Date: August 5th, 2003
Article by: Nathan Glentworth (Owner, Head Editor & Hardware Reviewer)
Product was donated by: SoyoUSA
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CORPORATE PROFILE

Established in the heart of the Silicon Valley in 1999, SOYO® Group Inc. is America's leading manufacturer, wholesaler and provider of computer and networking products. With a vision to be the innovator of complete PC solutions, SOYO offers a full line of designer motherboards and related peripherals for intensive multimedia applications, corporate appliances, telecommunications, and specialty market requirements. The unmatched breathe of SOYO's product line includes DRAGON® motherboards for end-user consumers and premium system integrators, Cigar® Pro flash memory drives for corporate and mobile users, BayOne® internal multimedia reader/writer, and Aerielink wireless networking solutions for home and SOHO users.

Headquartered in Fremont, California, SOYO Group sells its products through an extensive network of authorized distributors, resellers, system integrators, VARs, retailers, mail-order catalogs, and e-tailers. SOYO's premium products can be found from workstations, multimedia systems to high-level enterprise servers. Consumers, small-to-medium businesses and large corporations throughout the Americas choose SOYO's motherboard as the core component of their entertainment and business solutions. SOYO's award-winning motherboards and related peripherals deliver superior performance for PC-based applications at exceptional value. Designed for the discerning small office/home office and home users, SOYO's wireless networking products offer universal compatibility and upgradability that enable users to share broadband Internet access, network office peripherals, and enjoy multimedia entertainment among multiple desktop computers and other Internet-ready devices.

PRODUCT INTRODUCTION

Every motherboard manufacturer on the market today is trying to take advantage of two distinct markets. One is the mainstream affordable OEM sector and the other would be the performance enthusiest. The lower cost mainstream options with a leaner feature list are made to be strapped into an OEM machine such as the major manufacturers like Dell(tm), Compaq(tm), etc.. The performance, full flavoured variety such as I will be reviewing today is manufactuered for the computer enthusiest that needs, wants and relishes the fact that his system is performing at break neck speeds with bleeding edge technology.

As of the last product cycles, Soyo has taken a little bit of a beating in the performance motherboard genre and has been plagued with poor chipset choices and quality control issues. Has the flagship canterwood motherboard from Soyo have the options and performance that the elite require? In ten or so pages, you will definitely know..