Hightech Information System Limited a.k.a. HIS, recently released HIS X1300 512MB HyperMemory PCIe x1 card. If you're asking what is so extraordinarily special about this new contraption, HIS claims that this is the world first PCIe (PCI Express) x1 solution on X1K family product.

PCIe, in case you are not in the know, is an implementation of the PCI computer bus that uses existing PCI programming concepts, but bases it on a completely different and much faster serial physical-layer communications protocol. The physical-layer consists not of a bus, but of a network of serial interconnects much like twisted pair ethernet. A single hub with many pins on the mainboard is used, allowing all kinds of switching and parallelism.

HIS X1300 512MB HyperMemory PCIe x1 brings advanced SM 3.0 and AVIVO under low profile design, promising the best video, the best office and the best multimedia experience to PC users. Combining a radically new and efficient 3D sharder-core architecture and HyperMemory II by ATI, dynamically assigns system memory to achieve the next level performance as 512/256MB configuration. HIS iFan operates as low as 20dB, the company claims that its durable performance is equal to the card’s long service life.

HIS X1300 512MB HyperMemory PCIe x1 delivers exceptional visual performance for all types of PC entertainment and productivity. The HIS X1300 512MB HyperMemory PCIe x1 can integrate your digital home by connecting your PC and consumer electronic devices together. It's available now for the price tag of roughly $119 ($118.99 to be exact).