Company AMD reported about the development of the open specification DTX, which must help the producers of motherboard system and computers to accept new compact form factor PC. It is assumed that the standard developed by one of the microprocessors leading producers and system chipsets, will allow the producers original (ODM) and complete (OEM) equipment to derive on the market the new solutions, which are less, quieter and is more attractive than existing. In this case will be preserved the generality with the contemporary econnoy system , standard DTX get advantages ATX, including economic effectiveness, the rich collection of options and the property of reverse compatability. To publish complete specifications DTX company plans already in the current block.
It is asserted that DTX will help to open the potential of energetically effective processors AMD by creating the optimally designed systems of small form factor, which will have a lowered energy consumption and low noise level . Lower cost is named among the advantages of new standard. In other words, DTX will allow producers to repeat on the market for the systems of small form factor the same success, which ensured to desktop systems standard ATX.
It is important that the specifications DTX will fix only necessary set of parameters, required for assuring compatibility, after leaving for producers the freedom of update. Concerning system board, from the pcb standard size, utilized in the production, it will be made to four motherboard DTX or to six motherboard mini-DTX. motherboard DTX can be executed on the four-layer technology. Small size and a small quantity of layers capable to positively affect the cost of end products.
Demand for the systems of small form factor is especially high in the small and mid-sized business, and in home users everywhere, where values compact size, attractive exterior view, the low level noise, small energy consumption and obtainable price.