Giga-Byte creates world's first mini DTX mainboard

Giga-Byte today announced the first-ever shipping mini DTX mainboard, allowing enthusiasts and system builders alike to start creating systems. Codenamed Churchill, the board packs features normally reserved for larger desktops in cases smaller than large books. A builder can fit either an Athlon 64 or a Sempron desktop CPU in the system as well as PCI Express X1 and regular PCI expansion cards. Up to six Serial ATA drives can fit in the system while as many as eight USB 2.0 ports provide room for outside peripherals. The need for expansion is reduced thanks to integrated SiS graphics as well as surround-sound audio.

The mainboard's designer hopes to release Churchill with a more formal name by July as part of a worldwide release. Costs and news of pre-assembled systems using the DTX technology will likely appear at or shortly after the release of the board to the public. [via DailyTech]