AMD develops open specification for small form factor PCs

Sunnyvale (CA) - AMD said that it is developing guidelines for computer case and motherboard design that will allow the creation of improved small form factor PCs (SFF PCS). "DTX" is intended to become an open standard with specifications scheduled to be released during Q1 2007.

According to the company, DTX builds on the existing ATX infrastructure, which was created by Intel in 1995. Despite the fact that Intel tried to establish a successor with BTX a few years ago, e ATX is still being considered as the standard for case and board design in large parts of the industry. AMD said that DTX will take advantage of ATX and its "benefits, including cost efficiency, system options and backward-compatibility, to allow for ground-breaking PC design."

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