TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan's Via Technologies Inc. here today announced a new I/O technology that boosts the overall performance in PC systems.
Via's new so-called VPX Modular I/O Expansion Technology consists of a new 64-bit PCI controller. Dubbed the VPX-64, the device allows Via's double-data-rate (DDR) SDRAM-based chip sets to support 64-bit PCI in both the 33-MHz and 66-MHz modes.
The device enables Via's VIA Apollo chip sets to offer up to 533-megabytes of PCI data throughput for high-bandwidth applications, like Gigabit Ethernet and Ultra SCSI/320.
When paired with the VIA Apollo Pro266T or VIA Apollo P4X266, VPX I/O Expansion Technology enables a new breed of value server platforms. VPX solutions are under development for next generation I/O technologies, such as PCI-X, Infiniband, and 3GIO.
"VIA VPX Modular I/O Expansion Technology is focused on delivering higher bandwidth I/O technologies to value and mainstream server markets without requiring fundamental changes in platform and chipset design," said Richard Brown, director of marketing at Taipei-based Via.
Product prices or delivery schedules for the controller were not disclosed, however.
