SiS 968 MuTIOL 1G Media I/O

•The smallest memory capacity possible is 128 MB, assuming Single-Channel Mode by using 256- Mb technology

•Supports high throughput MuTIOL (Multi-Threaded I/O Link)

•PCI-Express x16 Graphics interface

•One 16-lane PCI Express port intended for Graphics attach, fully compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification revision 1.0a

•On board VGA support with High-performance DX9

Refer to the Intel SIS672 chipset platform Design Specification for more information

The SiS 968 MuTIOL 1G Media I/O is the other main component of the SIS 671FX chipset that integrates many I/O functions and provides the I/O subsystem with access to the rest of the platform. 968 features on the SIS 671FX chipset family board products include:

•570-pin BGA package

•High Performance SiS MuTIOL 1G Technology Interconnecting SiS North Bridge and South Bridge Chips

•PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.3-compliant with support for 33 MHz PCI operations (supports up to seven Req/Gnt pairs)

•Compliant with PCI Express 1.1

•1-channel Ultra ATA / 100 Bus Master IDE controller

•ACPI Power Management Logic Support

•Integrated serial ATA host controller with independent operation on 2 ports and AHCI support

•Two Independent OHCI USB 1.1 Host Controllers and One EHCI USB 2.0 Host Controller, support up to eight ports

•Supports Azalia Specification

•Low Pin Count (LPC) interface

•I/O APIC 2.0

Refer to the RS — SiS 968 MuTIOL 1G Media I/O Design Specification for more details

Super I/O — IT8718F

•Meet LPC Spec 1.0

•Support PS/2 Keyboard & Mouse

•Support up to four 3.5-inch disk drives

•Support two serial ports, one EPP/ECP parallel port

•Support two fans (2 fan speed control, 2 fan speed monitoring inputs)

•Support IrDA 1.0/ASKIR protocol

•Hardware Monitor supported

Audio Sub-Systems — Realtek ALC888SCo-lay ALC888

The SIS 672 chipset family board products will implement integrated audio support using the SiS 968 MuTIOL 1G Media I/O integrated audio controller. The six channel analog CODEC and audio connectors are optionally supported on the desktop board. The audio sub-system includes:

•AC ‘97 2.3 /Azalia compliant

•Jack sensing supported.

•Realtek ALC888SCo-lay ALC888 CODEC

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