VIA announces P4PB 400 mobo for PCs 

VIA Technologies has announced the VIA P4PB 400 Mainboard, which harnesses the performance and connectivity features of the VIA Apollo P4X400 chipset for personal computers. 

The VIA P4PB 400's motherboard's performance features include ultra fast graphics bandwidth, double the speed of today's standard platforms. DDR400/333 SDRAM, which enables the new Intel Pentium 4 processor with 533MHz FSB to perform to its full capacity by supplying a massive 3200MB/sec of fast double data rate memory thus eliminating all system data bottlenecks and the P4PB 400's unsurpassed connectivity.

An onboard VIA VT1616 audio codec provides six channels of studio quality, crisp, digital surround sound and supports both optical and SPDIF outputs. The VIA P4PB 400 is bundled with a S/PDIF connector bracket that fits neatly into any available PC chassis I/O expansion slot. The S/PDIF brackets enables digital to digital signal transfers between devices thus eliminating the signal degradation associated with traditional analog audio. 

P4PB 400 mainboard users enjoy the added benefit of VPSD's FliteDeck bundle. FliteDeck is an extensive system management suite that empowers the user by enabling full system control through an easy to use Windows-based management suite.