BTX

Short for Balanced Technology Extended, BTX is a motherboard form factor first announced by Intel on September 17, 2003 as a replacement for ATX. The BTX includes features such as a low profile, more efficient layout to help with cooling, scalable board to allow for different system sizes, and support mechanisms to help support high-mass motherboard components. In September 2006, Intel announced that it was stopping all future development of BTX.

Also see: ATX, Form factor, Motherboard definitions