The Sunnyvale, Calif., chip maker will be talking up its DTX standard, an open set of specifications for small-form-factor desktops, at the CeBIT show in Hannover, Germany. On March 15, AMD plans to offer a briefing for its partners involved in developing the open DTX standard for small-form-factor PCs and announce that the first prototypes for this project should be ready by the middle of 2007, said Daryl Sartain, AMD"s director of platform initiatives.
The DTX standard that AMD is proposing, Sartain said, will be open and not tied to any specific AMD product, and will not carry the company"s label. "For the past two years, we have been receiving a lot of input and guidance from our partners and our customers about small-form-factor desktops," Sartain said. "We do see a growing market demand for these types of smaller chassis." AMD first announced that it would solicit partners to help develop the DTX standard at January"s CES show in Las Vegas. While at the show, the company showed off some motherboard designs for small-form-factor desktops. While standard ATX boards are 9.6 inches by 9.6 inches, the standard DTX board would be manufactured at approximately 9.54 inches by 7.9 inches.