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AMD Aims At New Standard for Motherboards

Posted by Zonk on from the little-quite-different dept.

alexwcovington writes "CBC reports that AMD is launching DTX, a new motherboard layout about the size of micro-ATX. Their goal is to provide a small, energy efficient board that's compatible with as much hardware as possible. In the DTX, they're hoping to produce a new standard for desktops, and somewhat reverse the decline in consumer interest. From the article: 'Most desktops still have motherboards that operate using a standard laid out in 1995 by Intel called ATX, which stands for Advanced Technology Extended. ATX was designed to allow everything from memory cards to mouse ports to have a standardized spot alongside the central processing unit on a typical desktop motherboard. While there have been other standards since, ATX remains the most common standard for desktops, though its design is not suited for smaller, more energy-efficient desktops, AMD said.' Ars Technica has further details on the board."

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  1. Might be just me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    But this topic is worthless without pics.

  2. so, which of these advantages does it have? by jimstapleton · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I couldn't find any of these... But I could be missing something

    (1) Does it provide something that is not encompassed by one of MicroATX, MiniITX or ATX
    (2) Does combine advantages of any of the above listed form factors?

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  3. I'd rather have a laptop standard board by amigabill · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I don't see much point in yet another desktop standard. We've laready got a number of good standards there. ATX, MicroATX, BTX, Mini-ITX, Nano-ITX, etc...

    What I'd really love to see is a motherboard standard for the laptop. Let me choose the motherboard, the CPU, and other features on it, and let me choose the shell, and let me choose the screen to put into the shell with this chosen motherboard. Why is thre no LTX?

    That'd be wicked cool.