Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is featuring a full line of PC products at Computex Taipei 2007, including motherboards supporting both the Intel and AMD platforms, multimedia motherboards with an HDMI port, Nvidia GeForce 8000 series graphics cards, and a newly designed case and cooling solution.
With Intel officially launching its Bearlake platform during Computex, Foxconn is showcasing a number of motherboards featuring the Intel G31, G33, G35, P35, Q35 and X38 chipsets. The motherboards will be able to support Intel's new 45nm processor (Wolfdale for dual-core and Yorkfield for quad-core) with front side bus (FSB) speeds up to 1333MHz, while also supporting DDR2 or DDR2/DDR3 combo memory.
Foxconn is also highlighting new Nvidia 8600 and 8500 graphics card solutions as well as launching its new cooling technology for PCs, which adopts both heat-pipes and a special heatsink.
Foxconn launched its own-brand motherboard business in 2004 while its own-brand graphics card lineup was introduced in 2006.
| Foxconn motherboard specifications | ||||
| Item | Details | |||
| Model | X38A | G35M-S | P35A-S | G33M |
| Support CPU | Intel Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Extreme, Pentium E2xxx, Celeron 4xx, Pentium D and 45nm processor | |||
| FSB | 1333/1066/800 MHz | |||
| Memory | Dual-channel DDR2 up to 8GB | Dual-channel DDR2 up to 8GB | Dual-channel DDR2 up to 8GB | Dual-channel DDR2 and DDR3 combo memory |
| Chipsets | Intel X38 & ICH9R | Intel G35 & ICH8R | Intel P35 & ICH9R | Intel G33 & ICH9 |
| VGA | 3 PCIe x16 | Intel GMA X3100 | 2 PCIe x16 | Intel GMA 3100 |
Source: Company, compiled by Digitimes, June 2007
Foxconn Intel P35A-S motherboard
Photo: Joseph Tsai, Digitimes, June 2007
Foxconn Intel X38A motherboard
Photo: Joseph Tsai, Digitimes, June 2007