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Gigabyte adds SATA 6Gbps and USB 3.0

Gigabyte adds SATA 6Gbps and USB 3.0

Thrax Robert Hallock 27 Oct, 2009 at 10:41am ET Article published in Tech

Mobo maker Gigabyte has announced today that the company has refreshed its lineup of Intel P55 motherboards with a SATA 6Gbps controller and USB 3.0 ports.

The company has tacked the new features, which it calls “GIGABYTE 333 onboard acceleration,” onto seven boards in the GA-P55 series. The “333” refers to USB 3.0, third-generation SATA, and USB 3.0’s new voltage profile which can power external devices without an AC adapter. We’ll give their marketing team the last one.

Whereas the company’s lineup of USB 2.0/SATA 3Gbps boards carry the P55 name, the seven new motherboards can be identified by their P55A branding.

The Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD6

The Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD6

USB 3.0 functionality is provided by an NEC uPD720200 controller, while a Marvell 88SE9128 controller has been tossed in for SATA 6Gbps support.

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Comments

  1. danball1976
    27 Oct 2009 ~ 7:52pm danball1976 Even bigger reason to go with Gigabyte. They seem to be leading the industry with new stuff on their boards.
  2. GooD
    27 Oct 2009 ~ 7:54pm GooD Yep they are acting like leaders atm :)
  3. Thrax
    27 Oct 2009 ~ 8:02pm Thrax A shame they're not performance leaders. Good boards, though.
  4. danball1976
    27 Oct 2009 ~ 8:12pm danball1976
    Thrax wrote:
    A shame they're not performance leaders. Good boards, though.

    They seem to be pretty reliable boards though. To me that wins out over performance.
  5. photodude
    29 Oct 2009 ~ 3:20pm photodude Nice to see the new standards hitting the shelf, too bad PCIe 3.0 was delayed a year or the 333 could have meant USB 3.0, SATA 3.0, and PCIe 3.0

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