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| 212614 | 2004-02-03 22:07:00 | any thoughts on this (www.tweaktown.com)?? | tweak'e (174) | ||
| 212615 | 2004-02-04 03:21:00 | Interesting article. They are obviously trying to address the cooling problems with the newer systems with the Thermal Module. Looks like USB is the way to go as well. The computer industry as a whole is ready to move away from legacy I/O and, with Intel's 9xx series chipsets, they are removing AGP support, a move that shows they want to rid the world of legacy I/O. BTX reference designs are adding to the telltale signs that legacy I/O will no longer continue to be supported as commonly as they are now with current motherboards. The legacy I/O ports being slowly removed from BTX reference designs are Serial and Parallel ports with a possibility of PS/2 ports being removed in future reference designs, perhaps as soon as IDF this month in San Francisco. To replace these outdated ports, USB ports on the backpanel will triple and double their number as USB is seen as the successor to all three I/O forms with dominating support in newer devices that once utilized these elderly I/O ports. With such a large increase in space on the backpanel, BTX motherboards could include various future-proof technologies such as Wi-Fi(802.11x), multiple LAN ports, Bluetooth and even WiMax once Intel can produce it on a chip! |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 212616 | 2004-02-04 03:33:00 | I remember going to the Microsoft launch of Windows ME and even then they were saying they are trying to get rid legacy I/O and move to USB. Took them long enough! |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 212617 | 2004-02-04 08:12:00 | Well, it will pay me to keep some older PCI parallel and serial cards so that I will be able to at still run my HP plotter. | Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 212618 | 2004-02-04 08:32:00 | strange thing is it looks like some of the old compaqs and hp's (p1 era) desktops that have the same layout (tho with pci and usa slots) and even some with the riser cards. talk about reinventing stuff. | tweak'e (174) | ||
| 212619 | 2004-02-04 09:59:00 | They will take away the ps/2 ports over my dead body!!!. Im kinda attached to atx,....I dont like the proposed layout at all. Still,it might just be a case of being stubborn and unreasonable . |
metla (154) | ||
| 212620 | 2004-02-04 10:23:00 | BTX goes hand in hand with PCI Express (www.pcstats.com). Makes for an interesting read! Lo. |
Lohsing (219) | ||
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