Abit introduces built in micro-Guru chip for Windows mobo tweaking

IN THE NEXT TWO weeks Abit will release two motherboards using a custom designed chip that the firm claims will help PC enthusiasts take their cards to the limit.

The chip, dubbed the µGuru chip, is programmable, includes 2K of memory, and uses a Windows interface to tweak many different aspects of a system.

That includes overclocking - the “OC guru”, a sound module, an "Emotional Quotient" module which gives warnings if you're overstretching your system, a sound module for getting better quality audio, "intuitive system monitoring", which has 24 settings and a so-called "Blackbox Global E Service”.

This last will describe your system problems and, with a user's permission, allow her or him to send system settings to an Abit enginner to solve the problems.

The chip will first debut in an 865PE Abit Intel motherboard, the AI7, and in a K8 Athlon 64 system, the KV8-MAX3.

Abit refused to be drawn on who designed the chip for it - but we've reason to believe it's a local Taiwanese design team. It also went all quiet when we asked if TSMC was building the chip for it. And we suppose that UMC is building a similar chip for Microstar International too. µ