Motherboards in 2002: Preview from Comdex

Shuttle

Shuttle used to be a major player in the Super Socket 7 days however they have taken a quieter role with the emergence of many other Taiwanese manufacturers with more vivid focuses on overclocking, tweaking and additional features on-board. Recently Shuttle has been thrust back into the lime light with the release of their KT266A and P4X266 motherboards.

More importantly, Shuttle is also promoting their Spacewalker Mini Barebone System. As shown in the picture, the tiny box allows you to use either a Pentium III, Celeron or C3 processor, a maximum of two DIMMs of SDR SDRAM. The system is ideal for a Home Theater PC, Tivo or file server, where you don't need anything other than a DVD drive and a hard drive in it. The system also comes with a very small power supply so you can expect the system to be relatively quiet.