2 products of Socket 754 motherboard for ClawHammer while displaying, MSI make
As for tip/chip set 2 types of AMD make and VIA make, Serial ATA corresponding model

< MSI K8 M/B >	< K8A Gem >
< AMD-8151 >	< AMD-8111 >
< K8H Gem >	< K8HTA >
< PDC20376 >	< Socket 754 >

Is categorized to the low-end class of Hammer family which is new model CPU of the AMD " the next generation Athlon " thing ClawHammer (the code name) the sample exhibition of the Socket 754 motherboard which corresponds started with the アキバ.

Being displayed, loads the AMD-8151 of AMD make tip/chip set " the K8A Gem (MS-6589)" with, loads the K8HTA of VIA make tip/chip set " the K8H Gem (MS-6702)" in 2 types, sooner or later those of the MSI make. As for the " K8A Gem " with TSUKUMO eX., as for the " K8H Gem " the exhibition is done respectively with the T-ZONE. AKIBA PLACE. Furthermore, these with the PC-RELATED trade show " COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2002 which " is held in recent Taiwan just were released are the product.

- As for CPU socket 754 pin

Looking at both products, first the fact that the true っ first it is attached to the eye is, Socket 754 of the new model CPU socket where the number of pins corresponds to 754 ClawHammer. When interval of the pin it is narrow in comparison with Socket A, the number of pins 100 or more is more than Socket 603 for the Xeon being, that high degree of crowd is impressive. Also letter " of SOCKET 754 " is visible in the margin part of the CPU socket.

And, the AMD-8151 of the NorthBridge tip/chip which the " K8A Gem " loads for Socket 7 at the point where it is funny entirely to be in the K6 series of the CPU, (even past similar " the K6 it is similar and " NorthBridge tip/chip AMD-762 has appeared). " AMD-8151 " of tip/chip name and it is thought as the thing which shows the fact that it is the ES item on the surface, besides the fact that letter et cetera of the " AMD 2001 ES " the marking are done, you can verify (the marking " of the ES " and so on and the stamp " of PRO 06 " you can observe that the stamp, " PRO 07 " is pushed even on the surface of the AMD-8111 of the SouthBridge tip/chip) whether it is something which shows the fact that this is the ES item.

Unique point of another " K8A Gem " position of AGP slot. If the general motherboard the AGP slot most is loaded onto the position of the I/O panel approaching, but with this " K8A Gem " counting from I/O panel side, in order in 3rd position, to be put to the PCI slot, it is installed. This something is a merit in the functional aspect and the like, whether or not is, but it is unclear, you probably can call very is not the other product unusual feature.

- As for " K8H Gem " even in Serial ATA correspondence

On one hand, as for the " K8H Gem " that the PDC20376 of the Serial ATA corresponding RAID controller tip/chip of the PROMISE make is loaded, with major feature, having 1 IDE connectors which are thought as 2 Serial ATA ports and Ultra ATA/133 correspondence around the tip/chip it is visible. In addition, this way is the impression many functions such as the motherboard rather e.g., you adopt the VT8235 of the USB 2.0 correspondence which in the SouthBridge tip/chip is utilized even with Apollo P4X333 tip/chip set, furthermore equip also the VT6306 of the VIA make IEEE-1394 controller.

Also both products as for corresponding memory the PC2700 DDR SDRAM (the DDR333) with, the " K8A Gem " 2, the " K8H Gem " 3 has equipped the DIMM slot respectively. Furthermore, with the ClawHammer as for the memory controller it is not the NorthBridge of tip/chip set and it has meant that CPU side has.

Though, because this time the sample exhibition was done with says, the time when the essential ClawHammer itself appears is seen as per 2003 year beginning with the shop front of the general shop, may become story of yet to come for these products to be really sold.

□ Micro-Star International
Http: //www.msi.com.tw/
□ cAmd-8000 series (the Japanese AMD)
Http: //www3pub.amd.com/japan/products/cpg/chipset/8000/8000overview.html
□ cVia Technologies
Http: //www.via.com.tw/

(MSI product)

[ Photographing cooperation: TSUKUMO eX. and the T-ZONE. AKIBA PLACE ]

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