Motherboards

History of motherboard

By Miguel Lopes

  • 1981

    1981
    The first motherboard (then called the planner) was invented by IBM and sold on its first personal computer (PC) in 1981.

  • 1984

    1984
    The AT, or Full AT, Motherboard form factor form was introduced by IBM (International Business Machines) in August 1984.

  • 1985

    1985
    IBM introduces the Baby AT motherboard form factor was developed by Western Digital in 1985

  • 1987

    1987
    The LPX( Low Profile Extension) motherboard form factor was developed by Western Digital in 1987.

  • 1995

    1995
    Intel performs the first version for the ATX specification by motherboards in July 1995,

  • 1997

    1997
    Intel, in joint effort with DEC and IBM, developed the NLX form factor in March 1997.

  • 1997

    1997
    The first motherboard with AGP supports are held in August 1997 by Intel and November 1997 in FIC (First International Computer) is a manufacturer of computer motherboards, video cards, computer cases, and other computer accessories,

  • 1997

    1997
    The micro-ATX motherboard and specification was by Intel in December 1997

  • 1998

    1998
    Intel introduced the WTX motherboard form factor in September 1998.

  • 1999

    1999
    Intel introduced the Flex ATX motherboard form factor in 1999.

  • 2000

    2000
    Kontron introduced the ETX motherboard specification in early 2000

  • 2001

    2001
    The UTX motherboard form factor was introduced by TQ-Components in 2001.

  • 2001

    2001
    The Mini-ITX form factor was developed and introduced to the market by VIA Technologies in November 2001.

  • 2003

    2003
    The PCI Express standard is introduced in 2003 by the PCI-SIG. Motherboards with a PCI Express slot were released later the same year.

  • 2003

    2003
    The Nano-ITX form factor for motherboards was introduced in March 2003.

  • 2004

    2004
    NVIDIA introduced their SLI(Scalable Link Interface) technology in 2004, allowing the ability to link two video cards together on a motherboard.

  • 2004

    2004
    Intel released the BTX(Balanced Technology Extended) form factor and specification for motherboards in February 2004. The microBTX and PicoBTX form factors were also released the same year.

  • 2004

    2004
    The Mobile-ITX form factor for motherboards was introduced in March 2004.

  • 2005

    2005
    The PICMG, a group of over 150 companies, introduced the COM Express form factor in 2005.

  • 2005

    2005
    The XTX motherboard form factor and specification was released in 2005.

  • 2006

    2006
    Using two video cards with a microATX motherboard became possible in 2006 for computer gamers.

  • 2006

    2006
    Supermicro released the SWTX motherboard form factor in 2006.

  • 2007

    2007
    The Pico-ITX form factor for motherboards was introduced in April 2007.

  • 2007

    2007
    AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) developed the DTX form factor in January 2007. AMD also developed and released the Mini-DTX form factor in 2007

  • 2010

    2010
    EVGA released the HPTX motherboard form factor in 2010.