See BTX boards get thumbs down from Shuttle.
But Intel clearly has ambitious plans to use the BTX form factor extensively next year, according to notes we scribbled after we saw its latest road map last week.
Intel's motherboard plans are more flexible than for its microprocessors - it can readily switch its forecasted boards depending on what the market is demanding and what its competition is doing.
But right now it's clearly planning a major BTX blitz in 2006, and no doubt hoping it will drag its customers who license and use its motherboards, those that make cases, and those that make coolers, along with it. µ
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D955XBK
Black Creek ATX, PCIe, Dual Chann DDR2-667 |
D955XCS
Chisholm Trail 2CH DDR2- 667, BTX, PCIe GFX,1394 |
D955XBP
Black Rapids µATX, PCIe, 1394, RAID 2DDR2-667 |
D955XBX
Bad Axe µBTX, PCIe, 1394, RAID, 2DDR2-667 |
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D945PSN
Sandusky ATX, 2PCIe, 4PCI, 2CH DDR2-667 |
D945PVS
Rio Vista ATX, PCIe GFX 1394, RAID 2DDR2-667 |
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D945PLM
La Mesa µATX, PCIe GFX, 2PCI, 1PCIe |
D945PAW
Atwood µBTX, PCIe GFX, 2PCI, 2DDR2-667 |
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D945GNT
Sorento ATX, int GFX, 2PCIe, 4PCI |
D945GCZ
Cortex µBTX, PCIe, 2PCI, 2DDR2-667 |
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D945GTP
Tappen µATX, PCIe GFX, 2PCI, 1PCIe |
D945GSU
Sunnymead µBTX 2DDR2-667 MiniPCI,PCIe |
Vernazza
picoBTX Integrated PCIe 2DDR2-667 LGA775 |
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D915GLVG
Vanguard µATX, 1PCIe, 2PCI LGA775 |
D915PLWD
Woodridge ATX, 4PCI, 2PCIe 2DDR400 |
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D865VSC
Shoal Creek µATX, 2ch DDR333, int GFX |
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Colour Key
BLUE
Mobo serial number
LILAC
Codename
RED
Form Factor