Xylo, the own-brand PC division of Siltek Distribution Dynamics (SDD), a member of the Siltek IT Supply Chain Group, has announced the availability of its XL460 desktop as well as the latest XL500 server with dual flip-chip motherboard.
The XL 460 is based on the entry-level AMD Duron processor, which has most of the features of the high-end AMD Athlon processor. AMD launched the super fast, 1GHZ Athlon processor in March this year, making use of 7th generation technology, such as 200MHZ FSB, 384KB full speed on-dye cache which means this processor out performs equally clocked competitor processors by up to 30%. The Duron processor has all these features, excepting 192KB on-dye full speed cache.
According to Mark Forbes, product manager at Xylo, the AMD Duron 600, 650 or 700MHz offer high-end performance at entry-level prices to business users and graphic designer and may be easily upgraded to the new AMD Thunderbird (the flagship of AMD processors) offering speeds from 700, 750, 800, 850, 900, 950 and 1000MHz.
The XL460 is driven by the Microstar MS-6340 motherboard with micro ATX form factor, allowing space-conscious users to easily fit this machine into a tight workspace. It comes standard with on-board audio and allows the end-user to select their own AGP graphics card while offering 266MHz bus speed across the port.
The mainboard's "Plug & Play" BIOS automatically detects peripheral devices and expansion cards on the board. Forbes adds that the mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface (DMI) function, which records the user's specifications for future use.
He says with the launch of the flip-chip processors from Intel, the demand for dual flip-chip motherboards became a criterion for motherboards, which allowed Xylo to upgrade their current XL500 server series to the new XL500 that features a dual flip chip option. This product is designed to support high end users requiring powerful desktop systems or alternatively for SMEs requiring a server solution.
One of the most obvious changes to the new XL500 is the removal of the SCSI controller from the motherboard. "This move was due to the fact that the new ATA100 performed as fast as the SCSI hard drives, operating with the 80MB per second SCSI controller," says Forbes. "Due to the flexibility of the XL500 series, any requirements for SCSI hard disk drives can be easily added to suit the end user's needs."
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