Via launches Opteron workstation chipset

TODAY BEING OPTERON day means that everyone is trying to get in on the act. Fair enough, it's all good for the industry. Next on the list is Via, a company that definitely had an invitation to the launch of the Opteron because it was launching a chipset to go with it. The K8T400M has been expected for a little while.

The Northbridge uses a 1.06GB/s link to a VT8237. That's the same Southbridge as the KT400A Athlon chipset uses. That gives the chipset the same 6 channel audio, 10/100 Ethernet, integrated modem, SATA and USB 2 that the KT400A has.

The more interesting part of the chipset is that it supports two Opterons as opposed to the Nvidia Nforce 3 which can only support a single chip. That should make it a very interesting choice for workstations motherboards. µ