ASUS M4A89 Xtreme Design motherboards with Core Unlocker feature
Imagine unlocking your extra CPU cores to unleash more power. Sounds interesting? Well, ASUS has developed a new technology that does just this! Reportedly, Asus has unveiled a new motherboard series — ASUS M4A89 — featuring Core Unlocker innovation, an intuitive solution for unlocking latent cores on AMD CPUs. The Core Unlocker technology is developed by ASUS to easily activate latent AMD CPU cores. Without requiring any additional upgrades, ASUS motherboards with Core Unlocker deliver more performance by unlocking extra CPU cores—providing more value.
So what do you have to do to unlock “extra” cores?
To experience an instant processing boost, users simply turn on a switch on the new M4A89 Series or intuitively press the number “4″ key during the power-on self test in existing M4 series motherboards.
The Asus M4A89 motherboards support AMD Socket AM3 processors, max 16GB DDR3 memory, 2 PCIe slots, ATI CrossFireX support, 8-ch HD audio, 6x Serial ATA 6Gb/s, 3x USB 3.0 ports, and 12x USB 2.0 ports.
