Gigabyte today announced the first mini DTX motherboard catering towards home servers. The new
Churchill motherboard supports AMD’s Socket AM2 Athlon 64 and Sempron single and dual-core processors. Gigabyte equips Churchill with a
SiS761GX north and SiS966 south bridges. The SiS761GX features an
integrated Mirage 1 graphics core with DirectX 7 support. Other notable features of the Churchill motherboard include one PCIe x1, one PCI, six SATA 1.5 Gbps/sec ports with support for native command queuing, eight USB 2.0 ports and high definition audio support.
Expect Gigabyte to release the motherboard in July.
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DTX:
It is for small form factor PCs (especially for HTPCs) with dimensions of 200 mm by 244 mm. AMD stated that the DTX form factor is an open standard, and is backward compatible with ATX form factor cases. They also present a variant named Mini-DTX which is smaller in PCB size of 200 mm by 170 mm.
Upcoming DTX boards will likely contain one PCI-Express slot and one PCI slot. The spec also provides for optional ExpressCard expansion slots on DTX motherboards.
- DTX will allow up to four motherboards – for low cost – per standard printed circuit board manufacturing panel sizes
- Mini-DTX will allow up to six motherboards – for low cost – per standard printed circuit board manufacturing panel sizes
- DTX motherboards can be manufactured in as few as four layers of printed circuit board wiring for motherboard cost savings
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