Introduction
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IEEE 1394 is fully compliant with the 1394 OHCI (Open
Host Controller Interface) 1.1 specification. It supports up
to 63 devices that can run simultaneously on a system.
1394 is a fast external bus standard that supports data
transfer rates of up to 400Mbps. In addition to its high speed, it
also supports isochronous data transfer which is ideal for video de-
vices that need to transfer high levels of data in real-time. 1394
supports both Plug-and-Play and hot plugging.
CMOS Reloaded is a technology that allows storing
multiple user-defined BIOS settings by using the
BIOS utility to save, load and name the settings. This
is especially useful to overclockers who require sav-
ing a variety of overclocked settings and being able
to conveniently switch between these settings simultaneously.
The system board supports Intel proces-
sors with Hyper-Threading Technology. Ena-
bling the functionality of Hyper-Threading
Technology for your computer system requires
ALL
of the following
platforms.
Components:
• CPU - an Intel
®
Pentium
®
4 Processor with HT Technology
• Chipset - an Intel
®
chipset that supports HT Technology
• BIOS - a BIOS that supports HT Technology and has it enabled
• OS - an operating system that includes optimizations for HT
Technology
For more information on Hyper-Threading Technology, go to:
www.intel.com/info/hyperthreading.
PCI Express is a high bandwidth I/O infrastructure
that possesses the ability to scale speeds by forming
multiple lanes. The system board currently supports
the physical layer of x1 and x16 lane widths. The x1 PCI Express
lane supports transfer rate of 2.5 Gigabytes (250MBbps) per sec-
ond. The PCI Express architecture also provides a high performance
graphics infrastructure by enhancing the capability of a x16 PCI Ex-
press lane to provide 4 Gigabytes per second transfer rate.
hyper-threading
technology
