Asus NCT-D NCT-D MB User Manual English Version - Page 16

1.3 Special features 1.3.1 Product highlights Latest processor technology The motherboard comes with dual 604-pin surface mount ZIF sockets designed for the Intel® Xeon™ processor with 800 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) and 1 MB L2 cache. The processor incorporates the Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology, the Intel® NetBurst™ micro-architecture that features hyper-pipelined technology, and Extended Memory 64-bit Technology (EM64T). The EM64T enables support for 64-bit operating systems, such as 64-bit Windows® and Linux. See page 2-10 for details. Intel® E7525 and Intel® 6300 ESB chipset The Intel® E7525 Memory Controller Hub (MCH) and the Intel® 6300ESB I/O controller hub (ICH) provide the vital interfaces for the motherboard. The MCH provides the processor, dual-channel DDR2-400 memory, and PCI Express™ interfaces. The ICH is a new generation server class I/O controller hub that provides the interface for PCI-X 1.0a. DDR2 memory support The motherboard supports DDR2 memory which features data transfer rates of 400 MHz to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of the latest 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications. The dual-channel DDR2 architecture doubles the bandwidth of your system memory to boost system performance, eliminating bottlenecks with peak bandwidths of up to 8.5 GB/s. Serial ATA technology The motherboard supports the Serial ATA technology through the Serial ATA interfaces controlled by the Intel® 6300ESB and the Adaptec AIC-8130 (optional). The SATA specification allows for thinner, more flexible cables with lower pin count, reduced voltage requirement, and up to 150 MB/s data transfer rate for Intel® 6300ESB and 300 MB/s for AIC-8130. See page 2-27 and 2-28 for details. PCI Express™ interface The motherboard fully supports PCI Express, the latest I/O interconnect technology that speeds up the PCI bus. PCI Express™ features point-to-point serial interconnections between devices and allows higher clockspeeds by carrying data in packets. This high speed interface is software compatible with existing PCI or PCI-X specifications. See page 2-18 for details. 1-2 Chapter 1: Product introduction