The W256 is a 3.3V/2.5V buffer designed to distribute high-speed clocks in PC applications. The part has 12 outputs. Designers can configure these outputs to support 3 unbuffered standard SDRAM DIMMs and 2 DDR DIMMs. The W256 can be used in conjunction with the W250-02 or similar clock synthesizer for the VIA Pro 266 chipset. The W256 also includes an SMBus interface which can enable or disable each output clock. On power-up, all output clocks are enabled (internal pull-up).