Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. (Chinese: 技嘉科技股份有限公司; pinyin: Jìjiā Kējì Gŭfèn Yŏuxiàn Gōngsī, lit. High Skill Technology Corporation) is a Taiwan-based architect of computer accouterments articles best accepted for its motherboards. The aggregation is about captivated and traded on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE: 2376).
Thursday 8 December 2011
Company
Established in 1986, its above barter accommodate custom bazaar PC manufacturers such as Alienware and Falcon Northwest. The administrator of the aggregation is Yeh Pei-Cheng. Gigabyte is advised a Tier 1 motherboard architect (based on units sold) forth with Micro-Star International (MSI), Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) and Asus. They alien about 19 actor motherboards in 2008 (2 actor of them branded)
Products
In accession to the architecture and accomplish of motherboards hosting AMD and Intel processors, the aggregation additionally makes cartoon cards congenital about the ATI Technologies and NVIDIA GPUs, such as the GeForce GTX480 and Radeon HD 5770.
Secondary curve in the company's artefact portfolio accommodate desktop computer, laptops, server motherboards, server racks, optical disc drives, aqueous clear affectation (LCD), monitors, keyboards, mice, cooling components, adaptable phones (GSmart) and aerial end adaptable buzz articles (personal agenda abettor (PDA) phone, TV buzz etc.), networking equipment, ability supplies, and a band of computer cases.
Gigabyte was the aboriginal aggregation in the apple to aftermath acomputer application controlled ability accumulation for desktop computers, the ODIN GT series.
April 2011: Gigabyte S1080 is a book computer powered by an Intel Atom processor. A bifold booting adaptation is expected, i.e., anniversary time it starts it can run one of two operating systems: Android, or Windows 7 Home Premium
Secondary curve in the company's artefact portfolio accommodate desktop computer, laptops, server motherboards, server racks, optical disc drives, aqueous clear affectation (LCD), monitors, keyboards, mice, cooling components, adaptable phones (GSmart) and aerial end adaptable buzz articles (personal agenda abettor (PDA) phone, TV buzz etc.), networking equipment, ability supplies, and a band of computer cases.
Gigabyte was the aboriginal aggregation in the apple to aftermath acomputer application controlled ability accumulation for desktop computers, the ODIN GT series.
April 2011: Gigabyte S1080 is a book computer powered by an Intel Atom processor. A bifold booting adaptation is expected, i.e., anniversary time it starts it can run one of two operating systems: Android, or Windows 7 Home Premium
Motherboard naming conventions
Gigabyte use a appropriate arrangement for allotment their motherboards. For archetype the GA-P35-DS3R. The aboriginal segment, GA, artlessly denotes that it's bogus by Gigabyte. The additional articulation indicates what chipset it is using, in this case Intel's P35. The third allotment shows what appearance the motherboard has. This articulation mostly contains a cardinal of abbreviations. General formula: GA-[Power extenuative method+Chipset name+form factor+Specific Feature]-[main features+minor Feature]
Available 1st articulation abbreviations:
If "A" appears afterwards the chipset code, it has the 333 onboard dispatch (USB 3.0, USB Power X3, SATA 3.0 6 Gbit/s)
If "M" appears afterwards the chipset code, it is a mATX board.
If "N" appears afterwards the chipset code, it is a Mini-ITX board.
If "M" appears in advanced of the chipset cardinal it agency it is for an AMD processor, but has a non-AMD chipset.
If "MA" appears afore the chipset cardinal it is for an AMD processor and has an AMD chipset. ie: (GA-880GMA-USB3)
If "E" appears afore the chipset cardinal it has Dynamic Activity Saver as activity extenuative method. ie: (GA-EG45M-UD2H)
Available 2nd articulation abbreviations:
E - If it appears as the aboriginal letter in the third articulation (ie.GA-EG45-EUD2H), it agency it has Easy Activity Saver feature.
T - Alone DDR3 SDRAM abutment (i.e: GA-MA770T-US3)
C - Both DDR2 and DDR3 SDRAM support
F - Includes FireWire anchorage and attack (i.e: GA-EG41MF-US2H)
No T or C abbreviations beggarly that the motherboard alone has DDR2 SDRAM support.
Available 3rd articulation abbreviations:
D (Durability) - Indicates that the motherboard uses alone solid accompaniment capacitors.
U/UD (Ultra Durable 3) - Introduces 2 ounces of chestnut for both the Power and Ground layers.
USB3 - Indicates that the motherboard fetaured Ultra Durable 3 and USB 3.0 support
S2 (Smart, Safe) - Various appearance such as Q-Flash BIOS etc.
S3 (Smart, Speed, Safe) - Aforementioned as above, but includes overclocking features.
S4 (Silent Pipe, Smart, Speed, Safe) - Aforementioned as above, but uses calefaction aqueduct cooling.
S5 (CrossFire, Silent Pipe, Smart, Speed, Safe) - Aforementioned as above, but with CrossFire support.
Q6 (Quad BIOS, Quad Cooling, Quad E-SATA 2.0, Quad Triple Phase, Quad-Core Optimized, Quad DDR2 Slots) - Indicates quad-core optimization.
Available 4th articulation abbreviations:
# (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 9) - Compares boards of aforementioned class. (i.e: GA-P55-UD3)
Available 5th articulation abbreviations:
R - 2 added SATA 2.0 ports and possibly RAID support. May accept FireWire port. May not accept ATI CrossFire support. (i.e: GA-P35-DS3R)
G - Solid capacitors for the CPU Volt Regulator Module.
H - HDMI port. Possibly Changing, Application it for DisplayPort if HDMI anchorage accepted (i.e.: GA-H55-USB3 has HDMI)
L - Probably "Lite". Fewer SATA 2.0 ports. No RAID support. No FireWire ports. No ATI CrossFire support. Heatsink cooling. (i.e GA-P35-DS3L). It could additionally announce Gigabit LAN (as in GA-G31M-S2L, against GA-G31M-S2C which has abutment for 10/100 Mbit/s Ethernet).
(update: L” / “C” / “E” / “G” agency minor/customized blueprint change version)
Available 1st articulation abbreviations:
If "A" appears afterwards the chipset code, it has the 333 onboard dispatch (USB 3.0, USB Power X3, SATA 3.0 6 Gbit/s)
If "M" appears afterwards the chipset code, it is a mATX board.
If "N" appears afterwards the chipset code, it is a Mini-ITX board.
If "M" appears in advanced of the chipset cardinal it agency it is for an AMD processor, but has a non-AMD chipset.
If "MA" appears afore the chipset cardinal it is for an AMD processor and has an AMD chipset. ie: (GA-880GMA-USB3)
If "E" appears afore the chipset cardinal it has Dynamic Activity Saver as activity extenuative method. ie: (GA-EG45M-UD2H)
Available 2nd articulation abbreviations:
E - If it appears as the aboriginal letter in the third articulation (ie.GA-EG45-EUD2H), it agency it has Easy Activity Saver feature.
T - Alone DDR3 SDRAM abutment (i.e: GA-MA770T-US3)
C - Both DDR2 and DDR3 SDRAM support
F - Includes FireWire anchorage and attack (i.e: GA-EG41MF-US2H)
No T or C abbreviations beggarly that the motherboard alone has DDR2 SDRAM support.
Available 3rd articulation abbreviations:
D (Durability) - Indicates that the motherboard uses alone solid accompaniment capacitors.
U/UD (Ultra Durable 3) - Introduces 2 ounces of chestnut for both the Power and Ground layers.
USB3 - Indicates that the motherboard fetaured Ultra Durable 3 and USB 3.0 support
S2 (Smart, Safe) - Various appearance such as Q-Flash BIOS etc.
S3 (Smart, Speed, Safe) - Aforementioned as above, but includes overclocking features.
S4 (Silent Pipe, Smart, Speed, Safe) - Aforementioned as above, but uses calefaction aqueduct cooling.
S5 (CrossFire, Silent Pipe, Smart, Speed, Safe) - Aforementioned as above, but with CrossFire support.
Q6 (Quad BIOS, Quad Cooling, Quad E-SATA 2.0, Quad Triple Phase, Quad-Core Optimized, Quad DDR2 Slots) - Indicates quad-core optimization.
Available 4th articulation abbreviations:
# (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 9) - Compares boards of aforementioned class. (i.e: GA-P55-UD3)
Available 5th articulation abbreviations:
R - 2 added SATA 2.0 ports and possibly RAID support. May accept FireWire port. May not accept ATI CrossFire support. (i.e: GA-P35-DS3R)
G - Solid capacitors for the CPU Volt Regulator Module.
H - HDMI port. Possibly Changing, Application it for DisplayPort if HDMI anchorage accepted (i.e.: GA-H55-USB3 has HDMI)
L - Probably "Lite". Fewer SATA 2.0 ports. No RAID support. No FireWire ports. No ATI CrossFire support. Heatsink cooling. (i.e GA-P35-DS3L). It could additionally announce Gigabit LAN (as in GA-G31M-S2L, against GA-G31M-S2C which has abutment for 10/100 Mbit/s Ethernet).
(update: L” / “C” / “E” / “G” agency minor/customized blueprint change version)
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