Giga-Byte Technology Announces GA-7DPXDW Motherboard for AMD's Multiprocessing Architecture

First AMD Multiprocessor Platform from Gigabyte - GA-7DPXDW

Taipei, Taiwan -- 6/5/2001 -- Giga-Byte Technology today announced the GA-7DPXDW motherboard for the new AMD Athlon™ MP processor and the AMD-760™ MP multiprocessing chipset for one- and two-way servers and workstations. The AMD Athlon MP processor with Smart MP technology is the latest member of the AMD Athlon family of processors that offers unsurpassed x86 multiprocessing capability.

The Giga-Byte GA-7DPXDW supports 266MHz FSB and contains four PC2100 DDR memory slots for up to 4GB of memory, it has 2*64b/66MHz and 3*32b/33MHz PCI, 1 AGP Pro, Intel 82559 LAN and Promise 20265/20267 RAID controller for IDE RAID 0,1 0+1 support.

"Giga-Byte Technology is proud to offer support for AMD's new line of AMD Athlon™ MP processors with Smart MP technology. With this latest technology, for the first time, AMD processor-based platform will be able to sell into the high-end workstation and server market segment." said Richard Ma, General Manager, Giga-Byte Technology.

"AMD is delighted that Giga-Byte has chosen to support AMD technologies in its workstation and server line of AMD Athlon MP processors with Smart MP technology," said Rex Meek, director of Hardware Infrastructure Relations for AMD. "The Giga-Byte GA-7DPXDW utilizing support for the AMD-760 MP multiprocessing chipset makes for a compelling dual-processor solution that will satisfy the most demanding workstation and server environments."

About Giga-Byte
Technology Established in 1986, Giga-Byte Technology has grown to be a giant in the computer PC and IT industry. Since our inception, we have been manufacturing high quality motherboards that have earned us a sizable reputation for innovation, flexibility and high standards.

Giga-Byte Technology is a firm believer in Quality and R&D. We have always concentrated our efforts in bringing top-of-the-line products to the global market, and on providing our customer's superior technical support and the latest information in this dynamic and fluid industry.

On the doorstep of the new millennium, people are yearning for new perspectives, new life styles, and more important, better solutions. Knowledge learned from years in the competitive global Hi-tech industry, has now enabled us to breakthrough Giga-Byte Technology's image of a motherboard manufacturer into the communication era. Rack-mount Server and Appliance Server have been successfully developed and introduced into the market. At the same time we engage in developing Cable modems, ADSL modems, and other devices employing the budding "bluetooth" technology. The creation of our new business/consumer division has broadened our horizons to meet the needs of our business partners.