The motherboards are incorporated with Silicon Image’s SteelVine SiI5723 SATA storage processor and the new ASUS Drive Xpert, a management utility software jointly developed by Silicon Image and ASUS.

The ASUS motherboards support storage with Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) modes enabled by the Silicon Image SteelVine storage processor.

Joe Hsieh, general manager of motherboard business unit at ASUSTeK Computer, said: This new product line enhances the storage features for our P5Q series motherboard offerings and enables a streamlined and simplified storage asset management process through the Drive Xpert utility software. The joint development of the ASUS Drive Xpert continues the successful collaboration between Silicon Image and ASUS.