AOpen launches AMD SFF PC using SiS chipset
Press release; Jessie Shen, DIGITIMES [Thursday 15 September 2005] 
Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) announced today that small-form-factor (SFF) PC specialist AOpen will feature the SiS761GX northbridge chip and SiS965 southbridge in its latest 64-bit XC Cube platform, the EX761. The EX761 is AOpen’s first 64-bit SFF offering that supports PCI Express (PCIe), the company stated.
The integrated SiS761GX chipset is equipped with a 3D graphics core and fully supports the AMD Sempron and Athlon 64 processors. The SiS761GX also supports PCIe graphics cards for better graphics performance.
The EX761 offers S/PDIF (Sony Philips Digital Interface) and coaxial cable outputs, for connecting to digital audio output devices, such as amplifiers and multi-channel speakers. The EX761 is designed to support strong gaming features, with the DirectX9 compliant system built with SiS Mirage 1 graphic engine and 256-bit 3D accelerator engine with up to 3.2GB per second in bandwidth.
In addition to audio/video performance, The EX761 is built with a CPU cooler that contains heat dissipation liquid inside the heat pipe and supports better thermal performance. The system also provides four USB 2.0 ports.
The compact EX761 measures only 190×200×320mm in dimension and is 8.4lb (3.8kg) in weight.
SiS761GX northbridge
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AOpen EX761 SFF PC
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AOpen: August 2004 - August 2005 revenues (NT$m) | Month | Sales | M/M | Y/Y | YTD | Y/Y | Aug-05 | 742 |
23.1% |
(39.8%) |
6,765 |
(33.4%) |
Jul-05 | 603 |
(7.4%) |
(44.9%) |
6,024 |
(32.5%) |
Jun-05 | 651 |
(6%) |
(41.3%) |
5,421 |
(30.7%) |
May-05 | 692 |
(20.4%) |
(39.9%) |
4,770 |
(29%) |
Apr-05 | 870 |
(25.7%) |
(39.6%) |
4,078 |
(26.8%) |
Mar-05 | 1,170 |
17.6% |
(17.8%) |
3,209 |
(22.2%) |
Feb-05 | 995 |
(4.6%) |
(27.4%) |
2,038 |
(24.6%) |
Jan-05 | 1,043 |
4.9% |
(21.7%) |
1,043 |
(21.7%) |
Dec-04 | 994 |
(29.7%) |
(25.5%) |
15,292 |
(13.3%) |
Nov-04 | 1,414 |
(3.3%) |
(6%) |
14,298 |
(12.3%) |
Oct-04 | 1,463 |
15.3% |
(9.8%) |
12,884 |
(13%) |
Sep-04 | 1,269 |
3% |
(22.8%) |
11,421 |
(13.4%) |
Aug-04 | 1,232 |
12.7% |
(31.7%) |
10,152 |
(12%) |
*Figures are not consolidated
Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, September 2005 AOpen: 2Q 2004 - 2Q 2005 revenues (NT$m) | Quarter | Sales | Q/Q | Y/Y | YTD | Y/Y | 2Q-05 | 2,210 |
(31.1%) |
(40.4%) |
5,419 |
(30.8%)
|
1Q-05 | 3,209 |
(16.8%) |
(22.2%) |
3,209 |
(22.2%)
|
4Q-04 | 3,858 |
7.2% |
(14.4%) |
15,291 |
(13.3%)
|
3Q-04 | 3,600 |
(2.9%) |
(30%) |
11,433 |
(12.9%)
|
2Q-04 | 3,708 |
(10.1%) |
4.9% |
7,833 |
(2%)
|
*Figures are not consolidated
Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, September 2005 AOpen: 2Q 2004 - 2Q 2005 balance sheet (NT$k) | Item | 2Q-2005 | 1Q-2005 | 4Q-2004 | 3Q-2004 | 2Q-2004 | Current assets |
3,713,110 |
4,418,009 |
4,761,573 |
5,563,594 |
7,077,858 |
Long-term investments |
1,185,177 |
1,544,624 |
1,527,788 |
1,556,715 |
1,453,066 |
Fixed assets (net) |
777,478 |
775,343 |
743,314 |
733,946 |
721,290 |
Other assets |
83,674 |
84,934 |
116,517 |
94,743 |
110,914 |
Assets |
5,759,439 |
6,822,910 |
7,149,192 |
7,948,998 |
9,363,128 |
Current liabilities |
3,302,757 |
3,968,242 |
4,258,892 |
4,250,534 |
5,349,215 |
Noncurrent interest-bearing liabilities |
300,000 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
Other liabilities |
117,787 |
237,962 |
230,665 |
250,981 |
262,525 |
Liabilities |
3,720,544 |
4,206,204 |
4,489,557 |
4,501,515 |
5,611,740 |
Stockholders' equity |
2,038,895 |
2,616,706 |
2,659,635 |
3,447,483 |
3,751,388 |
*Figures are not consolidated
Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, September 2005 AOpen: 2Q 2004 - 2Q 2005 income statement (NT$k) | Item | 2Q-2005 | 1Q-2005 | 4Q-2004 | 3Q-2004 | 2Q-2004 | NT$k | % of sales | NT$k | % of sales | NT$k | % of sales | NT$k | % of sales | NT$k | % of sales | Gross sales |
2,225,756 | |
3,191,102 | |
3,858,045 | |
3,614,978 | |
3,717,069 | |
Operating revenue |
2,210,354 | 99.3% |
3,208,526 | 100.5% |
3,858,031 | 100% |
3,600,101 | 99.6% |
3,708,321 | 99.8% |
Gross profit (loss) from operations |
-50,700 | -2.3% |
194,789 | 6.1% |
-409,748 | -10.6% |
44,794 | 1.2% |
-413,475 | -11.1% |
Operating expenses |
186,967 | 8.4% |
186,647 | 5.8% |
232,855 | 6% |
270,444 | 7.5% |
285,519 | 7.7% |
Operating income (loss) |
-228,127 | -10.2% |
-25,661 | -0.8% |
-607,842 | -15.8% |
-225,650 | -6.2% |
-643,994 | -17.3% |
Non-operating revenues and gains |
95,255 | 4.3% |
30,731 | 1% |
9,452 | 0.2% |
24,474 | 0.7% |
-2,452 | -0.1% |
Non-operating expenses and losses |
437,421 | 19.7% |
23,786 | 0.7% |
58,996 | 1.5% |
62,832 | 1.7% |
51,096 | 1.4% |
Income from continuing operations before income tax |
-570,293 | -25.6% |
-18,716 | -0.6% |
-657,386 | -17% |
-264,008 | -7.3% |
-697,542 | -18.8% |
Net income (loss) |
-577,221 | -25.9% |
-27,431 | -0.9% |
-657,386 | -17% |
-264,008 | -7.3% |
-701,215 | -18.9% |
*Figures are not consolidated
Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, September 2005 Related stories:
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AOpen to exit notebook market (Apr 6)
PCChips using SiS761GX chipset in A31G motherboard (Dec 14)
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Gigabyte’s second motherboard brand Axper adopts SiS chipset (Nov 23)
AOpen to launch mini PC in November (Oct 21)
Shuttle to start shipping SN26P SLI XPC this month (Sep 9)
Will Lite-On IT take over ODD manufacturing for AOpen? (Sep 7)
Intel to standardize small-size PC platform in 2006 (Aug 23)
Iwill sets September launch date for dual-Opteron SLI SFF PC (Jun 3)
Gigabyte and AOpen exhibit pico-BTX solutions at Computex (Jun 3)
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