Taipei, Aug.9th, 2007—SiS today proudly announced that MSI's MS-7317 motherboard, which adopts the SiS671 chipset, has entered volume production. The MS-7317 motherboard is designed for the mainstream market.

To meet the requirements of the majority, MSI implements the SiS671 chipset in its MS-7317 motherboard. The motherboard supports Intel® Core™ 2 Duo FSB 800MHz processor and single channel DDR2-667 which provides up to 4GB of memory size. With the Mirage™3 graphics engine, the SiS671 enables the MS-7317 motherboard to support DirectX9.0 so that the MS-7317 motherboard is able to smoothly operate the Windows Vista™. Also, because of the integrated SiS Real Video technology, the MS-7317 motherboard allows to deliver fluent image quality under Windows Vista™. One of the best values of the motherboard is that it lets you experience the wonderful image performance no matter when you’re playing on-line games or playing video.

The SiS968 Southbridge chipset is paired with the SiS671 Northbridge chipset to provide the ultimate performance of the MS-7317 motherboard. It not only supports PCI Express x1 interface, but also provides 2 Serial ATA high-speed connectors to accelerate the data transmission speed in hard disk drive and DVD ROM. With High Definition Audio, it provides high quality sound effects; with support of 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet, it features high-speed internet access.

“The SiS671 chipset has been used in numerous customers’ products. We can even say that it has the ability to power the system, which covers laptops and desktops. We foresee that the performance of the MSI’s MS-7317 motherboard will catch the attention of the mainstream market and become one of the most valuable products” said Daniel Chen, CEO of SiS.

*MSI’s MS-7317 with SiS671/SiS968 chipsets