14 DAY TRIAL // There have already been sightings of AMD 9 series chipset motherboards, and it looks like the Sunnyvale, California-based company itself has now made the official introduction of the platform.
As end-users know, the 2011 edition of the Computex trade show is now underway, meaning that a whole bunch of products have been and still are on show.
In terms of motherboards, there seems to be a multitude of both Intel-based and AMD-powered ones, something understandable considering how new CPUs from both camps are set to debut in the future.
As far as Advanced Micro Devices goes, the 9-series of chipsets is the one that is stealing the show, so to speak, courtesy of Sapphire and Gigabyte among others.
Now, AMD itself has stepped forth to formally introduce these chipsets which are ready to support AM3+ central processing units.
Among other things, they can handle up to six SATA 6.0 Gbps ports, Gigabit Ethernet, up to four AMD Radeon graphics cards in CrossFireX, HyperTransport 3.0 and clock speed management via the AMD Overdrive software.
“As consumer appetites for more compelling, lifelike visual experiences increase, there is greater need for high performance, smooth, vibrant graphics as well as unparalleled computing power,” said John Taylor, product marketing director, AMD. “From tablets to desktops, AMD is making powerful computing accessible to everyone.”
The new technology will allow for the creation of new high-performance desktop PCs and has backwards compatibility for AM3 socket chips.
Quite a few companies will release boards based on it, like Jetway, MSI, ASUS, Biostar, ASRock, ECS, etc.
“MSI is excited about utilizing AMD's next generation AMD 9-series chipsets and will, thanks to a broad chipset lineup, provide a total solution from entry-level to high-end products. MSI’s AMD 9-series mainboards offer exhilarating new levels of performance and brand new possibilities and will undoubtedly satisfy the needs of our customers.” said Scott Yang, vice president of MSI.