VIA announces P4PB 400 motherboard for PCs

NEW DELHI: VIA Technologies, Inc, has announced the VIA P4PB 400 Mainboard,

which harnesses the performance and connectivity features of the VIA Apollo

P4X400 chipset for personal computers.






The VIA P4PB 400’s motherboard’s performance features include ultra fast
graphics bandwidth, double the speed of today’s standard platforms. DDR400/333

SDRAM, which enables the new Intel Pentium 4 processor with 533MHz FSB to

perform to its full capacity by supplying a massive 3200MB/sec of fast double

data rate memory thus eliminating all system data bottlenecks and the P4PB 400’s

unsurpassed connectivity.






An onboard VIA VT1616 audio codec provides six channels of studio quality,
crisp, digital surround sound and supports both optical and SPDIF outputs. The

VIA P4PB 400 is bundled with a S/PDIF connector bracket that fits neatly into

any available PC chassis I/O expansion slot. The S/PDIF brackets enables digital

to digital signal transfers between devices thus eliminating the signal

degradation associated with traditional analog audio.






P4PB 400 mainboard users enjoy the added benefit of VPSD’s FliteDeck bundle.
FliteDeck is an extensive system management suite that empowers the user by

enabling full system control through an easy to use Windows-based management

suite.