1.3Special features

1.3.1 Product highlights

Latest processor technology

The PU-DLS/PU-DL motherboard supports the Intel® Xeon processor via dual 604-pin surface mount ZIF sockets. The processor features the Intel® NetBurst™ micro-architecture that includes hyper-threading technology, a rapid execution engine, a 533/400MHz system bus, and an execution trace cache to offer a significant increase in performance. See page 2-4 for more information.

DDR memory support

Employing the Double Data Rate (DDR) memory technology, the PU-DLS motherboard supports up to 12GB of system memory using PC2100/1600 registered ECC DDR DIMMs. The ultra-fast 266/200MHz memory bus doubles the speed of the PC133/PC100 SDRAM to deliver the required bandwidth for the latest 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications.

Advanced 64-bit PCI-X bus

The 64-bit/133MHz PCI-X bus onboard maximizes I/O bandwidth for the next generation 64-bit PCI-X cards that support 133MHz bus. The PCI-X specification 1.0a allows full peer-to-peer transactions between PCI buses and provides options for intelligent I/O and server management cards.

Onboard LAN

The motherboard comes with the Intel® 82540EM 32-bit PCI Gigabit Ethernet controller, and the Intel® 82544GC 64-bit PCI-X Gigabit Ethernet controller, to fully support 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet Media Access Control (IEEE 802.3 compliant), and provide Physical Layer Transceiver solution for high performance network applications.

Dual-channel Ultra-320 SCSI

The Adaptec 7902W Ultra-320 SCSI controller and dual-channel SCSI connectors are onboard to provide high-speed data transfers.

The Dual-Channel Ultra-320 SCSI features are available only on PU-DLS models.

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Chapter 1: Product introduction