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The first motherboard (then called the planner) was invented by IBM and sold on its first personal computer (PC) in 1981.
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The AT, or Full AT, Motherboard form factor form was introduced by IBM (International Business Machines) in August 1984.
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IBM introduces the Baby AT motherboard form factor was developed by Western Digital in 1985
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The LPX( Low Profile Extension) motherboard form factor was developed by Western Digital in 1987.
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Intel performs the first version for the ATX specification by motherboards in July 1995,
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Intel, in joint effort with DEC and IBM, developed the NLX form factor in March 1997.
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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,
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The micro-ATX motherboard and specification was by Intel in December 1997
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Intel introduced the WTX motherboard form factor in September 1998.
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Intel introduced the Flex ATX motherboard form factor in 1999.
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Kontron introduced the ETX motherboard specification in early 2000
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The UTX motherboard form factor was introduced by TQ-Components in 2001.
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The Mini-ITX form factor was developed and introduced to the market by VIA Technologies in November 2001.
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The PCI Express standard is introduced in 2003 by the PCI-SIG. Motherboards with a PCI Express slot were released later the same year.
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The Nano-ITX form factor for motherboards was introduced in March 2003.
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NVIDIA introduced their SLI(Scalable Link Interface) technology in 2004, allowing the ability to link two video cards together on a motherboard.
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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.
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The Mobile-ITX form factor for motherboards was introduced in March 2004.
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The PICMG, a group of over 150 companies, introduced the COM Express form factor in 2005.
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The XTX motherboard form factor and specification was released in 2005.
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Using two video cards with a microATX motherboard became possible in 2006 for computer gamers.
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Supermicro released the SWTX motherboard form factor in 2006.
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The Pico-ITX form factor for motherboards was introduced in April 2007.
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AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) developed the DTX form factor in January 2007. AMD also developed and released the Mini-DTX form factor in 2007
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EVGA released the HPTX motherboard form factor in 2010.
