Tempest revealed their new motherboards i5400 S5397, S5393, S5396, and S5392, which support Intel’s Xeon 5400 processor.

Designed to be a high-performance platform, the Tempest i5400 S5397 has a 1600/1333MHz front side bus, sixteen FBDIMM 533/667/800 memory slots providing up to 128 GB of system memory capacity. With two high-speed x16 PCI-E Gen 2 expansion slots, it can support an I/O expansion card or graphics card. With onboard Firewire 1394, this board is an excellent graphics rendering platform.

The Tempest S5393, features eight FBDIMM-533/667/800 memory slots and will support, the new high-speed Gen 2 (x16) PCI Express standard.

The S5396 features a total of eight memory slots, two high-speed Gen 2 (x16) PCI-E expansion slot capabilities, and onboard Firewire 1394 interface. The Tempest S5392 is equipped with four memory slots and a single Gen 2 x16 PCI Express expansion slot.