Taipei, Taiwan January 24th 2002 - IWILL corporation introduces the IWILL DP400, i860 chipset based Intel Xeon motherboard. The DP400 is your top choice for the ultimate workstation platform. DP400 adopts Intel® 860 chipset which was specifically designed to meet the needs of high performance multi-processor systems. Together with the latest Intel® Xeon™ processors for DP workstations, DP400 provides new levels of performance, scalability, and end-user productivity.



Fig 1. IWILL's DP400 motherboard with onboard LAN and sound featuring 4 RIMM sockets.

DP400 supports dual Xeon Foster processor and the next generation of Xeon processor, Prestonia, using a 400MHz system bus. It also supports Dual RDRAM memory channels, which operate in lock-step, and deliver 3.2 GB/s of memory bandwidth to the processor. The 64-bit PCI slots on DP400 takes advantage of the Intel® Hub Architecture, connecting directly to the MCH and providing a dedicated path for high performance I/O. In addition, the AGP Pro port on the DP400 provides up to 1 GB/s of graphics bandwidth that will satisfy most graphic intensive users. Moreover, the i82550 Intel® LAN controller provides 10/100 Mb/s transfer rate; and the Analog AD1881 AC ’97 Codec provides the digital sound support.

With features from DP400, users who need fast processing, broad memory bandwidth, broad graphic bandwidth, or high-speed IO will be satisfied. DP400 is the ultimate workstation solution for CAD designers, 3D animation designers, computer animation designers, digital imaging editors, financial analysts, and professional game servers. In addition, power users and computer enthusiasts should not let go of this motherboard, as its cost may be as low as a high-end desktop solution; so why not choose something better?

For more information regardng the DP400 or other IWILL products visit Iwill’s website at http://www.iwill.net