FREMONT, Calif.--SOYO, Inc. today announced the SY-7ISA - an ATX footprint motherboard that maximizes performance of Intel's i815e (Solano-2) chipset with support for Intel Socket 370 Pentium III CPUs 500MHz and above with 133MHz FSB. The board will also accommodate Intel Pentium III 100MHz CPUs, and Celeron Processors with 66MHz FSB.

SOYO's SY-7ISA includes many features such as Direct AGP VGA in 1x/2x/4x mode, an embedded ATA 100 chipset controller to power next generation high-speed hard drives, integrated 10/100 networking, and onboard 6-channel AC97 audio CODEC. The board has a list price of $145.

The SY-7ISA features onboard AGP 1x/2x video. Power users also have the option of utilizing the board's AGP4X slot to add their own graphics card to bypass the on-board video. In addition, users can purchase memory upgrades, which can be inserted into the AGP slot to supplement the on-board video.

The SY-7ISA is expandable to 512MBs RAM with its three SDRAM DIMMs slots, and features five 32-bit bus mastering PCI slots. The on-board super I/O supports two RS-232 serial ports, one parallel printer port, one floppy disk port, two Ultra DMA100/66/33 ports, two USB ports, audio line/out ports, game port, PS/2 Mini-DIN mouse & keyboard ports, and an IrDA port.

SOYO makes it easy to fine tune the SY-7ISA for performance applications such as 3D modeling, animation or gaming with its jumperless Sofset configuration technology -- which allows users to configure selectable sets of CPU and PCI clock speeds directly inside the BIOS. The board also features SOYO's trademarked AI-BIOS: Four-Way Active interception feature to automatically protect the BIOS from the CIH virus, which can overwrite the hard disk and the flash BIOS of an infected computer under Windows 95 and Windows 98.

SOYO includes its Hardware Doctor Software package, which enables users to control and monitor their system at all times. The SY-7ISA also supports WOL (Wake On LAN) to simplify network management.

Each board includes a Symantec software bundle with Norton Anti-Virus, Ghost and Virtual Drive.

ABOUT SOYO, Inc.

SOYO, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of SOYO Computer, Inc. Founded in 1985, with worldwide headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan, and branch offices in Germany, Holland, Hong Kong, Japan and Korea, SOYO is one of the fastest growing major motherboard manufacturers in the world with 1999 sales of $315 million. The company sells its products through Tech Data and a select group of resellers, system integrators, and VARs worldwide. SOYO's U.S. headquarters are at 41484 Christy Street, Fremont, CA 94538. For information, call 510/226-7696 or visit www.soyousa.com.

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