X-Bit Labs schrijft dat de vorige maand aangekondigde SiS645DX chipset het goed doet bij de moederbordfabrikanten. De SiS645DX is de opvolger van de SiS645. Nieuw is de ondersteuning voor Pentium 4 processors met een 533MHz FSB en ATA/133-schijven via de SiS961B-southbridge. Onder andere Abit, Asus, Gigabyte en MSI zullen moederborden gaan bouwen gebaseerd op deze chipset. Enkele specificaties van deze planken zijn als volgt:
ABIT SX7-533. This Socket478 mainboard is equipped with 3 DIMM slots for DDR SDRAM, 6 PCI and 1 AGP 4x slot. The board supports AC'97 sound and has 4 USB 1.1 ports.
Gigabyte GA-8STX. This Socket478 mainboard is equipped with 3 DIMM slots for DDR memory, 6 PCI and 1 AGP 4x slot. It will also feature an integrated 6-channel Creative CT5880 sound controller and an additional USB 2.0 controller from VIA, which will provide the mainboard with 4 extra USB 2.0 ports. Of course, the solution will support Gigabyte's brand DualBIOS technology.
MSI 645E Max2-LRU. This seems to be the solution richest in features. Besides Socket478, 3 DDR DIMM slots, 5 PCI, 1 CNR and 1 AGP 4x slot, the board has an integrated USB 2.0 controller from NEC supporting 4 USB 2.0 ports, ATA/133 RAID controller from Promise and Realtek 8101L LAN controller. The mainboard will also support brand D-Bracket diagnostics technology.