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Introduction
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S/PDIF is a standard audio file transfer format that
transfers digital audio signals to a device without
having to be converted first to an analog format. This prevents the
quality of the audio signal from degrading whenever it is converted
to analog. S/PDIF is usually found on digital audio equipment such as
a DAT machine or audio processing device. The S/PDIF connector on
the system board sends surround sound and 3D audio signal out-
puts to amplifiers and speakers and to digital recording devices like
CD recorders.
Serial ATA is a storage interface that is compliant
with SATA 1.0 specification. With speed of up to
3Gbps, it improves hard drive performance faster than the standard
parallel ATA whose data transfer rate is 100MB/s. The Intel chip al-
lows configuring RAID on Serial ATA drives. It supports RAID 0, RAID
1, RAID 0+1 and RAID 5.
The two Realtek PCI Express Gigabit LAN con-
trollers support up to 1Gbps data transmission.
The system board is equipped with an IrDA connec-
tor for wireless connectivity between your computer
and peripheral devices. The IRDA (Infrared Data Association) specifi-
cation supports data transfers of 115K baud at a distance of 1
meter.
The system board supports USB 2.0 and USB 1.1
ports. USB 1.1 supports 12Mb/second bandwidth
while USB 2.0 suppor ts 480Mb/second bandwidth providing a
marked improvement in device transfer speeds between your com-
puter and a wide range of simultaneously accessible external Plug
and Play peripherals.
USB
SERIAL ATA
irda
gigabit lan
S/PDIF
