Biostar has announced the TA990FXE, its newest socket AM3+ motherboard based on the AMD 990FX chipset (SB950 south bridge chip). The TA990FXE is an ATX board that supports up to 140 W AM3+ processors, including the upcoming AMD FX chips. It features four DDR3-2000 memory sockets, three PCI Express x16 slots, one PCI Express x1 slot, two PCI slots, five SATA-600 ports, one e-SATA-300 port, 8-channel audio (Realtek ALC892), Gigabit Ethernet (Atheros AR8151), four USB 2.0 ports, two USB 3.0 ports, one FireWire port, and comes with solid capacitors.

The board supports several Biostar’s proprietary technologies, including the G.P.U. (Green Power Utility) for optimal power consumption at low system load, the Rapid Switch for quick restart, the Rapid Debug for hardware debugging with the help of a LED light, the BIOS Flasher and the BIOS Relife for updating or recovering BIOS from a USB drive, and the BIO-Remote 2 for remote control of home media system components from Android and Apple mobile devices. Overclockers will be pleased with the T-overclocker utilities for Windows, which provide fine system tuning for experienced users.

Information on pricing or availability was not provided.