History Of The Computer Motherboard
The History Of The Computer Motherboard
1981 IBM "Planar" Breadboard
The Planar Breadboard was the first motherboard used in a PC, chips where wired together and in housed RAM and CPU with supplier parts and keyword/cassette tapes
1984 IBM Personal Computer AT
IBM came up with the AT (advanced technology) design in 1984 that the component-based PC which we know today was born. The AT form factor proved very popular and became a standardised motherboard to fit all desktops and tower cases
1986 Birth Of Gigabyte
Formed by Yeh Pei-Cheng in Taiwan
1987 Elitegroup Form
Former worlds largest motherboard manufacturer. Creator of ECS boards
1989 ASUS Founded
A small Taiwanese company formed by former ACER employees took their name from Pegasus. they would later become the world's biggest motherboard manufacturer
1993 Intel Develops PPGA For Setting Chipset to Motherboard
Plastic pin grid array was developed by Intel in 1993. it assisted in integrated circuit packaging
1995 Intel Releases new motherboard ATX form factor
The ATX was the first major motherboard development since the AT in 1984, featuring many improvements including new dimensions and layout, improving space and interchange ability of parts. it solved many issues faced by system builders from the original AT.
1997 Intel Begins Manufacturing Motherboards
Intel starts its own motherboard division with a great reputation on stability
1998 Micro ATX Boards Produced
The first backward-compatible board that although nearly half the size of a standard ATX board was fully compatible. usually they contain more integrated peripherals and are made for smaller case PCs but less expansion slots.
2001 Mini ITX Produced By VIA
The small ITX seized motherboard was launched in 2001 and was built for small cases, yet still manages to pack out all the features of a regular ATX but again with less expansion ports, usually just the one and performance can be as strong as an ATX and Micro ATX.
2005 Intel Introduces Balanced Technology Extended
Intel's concept to redesign the ATX case was short lived. Mainly because compatible components where limited, as well as it not being able to accept energy efficient components.
2007 ASUSTek Becomes Worlds Largest Maker Of Computer Motherboards
Intel's concept to redesign the ATX case was short lived. Mainly because compatible components where limited, as well as it not being able to accept energy efficient components.
2009 The Mobile-ITX
As of 2012, VIAs Mobile-ITX is the world's smallest compliant motherboard form factor. Just 60mm by 60mm.
Motherboard Sizes (Form Factors)
WTX 356 x 425
AT 350 x 305
Baby-AT 330 x 216
BTX 325 x 266
ATX 305 x 244
EATX 305 x 330
LPX 330 x 229
microBTX 264 x 267
NLX 254 x 228
Ultra ATX 244 x 367
microATX 244 x 244
DTX 244 x 203
FlexATX 229 x 19
Mini-DTX 203 x 170
EBX 203 x 146
microATX 171 x 171
Mini-ITX 170 x 170
EPIC 165 x 115
Mini ATX 150 x 150
ESM 149 x 71
Nano-ITX 120 x 120
COM Express 125 x 95
ESMexpress 125 x 95
ETX/XTX 114 x 95
Pico-ITX 100 x 72
PC/IO4 96 x 90
ESMini 95 x 55
Qseven 70 x 70
mobile-ITX 60 x 60
CoreExpress 58 x 65
Motherboards Sold in 2011
355.2 million
Mobile-ITX ACTUAL SIZE
History Of The Computer Motherboard
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