AMD recently released the first south bridge with the native support of SATA-600 interface, associate reported the appearance of scarcity for the corresponding microcircuits, which was caused by the limited TSMC possibilities on the production of this south bridge with the use of 55 nm technology. Scarcity will be removed not earlier than September this year..
Some motherboard producers are ready as alternative to unite the north bridges series AMD 8xx with the south bridge SB710. Although technically this is possible, south bridges SB710 and SB850 possess different design concepts; therefore a new design of printed-circuit board is required .. Making selection in favor of SB710, motherboards producers reject the native support of SATA-600, the built-in generator and the gigabit net controller, and also RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 support with the possibility of connection to the ports multiplier FIS.
According to AMD representatives, the delay of south bridge SB810 announcement is dictated by low demand for this solution at the current time. Related Products :
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