capable southbridge can be used ....
- List of Intel chipsets
- Comparison of Nvidia chipsetsComparison of Nvidia chipsets- nForce :- nForce2 :- nForce3 :- For AMD processors :- For Intel processors :- nForce 500 Series :- For AMD processors :- For Intel processors :- For AMD processors :- For Intel processors :- nForce 900 :- nForce Professional :...