This powerful and innovative motherboard supports both dual- and quad-core AMD Athlon and Sempron SoC (system-on-a-chip) APUs integrating Radeon HD graphics and support for HD video playback. This revolutionary APU (Accelerated Processing Unit) combines high processing power advanced Microsoft DirectX 11.1 graphics and Fusion controller hubs (FCHs) in one small efficient package. This SoC APU features up to single-channel DDR3 1600/1333 memory SATA 6Gbit/s and USB 3.0 natively. AMD Athlon/Sempron APUs are the first multi-core x86 SoC with AM1 Series socket solution for entry-level desktops improving performance by over 50 percent compared to the previous ("Brazos 2.0") generation of AMD APUs