Press Release: SiS & Gigabyte SiS645
Joint Conference in Moscow
Posted By
Kathy Smith
Date: January 28, 2002
Jan 28th, Taipei, Taiwan –
Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. (SiS), a leading core logic
and graphics supplier, today joined a press conference with Gigabyte Technology,
to announce the debut of the latest SiS645 incorporated motherboards: GA-8SRX
and GA-8SDX. It was the first time that SiS held a joint promotion with its
customer in Russia. The joint conference was part of the SiS global strategy
followed with a series of aggressive marketing activities.
Gigabyte demonstrated two motherboards with SiS645 chipsets – GA-8SRX and
GA-8SDX. Both boards can support P4 CPUs with FSB of 400 MHz. In addition, they
provide 3 DIMM slots which support up to 3GB of memory size and two different
types of DRAM: DDR333/266/200 and PC133. By including an AGP 4X slot, a CNR slot
and 6 PCI slots, they provide ample expandability and a full range of peripheral
support. The unparallel strength of SiS645 was fully unleashed to provide both
value and affordability to consumers. Moreover, with Gigabyte’s patented
DualBIOS, Easy Tune III, Q-Flash and @BIOS features, users will be able to
update their BIOS with ease.
Featuring unprecedented high performance, full compatibility, low energy
consumption, and high market potential, SiS645 employs the open architecture
with independent north and south bridge (SiS645/SiS961). The SiS645 is the
world’s first P4 chipset in supporting DDR333 memory module. In addition, the
proprietary MuTIOL (Multi-threaded I/O Link) technology from SiS provides a peak
bandwidth of 533MB/s between the north and the south bridge. PCI bus is then
able to operate at a peak of 1.2GB/s (approximately 10 times the speed of
traditional PCI at 133MB/s); hence, SiS645 drastically increases the operating
speed of peripherals. Next, SiS645 supports DDR333/DDR266/PC133 memory modules
with up to 3GB system memory in order to achieve the highest performance. SiS645
fully supports AGP4X/2X graphic interface as well as Intel’s latest P4 400 MHz
FSB. The complementary south bridge, SiS961, provides extensive multimedia
capabilities such as 5.1 channel AC’97 Audio, 10/100 Mb fast Ethernet, V.90
software modem, Home PNA 2.0, dual IDE channels with ATA 100/66/33, 6 PCI
masters, and 6 USB ports.
Since the introduction of SiS645, many motherboard manufactures have
commercialized the integration of SiS645 in their design as a result of its
outstanding performance and extensive features. The launch of GA-8SRX and
GA-8SDX from Gigabyte reinforced the high expectation and confidence given to
SiS645.
About SiS
SiS was founded in 1987, and located in Hsin Chu
Science-based Industrial Park in Northern Taiwan. The company focuses on
developing, manufacturing and marketing leading-edge logic products, including
core logic, multimedia and connectivity.
For further information, please visit SiS website:
http://www.sis.com.
PR Contact
Miss Michele Huang
886-2-29161619 ext. 345
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