7 2PPC-153 User's Manual7.1 IntroductionThe PPC-153 has an onboard AGP flat panel/VGA interface. Thespecifications and features are described as follows:7.1.1 ChipsetThe PPC-153 uses a Lynx 3DM8 SMI 721 chipset from Silicon MotionInc. for its AGP/SVGA controller. It supports many popular LCD, EL,and gas plasma flat panel displays and conventional analog CRTmonitors. The SMI 721 VGA BIOS supports monochrome LCD, EL,color TFT and STN LCD flat panel displays. In addition, it alsosupports interlaced and non-interlaced analog monitors (color andmonochrome VGA) in high-resolution modes whilemaintaining complete IBM VGA compatibility. Digital monitors(i.e. MDA, CGA, and EGA) are NOT supported. Multiple frequency(multisync) monitors are handled as if they were analog monitors.7.1.2 Display memoryWith onboard 8 MB display memory, the VGA controller can drive CRTdisplays or color panel displays with resolutions up to 1280 x 1024 at16 M colors.7.1.3 Display typesCRT and panel displays can be used simultaneously. The PPC-153 canbe set in one of three configurations: on a CRT, on a flat panel display,or on both simultaneously. The system is initially set to simultaneousdisplay mode. If you want to enable the CRT display only or the flatpanel display only, contact Silicon Motion Inc. or our sales representa-tive for detailed information.
