AMD new chip

Just had to post this -may be a little excited about AMD new chip-

AMD 580X CrossFireâ„¢ Chipset - Specifications

General

* The worlds first single chip 2x16 PCI-E chipset
* Enhanced support for over-clocking, and PCI Express performance
* Fastest multi-GPU interconnect
* Coupled with SB600 for performance

CPU Interface

* Support for all AMD CPU’s: Athlon™ 64, Athlon™ 64 FX,
Athlonâ„¢ 64 X2 Dual-Core, and Sempronâ„¢ processors
* Support for 64-bit extended operating systems
* Highly overclockable and robust HyperTransportâ„¢ interface

PCI Express Interface

* 2 x16 PCI Express lanes to support simultaneous operation of
graphics cards
* Additional 4 PCI-E General Purpose Lanes for peripheral support
* Compliant with the PCI Express 1.0a Specifications

Power Management Features

* Fully supports ACPI states S1, S3, S4, and S5
* Support for AMD Cool‘n’Quiet™ technology for crisp and
quiet operation

Optimized Software Support

* Unified driver support on all ATI Radeon PCI Express discrete
graphics products
* Support for Microsoft® Windows® XP, Windows® 2000, and Linux

Universal Connectivity

* A-Link Xpress II i/f to ATI northbridges; providing high
bandwidth for high speed peripherals
* 10 USB 2.0 ports
* SATA Gen 2 PHY support at 3.0Ghz with E-SATA capability
* 4 ports SATA AHCI controller supports NCQ and slumber modes
* ATA 133 controller support up to UDMA mode 6 with 2 drives (disk
or optical)
* TPM 1.1 and 1.2 compliant
* ASF 2.0 support for manageability control
* HPET (high precision event timer), ACPI 3.0, and AHCI support for
Windows Vista
* Power management engine supporting both AMD and Intel platforms
and forward compliant to MS Windows Vista
* UAA (universal audio architecture) support for High-Definition
Audio and MODEM
* PCI v2.3 (up to 6 slots)
* LPC (Low Pin Count), SPI (new flash bus), and SM (System
Management) bus management and arbitrations
* “Legacy� PC compatible functions, RTC (Real Time Clock),
interrupt controller and DMA controllers

Pepwin wrote:
> Just had to post this -may be a little excited about AMD new chip-
>
> AMD 580X CrossFire™ Chipset - Specifications


Yeah, you must be excited, it's the first time I've ever seen somebody
get excited over a chipset rather than a processor. %^)

Yousuf Khan