14 DAY TRIAL // It would appear that Gigabyte has taken a sort of break from all the consumer-oriented device making and has, instead, shifted its gaze towards the workstation and server markets when it built its new mainboard.
It looks like the research into graphene, which spawned faster transistors just a short while ago, courtesy of IBM, isn't the only thing on the IT industry that is progressing.
Gigabyte, for instance, though it did not come up with some new technology or another, did create a new motherboard just eager to make use of Intel's latest processors.
The mainboard in question is the GIGABYTE GA-6UASL and has, among other things, durable Japanese solid capacitors, for better energy efficiency, longer lifespan and higher stability.
Support for the 32nm LGA 1155 Intel current-generation processors is a given, meaning that, among other things, the Intel Xeon E3-1200 processor family is compatible, for up to 25% higher CPU performance over previous generations.
Additionally, four memory slots are available, of the 41.5V DDR3 DIMM variety, meaning that up to 32 GB of RAM can be used at any time.
Said memory can have a frequency of 1,333 MHz or 1,066 MHz and is goof for applications in need a high bandwidth.
Other assets are the existence of six SATA 3 Gbps ports, the multiple LAN connectors (both single and dual) and the set of PCI Express connectors, one of which is PCIe 2.0 x16, one x4 (x8 mechanical) and the last a PCIe 2.0 x2.
Finally, Gigabyte threw in a legacy PCI slot, up to 10 USB 2.0 ports, (6 on the back panel, 3 via internal USB headers) and support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10.
No pricing and availability details were provided, but all other information can be found and examined on this official product page.