User`s manual

Introduction 7
MI-960
1.7 Functional Description
Processor Support
The MI-960 motherboard supports Intel processors in the LGA775
package in a range of 533/800/1066 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB).
Providing high-performance computing and energy-efficiency, the
MI-960 is designed for Intel® Core™2 Quad/Duo, Intel® Pen-
tium® Dual-Core, Intel® Pentium® 4, Intel® Celeron®, and Intel®
Celeron® D processors. The MI-960 supports dual/quad-core pro-
cessors containing multiple physical cores and dedicated
L2 caches to meet the ever-increasing demands of industrial com-
puting.
Intel® Q965 Express chipset
The Intel® Q965 Express chipset, featuring the Intel® Q965
graphics memory controller hub (GMCH) and the Intel® ICH8 I/O
controller hub, provides the vital interfaces for the motherboard.
The Intel® Q965 comes with the Intel® Graphics Media Accelera-
tor 3000, an integrated graphics engine with enhanced 3D/2D
graphics rendering and video capabilities. The GMCH also pro-
vides the interface for the processor and system memory.
The Intel® ICH8-M Southbridge is the eighth generation of Intel
I/O controller hub that provides key interfaces such as PCI
Express®, USB 2.0, and SATA II.
Dual-channel DDR2 memory
To meet the requirements of memory-intensive applications, the
MI-960 has a dual-channel memory architecture supporting DDR2
533/667/800 MHz DIMMs. The high-bandwidth memory specifica-
tion, meets the requirements of the latest 3D graphics, multimedia,
and network application, and boosts system performance by elimi-
nating bottlenecks.