GIGABYTE GA-P55A-UD4P USB 3.0 Motherboard Validates World’s Fastest Memory

TAIPEI, Taiwan – March 16, 2010 – GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co., Ltd, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards and other computing hardware solutions today proudly announced that the GIGABYTE GA-P55A-UD4P was used by Intel and Kingston^® Technology Company, Inc., to certify the world’s fastest memory, Kingston’s HyperX^® dual-channel DDR3 memory kit (Kingston^® part#: KHX2400C9D3T1K2/4GX) running at 2400MHz.&quot;GIGABYTE's outstanding memory design on the P55 platform has already enabled many of the world's top overclockers to break several standout overclocking records,&quot; commented Tim Handley, Deputy Director of Motherboard Marketing at GIGABYTE Technology Co. Ltd.&quot;We expect many more overclocking records to fall to the formidable combination of the world’s fastest Intel certified Kingston HyperX memory paired with a GIGABYTE P55 motherboard.&quot;&quot;It is a tremendous achievement to create the Kingston 2400MHz DDR HyperX memory and receive Intel XMP validation as the fastest memory in the world,&quot; said Mark Tekunoff, senior technology manager, Kingston. &quot;We were able to reach this milestone using GIGABYTE's GA-P55A-UD4P top-notch gaming motherboard. Together, with terrific partners like GIGABYTE, Kingston continues to push the frequency envelope when it comes to gaming and enthusiast memory.&quot;Intel’s certification is posted at: <a href="http://www.intel.com/en_US/Assets/PDF/prodspec/ww09-2010-XMP-self-cert_Core-i7-BlueBadge.pdf" target="_blank>http://www.intel.com/en_US/Assets/PDF/prodspec/ww09-2010-XMP-self-cert_Core-i7-BlueBadge.pdf</a></p>To learn more about the extreme overclocking ability of GIGABYTE P55 motherboards, please visit:<a href="/microsite/71/tech_090908_p55_record.htm" target="_blank">http://www.gigabyte.com/microsite/71/tech_090908_p55_record.htm</a>