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Date Posted: September 4, 2002

The Technology

Looking at the features of the KT333 chipset you would be forgiven for thinking you have seen this before. It is basically the same chipset as the KT266a, although for those of you with older KT266a boards the VT8233a Southbridge will be new. The main thing that this chipset brings to the floor here is the official support for DDR333 memory.

Key Features
Supports AMD Duron" and Athlon" Socket A processors
200/266MHz FSB settings
Support for AGP 2X/4X
Supports up to 4.0GB DDR200/266/333 SDRAM
266MB/sec high bandwidth North/South Bridge V-Link
Support for Advanced Communications Riser (ACR) Card Standard
Integrated 6 channel AC-97 Audio
Integrated MC-97 Modem
Integrated 10/100 BaseT Ethernet and 1/10Mb HomePNA controller
Support for ATA 33/66/100
6 USB ports, UHCI compliant
Advanced power management capabilities including ACPI/OnNow and AMD's PowerNow"
552-pin BGA VT8366A North Bridge
376-pin BGA VT8233 South Bridge

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