Intel has collaborated with the Desktop Computing industry to create an evolutionary step in the desktop computer form factor. Balanced Technology Extended (BTX) integrates cost-effective engineering and design strategies for power dissipation, structural integrity, acoustic performance, and motherboard design into a scalable form factor. The BTX specification was introduced at Intel Developer Forum in Fall, 2003. Intel and others in the desktop computing industry plan to start offering products based on this innovative new form factor starting in Q4, 2004.
Why Balanced Technology Extended (BTX)?
The current industry standard, ATX, was introduced in 1995, and as technology has evolved, new challenges have arisen that are increasingly difficult for ATX to handle. The Balanced Technology Extended (BTX) form factor specification was developed as an evolutionary follow-on to the ATX form factor to address these issues, and Intel expects it to eventually replace ATX as the industry standard .
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