- AAA Chipset, other chips designed into 1 large chip, socketed
- Make it able to address 128MB Chip ram, fit it with 32MB and future expansion for up to 1GB in the A5000 and fit 8MB in the A1600 also have expansion port for more
- Make it able to address 2GB Fast ram, fit 128MB in the 5000 and 32MB in the A1600
- 060 socketed and hybrid bridge to x86 processor, can also be used to run Amiga OS
- Both models IDE controllers, integrated sound, network
- PCI bridge to add PCI video card in the A1600, PCI and ISA slots for the A5000
- 1.76MB 3,5" floppy drive
- Integrated CD-ROM drive in the A1600, normal 5,25" unit in the A5000
- Only 2 Zorro III slots in the A5000
