| Q: | What is the AMD-760™ chipset?
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| A: | The AMD-760 chipset is AMD's chipset for the AMD Athlon™ processor. It consists of two chips: the AMD-761™ system bus controller, or Northbridge, and the AMD-766™ peripheral bus controller, or Southbridge. The AMD-760 chipset unleashes the power of the new DDR memory technology for multi-tasking and multimedia intensive applications. The AMD-760 chipset supports the AMD Athlon processor with both a 200MHz and 266MHz front side bus, as well as PC1600 and PC2100 Double Data Rate (DDR) memory and 4xAGP graphics. |
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| Q: | What are the features and benefits of the AMD-761 Northbridge?
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| A: | The AMD-761 system bus controller features support for the AMD Athlon processor, up to 4Gigabytes of PC2100 or PC1600 DDR memory, and 4xAGP graphics card support. It also features a faster 266MHz bus, representing a 33 percent increase compared to previous AMD Athlon processor bus speeds. |
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| Q: | What are the features and benefits of the AMD-766 Southbridge? What speed hard drives does the AMD-760 chipset support?
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| A: | The AMD-766 peripheral bus controller supports Ultra DMA 100/66/33 hard drives. Along with support for standard PCI, the AMD-766 controller also supports up to four USB ports for easy connection of peripherals. |
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| Q: | Does the AMD-760 chipset support PC66, PC100 or PC133 SDRAM memory?
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| A: | The AMD-760 chipset supports PC2100 and PC1600 DDR SRAM memory only. |
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| Q: | Does the AMD-760 chipset support all speed grades for the AMD Athlon processor?
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| A: | Yes. The AMD-760 chipset supports all socketed versions of the AMD Athlon processor. AMD Athlon processors with a 266MHz front side bus are designed to optimize performance with PC2100 DDR memory. AMD Athlon processors with a 200MHz front side bus are designed to optimize performance with PC1600 DDR memory. |
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| Q: | What front-side bus speed does the AMD-760 chipset support?
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| A: | The AMD-760 chipset supports both a 200MHz and 266MHz front-side bus AMD Athlon processor. |
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| Q: | How much memory does the AMD-760 chipset support?
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| A: | The AMD-760 chipset supports up to 4GB of registered DDR memory, and up to 2GB of unbuffered DDR memory. |
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| Q: | Does the AMD-760 chipset support the AMD Duron™ processor?
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| A: | Yes. The AMD-760 chipset supports any AMD Socket A processor, including the AMD Duron processor. |
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| Q: | What is the graphics capability of the AMD-760 chipset?
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| A: | The AMD-760 chipset supports 4xAGP graphics, delivering more than 1GB per second throughput of data from the main memory to graphics. This represents a 100 percent increase compared to the AMD-750™ chipset. Additionally, the AMD-760 chipset is backwards compatible with existing 1xAGP and 2xAGP graphics technology. |
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| Q: | What is DDR memory?
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| A: | DDR memory, or Double Data Rate memory, is a successor to PC133 Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM). DDR memory increases peak data throughput to the processor by up to 100 percent. |
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| Q: | What is PC1600 DDR memory? What is PC2100 DDR memory?
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| A: | PC1600 and PC2100 are the names given to two different types of DDR memory. PC2100 DDR memory provides 2.1GB/second throughput of data. PC1600 DDR memory provides 1.6GB/second throughput of data. |
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| Q: | What is a DIMM?
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| A: | DIMM, or dual inline memory modules, is a RAM module in the form of a printed circuit board holding memory chips that allows dual channels to be used in a single interface. DIMM modules are dual-sided and contain 168 pins providing dual 32-bit memory paths forming a single 64-bit memory path. The predecessor to DIMMs was SIMMs (Single Inline Memory Modules). These are single-sided modules that contain 72 pins and provide a single 32-bit data path. |
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| Q: | What is the difference between registered DDR memory platforms and unbuffered DDR memory platforms? Which does the AMD-760 chipset support?
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| A: | Registered DDR memory differs from unbuffered DDR memory in that boards which support unbuffered memory are targeted for the consumer market and support up to 2GB overall memory, while boards which support registered DIMMs are targeted for the commercial market and are capable of supporting up to 4GB of DDR memory. The AMD-760 chipset supports both registered and unbuffered DDR memory DIMMs. Because they are designed for server and workstation environments, registered DIMMS are more expensive. To support the cost structure of desktop PCs, AMD also supports unbuffered DDR memory DIMMS. |
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| Q: | Can I use my AMD Athlon processor with a 200MHz front-side bus in conjunction with DDR memory?
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| A: | Yes, Socket A AMD Athlon processors are designed to work on motherboards supporting PC1600 DDR memory. |
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| Q: | What kind of performance does the AMD Athlon processor with DDR memory technology deliver? How does the DDR memory improve performance? How does the AMD-760™chipset enhance performance?
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| A: | Systems employing the AMD Athlon processor with PC2100 DDR memory offer up to 100 percent more data throughput than previous AMD Athlon processor-based systems. Also, both the processor front side bus and memory work at the same clock speed, which optimizes flow through the chipset, giving better overall performance. |
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| Q: | How will end users be able to distinguish systems featuring an AMD Athlon processor with support for DDR memory and systems without?
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| A: | Systems using the AMD-760 chipset will include DDR memory in their spec sheets, whereas systems based on the AMD-750 chipset will have PC100 in their spec sheet. |
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| Q: | What does UMA mean?
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| A: | UMA is an acronym for Unified Memory Architecture, which are chipsets that include the graphics processing engine, removing the requirement for a separate graphics card inside the system. |
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| Q: | Are motherboards using the AMD-760 chipset readily available?
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| A: | More than 70 DDR-memory based motherboards from 27 different motherboard manufacturers for AMD Socket A processors are available. |
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