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Introduction
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Universal Serial Bus (USB)
USB is a peripheral bus specification developed by the PC and telecom industries
— that brings plug and play of computer peripherals outside the box, eliminating
the need to install cards into dedicated computer slots and reconfigure the system.
Personal computers equipped with USB allow computer peripherals to be auto-
matically configured as soon as they are physically attached - without the need to
reboot or run setup. USB also allows multiple devices to run simultaneously on a
computer, with peripherals such as monitors and keyboards acting as additional
plug-in sites, or hubs.
Symmetrical Multi-Processing (SMP)
At last an Enterprise-Class solution for your Bandwidth Critical applications
server at PC prices. This mainboard features the latest Intel Pentium
®
III Proces-
sor horsepower in a Symmetrical Multi-Processing (SMP) configuration previ-
ously only available on RISC and Mainframe systems.
In SMP Operating Systems such as Unix
®
and Windows
®
NT the two main tasks of
I/O and Application thread can be most efficiently done if split evenly over two
CPU’s. The core benefit to you is not only the reduced outlay in infrastructure, but
also the PC-architecture that you need for security of investment and future
compatibility.
This mainboard is also an excellent single-user Workstation solutions for Mis-
sion-Critical 32-bit applications such as Adobe
®
Photoshop for Windows
®
NT,
where double floating-point power can really smooth out your work-load. Also
provided are the latest PC Workstation technologies including A.G.P., USB, and
PC2.1 Expansion Slots.
NOTE: Not all FC-PGA Intel Pentium III processors support dual CPU
operation. Please refer to processor documentation or Intel’s website
for more information. to be more specific http://www.intel.com