Asus NCCH-DLE NCCH-DLE User's Manual English version 1.0 - Page 16

1.3 Special features 1.3.1 Product highlights Latest processor technology The motherboard supports dual Intel® Xeon™ Processors via 604-pin surface mount ZIF sockets. The processor has 1 MB or 2 MB L2 cache, includes an 800/533 MHz system bus, and features the Intel HyperThreading Technology that allows up to 3.6 GHz core frequencies. Dual-channel DDR400 memory support Employing the dual-channel DDR memory architecture, the motherboard provides a solution that doubles the system memory bandwidth to boost system performance. The motherboard supports up to 4 GB of system memory using PC3200/PC2700/PC2100 ECC or non-ECC DDR DIMMs to deliver up to 6.4 GB/s data transfer rate for the latest 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications. Serial ATA technology The motherboard supports the new Serial ATA technology through the SATA interfaces and the Intel® 6300ESB ICH and Promise® PDC20319 controllers onboard. The SATA specification allows for thinner, more flexible cables with lower pin count, reduced voltage requirement, and up to 150MB/s data transfer rate. Multi-RAID solution The motherboard has the Promise® PDC20319 controller to support multi-RAID solution using Serial ATA/150 hard disks. The RAID0 (striping), RAID1 (mirroring), and RAID 0+1 provide a cost-effective high-performance solution for added system performance and reliability. USB 2.0 technology The motherboard implements the Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0 specification, dramatically increasing the connection speed from the 12 Mbps bandwidth on USB 1.1 to a fast 480 Mbps on USB 2.0. USB 2.0 is backward compatible with USB 1.1. 1-2 Chapter 1: Product introduction