NVIDIA Corp. announced the immediate availability of the company's new NVIDIA nForce4 SLI Intel Edition media and communications processors (MCPs) for Intel platforms. This new line of core-logic solutions incorporates a host of new, leading edge, NVIDIA features never before available on the Intel platform, including NVIDIA SLI technology, hardware-based firewall security, advanced storage solutions and native Gigabit Ethernet networking.
"Over the last three years, NVIDIA has been recognized for its technology innovation and leadership in developing award-winning MCP solutions for today's digital consumer," said Drew Henry, gm of MCP products at NVIDIA. "Core-logic is at the heart of today's digital media PCs, enabling the download, protection, storage and playback of digital media content, functions that form the foundation of our NVIDIA nForce family of MCPs."
Designed for desktop PCs and motherboards based on Intel Pentium 4 processors for Socket 775, including the upcoming dual-core Intel Pentium processor Extreme Edition and Pentium D processors, NVIDIA nForce4 SLI Intel Edition MCPs are the first to support NVIDIA SLI technology the ability to combine the rendering power of two graphics cards in a single system, resulting in increased performance and unparalleled game play.
NVIDIA nForce4 SLI Intel Edition MCPs also incorporate the following features:
* NVIDIA DualDDR2 architecture, a high-bandwidth, 128-bit memory interface, providing up to 10.6GB/sec of memory bandwidth and support for DDR2-667MHz memory DIMMs.* High-performance design with support for 1066MHz frontside bus (FSB), and multiple PCI Express configurations.* NVIDIA QuickSync technology and DASP 3.0 technology to reduce system latency and maximize system performance.* NVIDIA ActiveArmor technology, a hardware accelerated security firewall solution built directly into the silicon, designed to protect the PC from malicious spyware and hacker attacks. NVIDIA ActiveArmor technology also includes NVIDIA Firewall, an intuitive software interface with advanced security capabilities including remote manageability and automatic sensing when an application attempts to connect to the Internet.* NVIDIA MediaShield technology, a robust storage solution that allows end users to confidently manage, store and backup their valuable data, including home movies, digital pictures and more. NVIDIA MediaShield technology incorporates: Bootable RAID 5, an optimal storage configuration for fast data access, additional storage capacity, and data protection. Support for up to four SATA and four PATA hard drives simultaneously, including those based on the newest SATA 3Gb/s hard drive technology. MediaShield Disk Alert System, a graphical, realtime feature that alerts end-users to hard drive failures or degraded performance environments.* NVIDIA nTune technology, a Windows-based interface that can automatically optimize PC configurations based on the applications being run and allows extreme overclocking of all key system components, including CPU, FSB, memory, PCI Express and graphics.
NVIDIA Corp. (www.nvidia.com) of Santa Clara, California, is a worldwide leader in graphics and digital media processors. NVIDIA graphics processing units (GPUs), media and communications processors (MCPs) and wireless media processors (WMPs) have broad market reach and are incorporated into a variety of platforms, including consumer and enterprise PCs, notebooks, workstations, PDAs, mobile phones and video game consoles.
Bill Desowitz, former editor of VFXWorld, is currently the Crafts Editor of IndieWire.
