Albatron unveils AM2 Mini-ITX board

AMD CPUs enjoy a unique advantage of having on-chip integrated memory controllers, significantly boosting CPU-to-Memory access. AM2 socket technology is AMD's latest socket supporting DDR II, improving on its predecessor 754 socket design supporting the standard DDR technology. In short, AM2 has doubled memory bandwidth. In addition to DDR II, the KI690-AM2 contains Dual Channel memory technology, which should be doubling the memory bandwidth. The AM2 socket supports a full range of AMD CPUs including the Athlon 64 FX, Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64 and Sempron.

The KI690-AM2 is a Mini-ITX board which is only 17x17cm and therefore as good as perfect for small compartments such as for Car PCs, Industrial PCs, POS systems, DIY systems or for a small inconspicuous living room HTPCs (Home Theatre PC). The KI690-AM2 also employs the ATI RS690 and SB600 chipsets, two IEEE 1394 ports, eight USB 2.0 ports, 7.1 HD Audio Effects (8 channels) and SPDIF. Furthermode the board is stocked with 4 SATA II connectors with RAID 0, 1 & 0+1 and one IDE connector supporting ATA hard disks and CD drives.

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