User manual VIA VT6205 BROCHURE

[. . . ] Updated March 2004 VIA Confidential and Proprietary Long-Term Leadership on the AMD Platform n Leading Chipset supplier for AMD64, AthlonTM XP, Athlon & Duron Processors g g g g 9 out of 10 Athlon 64 Motherboards now use the VIA VT6205 Chipset From VIA KX133 to VIA KT880, VIA chipsets have covered the entire life span of the K7 processor Pioneered integration of advanced features, including PC133, DDR266, AGP8X, USB2. 0, Native SATA/RAID Only chipset vendor to cover ALL market segments g g g g g Performance Desktop/Enthusiast Server/Workstation Mainstream Desktop Media Center PCs/Small Form Factor Mobile g Across the board support from motherboard manufacturers & leading OEMs VIA Confidential and Proprietary VIA VT6205 Chipset n Undisputed Market Leading Core-Logic Chipset for AMD64 Platform g g Commands 90% Market Share for AMD Athlon 64 Motherboards AMD Athlon 64 Ready! g g n Hyper8TM Technology g g Performance Desktops & Enthusiast PCs Media Center PCs n AGP8X g Enables full 16-bit/800MHz implementation of HyperTransportTM interface 6. 4GB/s Bandwidth Support for latest consumer and professional class 3D graphics processors Integrated Serial ATA & V-RAID VIA Vinyl Audio Eight USB 2. 0 ports & 10/100 Fast Ethernet n VT8237 South Bridge g g g n Available: Now VIA Confidential and Proprietary VT6205 ­ What the Media Are Saying "AMD will tell you what ATX mainboards they think are fit for their Athlon64s. [. . . ] In the Athlon64 3200+ category, 6 out of 8 are powered by the VIA VT6205 and only 2 out of 8 are sporting NVIDIA nForce3 chipsets. " "VIA, with the VT6205 chipset, currently offers a clearly better solution for the Athlon 64. " "All in all, we're pleasantly surprised by the Athlon 64's performance, and we have been receptive to VIA's VT6205 design. The nForce3 150, though, seems to be a little barren by comparison. " "The VT6205 chipset has basically enabled the Athlon64 3200+ to reclaim the performance crown from the Intel 3. 2GHz processor. " VIA Confidential and Proprietary VT6205 ­ Superior Feature Set "the VT6205 looks like the better workstation platform right now. There were no freezes, instability or unexplained crashes during week-long testing. The same cannot be said about the . . . . nForce3. . . . . . . the board would often crash when installing Windows XP Professional. " "Currently we can crash every nForce3 board we have possession of, both retail and engineering samples, when running extreme IDE traffic. " VIA Confidential and Proprietary VIA K8M800 Chipset n n Industry's First IGP Chipset for the AMD64 Platform Extends 64-bit Computing into the Mainstream S3 Graphics UniChromeTM Pro IGP Provides Ultimate HiDefTM Visual Experience on AMD64 Platform g S3 Chromotion CE Video Display Engine g g Output - Full HDTV Support, including 1080p Decoding ­ Hardware MPEG2 Decoder Dual 128-bit Pipelines Robust Shared Memory Architecture g High-Performance 2D/3D Graphics Engine g g n Hyper8TM Technology g g n VT8237 South Bridge g g Enables full 16-bit/800MHz implementation of HyperTransportTM interface 6. 4GB/s Bandwidth Integrated Serial ATA & V-RAID VIA Vinyl Audio n Available: Now VIA Confidential and Proprietary VIA Hyper8TM Technology n Enables Full Implementation of HyperTransport Interface g 6. 4GB/s Bandwidth (800MHz/16-bit) HyperTransport interface for 754-pin and 940-pin AMD64 CPUs n Offers Unparalleled Performance Levels and Data Integrity g Analysis of retail motherboards featuring competitor's chipsets indicates many feature a HyperTransport link with reduced frequency or bit density Frequency Bit Density 16-bit 16-bit 8-bit Total Bandwidth 6. 4GB/s 4. 8GB/s 3. 2GB/s VIA VT6205 Competitor Sample A Competitor Sample B 800MHz 600MHz 800MHz VIA Confidential and Proprietary VIA Hyper8TM Technology VIA Confidential and Proprietary Most Scalable Platform for AMD64 Architecture n VIA's flexible and highly scalable architecture allows motherboard manufacturers to cover all market segments and price points g VIA Networking Gigabit Ethernet g g Single chip 10/100/1000 design Advanced software interface VIA Vinyl integrated 5. 1 surround sound VIA Vinyl Gold onboard 7. 1 surround sound VIA VT6307 1394 Controller 2 x 133MHz PCI-X support Up to 12 standard PCI connections VIA Confidential and Proprietary g VIA Vinyl Audio g g g Advanced Connectivity Options g g VIA VPX2 for Servers & Workstations g g VT8237 South Bridge Overview n VIA DriveStationTM Advanced Controller Suite g Serial ATA g g g V-RAID g g g High Performance 150MB/s Dual Channel Serial ATA interface Extended support for additional two Serial ATA devices through SATAliteTM interface Serial RAID controller RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 0+1 User-friendly VIA RAID Tool software interface Supports up to four PATA devices g Parallel ATA-133 g n VIA Advanced Connectivity Controller Suite g USB 2. 0 Controller g g Network Controller g Support for 8 USB 2. 0/1. 1 ports Enterprise Class 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet MAC g n VIA VinylTM Audio g g g PCI & LPC bus controllers VIA Vinyl integrated 5. 1 surround sound VIA Vinyl Gold onboard 7. 1 surround sound g g AC '97 audio VIA Six-TRAC codec g n V-MAP Architecture g 24/96 resolution audio VIA Envy24PT + VIA Six-TRAC Codec + additional DAC Ultra V-Link g g g TwinBridge Architecture g High throughput 1GB/s South Bridge/North Bridge interconnect Supports new generation of VIA North Bridge options across all processor platforms Flexible, high bandwidth architecture for AMD OpteronTM& AMD AthlonTM 64 processors High speed 533MB/s South Bridge/North Bridge interconnect Supports current generation of VIA North Bridge options across all processor platforms Optimized system performance and stability g V-Link g g g VIA Hyperion 4in1 Unified Drivers g VIA Confidential and Proprietary VIA DriveStation V-RAID n Industry's first full-featured native Serial RAID solution to be integrated into PC core logic chipset architecture g g g n Ease of Use g g Supports RAID Levels 0, 1 & 0+11 Highest HDD Data Transfer Rates for Maximum System Performance Superior Fault Tolerance for Optimum Data Integrity Easy installation and array management with userfriendly V-RAID Software Interface VIA's DriveThruTM technology enables `on-the-fly' upgrades to RAID configurations Integrated V-RAID H/W and S/W solution reduces overall system cost Easy installation and user-friendly software removes technical barriers n Bringing RAID to the Mainstream g g 1RAID Level 0+1 only supported on motherboards and systems where support for two additional Serial ATA drives has been added through the integration of the VIA SATAlite interface. VIA Confidential and Proprietary VIA DriveStation V-RAID Configurations RAID Level 0 RAID Level 1 RAID Level 0+11 Effect: Striping Capacity: 100% Performance: High Fault Tolerance: Low Effect: Mirroring Capacity: 50% Performance: Normal/High Fault Tolerance: High Effect: Mirroring & Striping Capacity: 50% Performance: High Fault Tolerance: High 1RAID Level 0+1 only supported on motherboards and systems where support for two additional Serial ATA drives has been VIA Confidential added through the integration of the VIA SATAlite interface. and Proprietary TM Line of VIA Networking Velocity Gigabit Ethernet Controllers n g g g Complete Gigabit Ethernet Package Single chip 10/100/1000 design Ready Now! [. . . ] The same cannot be said about the . . . . nForce3. . . . . . . the board would often crash when installing Windows XP Professional. " "Currently we can crash every nForce3 board we have possession of, both retail and engineering samples, when running extreme IDE traffic. " VIA Confidential and Proprietary VIA K8M800 Chipset n n Industry's First IGP Chipset for the AMD64 Platform Extends 64-bit Computing into the Mainstream S3 Graphics UniChromeTM Pro IGP Provides Ultimate HiDefTM Visual Experience on AMD64 Platform g S3 Chromotion CE Video Display Engine g g Output - Full HDTV Support, including 1080p Decoding ­ Hardware MPEG2 Decoder Dual 128-bit Pipelines Robust Shared Memory Architecture g High-Performance 2D/3D Graphics Engine g g n Hyper8TM Technology g g n VT8237 South Bridge g g Enables full 16-bit/800MHz implementation of HyperTransportTM interface 6. 4GB/s Bandwidth Integrated Serial ATA & V-RAID VIA Vinyl Audio n Available: Now VIA Confidential and Proprietary VIA Hyper8TM Technology n Enables Full Implementation of HyperTransport Interface g 6. 4GB/s Bandwidth (800MHz/16-bit) HyperTransport interface for 754-pin and 940-pin AMD64 CPUs n Offers Unparalleled Performance Levels and Data Integrity g Analysis of retail motherboards featuring competitor's chipsets indicates many feature a HyperTransport link with reduced frequency or bit density Frequency Bit Density 16-bit 16-bit 8-bit Total Bandwidth 6. 4GB/s 4. 8GB/s 3. 2GB/s VIA VT6205 Competitor Sample A Competitor Sample B 800MHz 600MHz 800MHz VIA Confidential and Proprietary VIA Hyper8TM Technology VIA Confidential and Proprietary Most Scalable Platform for AMD64 Architecture n VIA's flexible and highly scalable architecture allows motherboard manufacturers to cover all market segments and price points g VIA Networking Gigabit Ethernet g g Single chip 10/100/1000 design Advanced software interface VIA Vinyl integrated 5. 1 surround sound VIA Vinyl Gold onboard 7. 1 surround sound VIA VT6307 1394 Controller 2 x 133MHz PCI-X support Up to 12 standard PCI connections VIA Confidential and Proprietary g VIA Vinyl Audio g g g Advanced Connectivity Options g g VIA VPX2 for Servers & Workstations g g VT8237 South Bridge Overview n VIA DriveStationTM Advanced Controller Suite g Serial ATA g g g V-RAID g g g High Performance 150MB/s Dual Channel Serial ATA interface Extended support for additional two Serial ATA devices through SATAliteTM interface Serial RAID controller RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 0+1 User-friendly VIA RAID Tool software interface Supports up to four PATA devices g Parallel ATA-133 g n VIA Advanced Connectivity Controller Suite g USB 2. 0 Controller g g Network Controller g Support for 8 USB 2. 0/1. 1 ports Enterprise Class 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet MAC g n VIA VinylTM Audio g g g PCI & LPC bus controllers VIA Vinyl integrated 5. 1 surround sound VIA Vinyl Gold onboard 7. 1 surround sound g g AC '97 audio VIA Six-TRAC codec g n V-MAP Architecture g 24/96 resolution audio VIA Envy24PT + VIA Six-TRAC Codec + additional DAC Ultra V-Link g g g TwinBridge Architecture g High throughput 1GB/s South Bridge/North Bridge interconnect Supports new generation of VIA North Bridge options across all processor platforms Flexible, high bandwidth architecture for AMD OpteronTM& AMD AthlonTM 64 processors High speed 533MB/s South Bridge/North Bridge interconnect Supports current generation of VIA North Bridge options across all processor platforms Optimized system performance and stability g V-Link g g g VIA Hyperion 4in1 Unified Drivers g VIA Confidential and Proprietary VIA DriveStation V-RAID n Industry's first full-featured native Serial RAID solution to be integrated into PC core logic chipset architecture g g g n Ease of Use g g Supports RAID Levels 0, 1 & 0+11 Highest HDD Data Transfer Rates for Maximum System Performance Superior Fault Tolerance for Optimum Data Integrity Easy installation and array management with userfriendly V-RAID Software Interface VIA's DriveThruTM technology enables `on-the-fly' upgrades to RAID configurations Integrated V-RAID H/W and S/W solution reduces overall system cost Easy installation and user-friendly software removes technical barriers n Bringing RAID to the Mainstream g g 1RAID Level 0+1 only supported on motherboards and systems where support for two additional Serial ATA drives has been added through the integration of the VIA SATAlite interface. VIA Confidential and Proprietary VIA DriveStation V-RAID Configurations RAID Level 0 RAID Level 1 RAID Level 0+11 Effect: Striping Capacity: 100% Performance: High Fault Tolerance: Low Effect: Mirroring Capacity: 50% Performance: Normal/High Fault Tolerance: High Effect: Mirroring & Striping Capacity: 50% Performance: High Fault Tolerance: High 1RAID Level 0+1 only supported on motherboards and systems where support for two additional Serial ATA drives has been VIA Confidential added through the integration of the VIA SATAlite interface. and Proprietary TM Line of VIA Networking Velocity Gigabit Ethernet Controllers n g g g Complete Gigabit Ethernet Package Single chip 10/100/1000 design Ready Now! [. . . ]