Datasheet

2
Introducing the Motherboard
Feature
• Accommodates Intel
®
Yorkfield/Wolfdale/Core
TM
2 Extreme/Core
TM
2
Quad/Core
TM
2 Duo processors
• Supports a system bus (FSB) of 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz
The motherboard uses an LGA775 type of Intel
®
Yorkfield/Wolfdale/Core
TM
2
Extreme/Core
TM
2 Quad/Core
TM
2 Duo that carries the following features:
Processor
The X48 Northbridge (NB) and ICH9-R Southbridge (SB) chipsets are based on
an innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and performance.
Chipset
ICH9-R
(SB)
• Enhanced DMA Controller, interrupt controller, and timer func-
tions
• Compliant with PCI v2.3 specification
• Integrated SATA 3.0 Gb/s Host Controller
• Supports up to twelve USB 2.0 ports
• Integrated Gigabit LAN Controller
• Supports Intel
®
Matrix Storage Technology, providing both
AHCI and RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 configuration
• Supports DDR3 1600/1333/1066/800 DDR3 SDRAM with Dual-chan-
nel architecture
• Accommodates four unbuffered DIMMs
• Up to 2 GB per DIMM with maximum memory size up to 8 GB
Memory
X48 (NB)
• Supports 36-bit host bus addressing, allowing the CPU to
access the entire 64 GB of the memory address space
• 2 GB/s point-to-point Direct Media Interface (DMI) to ICH9 (1
GB/s each direction)
• Supports 512 Mb and 1 Gb DDR3 DRAM technologies for
x8 and x16 devices
• Two, 16-lane PCI Express ports intended for external de-
vice attach, compliant to the PCI Express* Base Specifica-
tion revision 2.0
Audio
• Compliant with Intel High Definition Audio Codec
• 8-channel audio CODEC
Onboard LAN (Optional)
• Intel Giga LAN Controller
• Realtek Giga LAN Controller