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Foxconn 975X-based motherboard to be available in December
Press release; Vyacheslav Sobolev, DIGITIMES [Thursday 17 November 2005]

Foxconn Electronics (the registered trade name of Hon Hai Precision Industry) recently introduced its 975X7AA-8EKRS2 motherboard, which is based on the Intel 975X chipset. The chipset recently appeared at the Intel website without a formal launch. According to Foxconn, the motherboard supports dual-graphics technologies, such as ATI’s CrossFire (Nvidia’s SLI is not mentioned), and features a rear external SATA II connector. The product will be available in December, the company said.

The 975X7AA-8EKRS2 supports future Intel 65 nm processors known (Presler and Cedar Mill), Foxconn stated. Both of the processors are expected to come out early next year. The new motherboard also integrates dual Gigabit Ethernet support and eight-channel High Definition Audio technology, according to the company.

Foxconn 975X7AA-8EKRS2 specifications

Feature

Description

CPU

Intel Pentium 4, Pentium 4 Extreme Edition, Pentium D and Celeron D

Future Intel processors codenamed Presler and Cedar Mill

FSB

800/1066MHz

Chipset

Intel 975X (with ICH7R)

Memory

Dual-channel DDR2 533/667/800 (up to 8GB)

Expansion slots

Two PCIe x16

Two PCIe x1

Two PCI

SATA connectors

Six

USB 2.0 connectors

Eight

Network

Dual Marvell 8055 Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000Mbps) controller (PCIe)

Audio

8-channel High Definition Audio codec Realtek ALC882H

Photo

Source: Company, compiled by DigiTimes.com, November 2005.

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