Offering comprehensive support
for AMD’s latest Dual-Core AMD Opteron™
processors, VIA K8 Series chipsets
ensure full compatibility with next
generation processing solutions
Taipei, Taiwan, April 21 2005, -
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator
and developer of silicon chip technologies
and PC platform solutions, today announced
comprehensive support for the latest
Dual-Core AMD Opteron™ processors
with its acclaimed K8 Series of core-logic
chipsets.
As the industry transitions from
single to multi-core technology for
higher performance in multi-threading
and multi-tasking environments, VIA
is working closely with industry partners
to ensure comprehensive platform support
and unconstrained performance. With
the introduction of the first Dual-Core
AMD Opteron processors, AMD continues
to provide technology leadership for
server platforms, strengthening the
AMD Opteron processor’s performance
and fostering a robust infrastructure
environment that VIA has long been
a part of.
The VIA K8 Series chipsets, including
the new VIA K8T890, leverage VIA Hyper8™
technology to ensure high speed, low
latency performance with the latest
AMD Opteron™ processors, ideally supporting
dual-core architectures in the next
generation of powerful server solutions.
The VIA K8T890 also integrates 20
lanes of PCI Express connectivity,
enabling high bandwidth peripheral
connections and support for the latest
professional-class 3D graphics solutions
for workstation applications.
“VIA is proud to support AMD’s continued
processor leadership and their premier
entry into the multi-core arena with
the latest AMD Opteron processors,”
commented Chewei Lin, Vice President
of Product Marketing, VIA. “From our
side VIA has extensive experience
supporting dual processor designs,
and this technology know-how puts
us in a uniquely strong position to
support the latest processor innovations.”
“AMD is proud to continue our strong
collaboration with VIA, and together
we will deliver highly effective platforms
based on the Dual-Core AMD Opteron
processor,” said Ben Williams, vice
president, commercial sales and marketing,
Microprocessor Solutions Sector, AMD
(NYSE: AMD). “AMD identified early
in the AMD64 development process that
multi-core architectures would be
the next evolution and optimized our
designs to ensure that we could continue
to offer industry-leading performance
and technology leadership with minimal
disruption in existing infrastructure.”
About the VIA K8 Series
Chipsets
Optimized for a complete range of
AMD Opteron processors, AMD Athlon™
64 processors, AMD Athlon 64 FX processors,
and AMD Sempron™ processors, VIA K8
Series chipsets include the widely
acclaimed K8T800, K8T800 Pro, and
K8T890 discrete solutions, and the
K8M800 integrated graphics chipset.
VIA’ latest chipset, the VIA K8T890,
features the unique VIA Flex Express
Architecture to allow the industry’s
most flexible implementations of PCI
Express devices. Multiple device configurations
can be implemented, with support for
up to five PCI Express devices directly
into the chipset North Bridge and
a total of 20 PCI Express lanes for
a combined bandwidth of 10GB/s.
The VIA K8 Series chipsets in combination
with the VIA VT8237 South Bridge also
provide a comprehensive range of integrated
storage, multimedia and connectivity
options, including native Serial ATA/RAID,
as well as support for VIA Vinyl Audio,
and Gigabit Ethernet through the VIA
Velocity controller.
For further information about VIA
K8 Series chipsets please visit the
VIA website at: http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/chipsets/
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