Pentium M board stays within PC/104-Plus specs

Fully PC/104-Plus compliant single-board computer is claimed as the world's smallest Intel Pentium M processor design.

The Kontron MOPS-PM PC/104-Plus card is billed as the industry's first fully PC/104-Plus compliant single-board computer equipped with Intel Pentium M processors.

The new Kontron MOPS-PM emphasises the company's long term commitment to PC/104-Plus which uses both PCI and ISA buses.

Whereas other PC/104-Plus designs with Intel Pentium M processors have violated the traditional physical form factor, the Kontron MOPS-PM complies fully with PC/104 Consortium specifications.

This makes the Kontron MOPS-PM the world's smallest Intel Pentium M processor design currently in use.

The classic PC/104 footprint of 90 x 96mm could only be achieved by choosing cutting-edge, highly integrated electronic components such as the latest and smallest Super IO controllers and PCI-ISA bridges.

PC/104 is one of the world's smallest form factor standards for SBCs and I/O accessory boards and therefore has the widest usage in applications where space is the limiting factor.

Target markets include: automation, medical, defence, transportation, point of purchase/information and gaming.

The new Kontron MOPS-PM for PC/104-compliant expansion modules is equipped with Intel Pentium M class processors and 855/852 GME/ICH4 chipset.

Standard variants are: 1.4GHz Intel Pentium M 738 2Mbyte L2 cache; 1GHz Intel Celeron M 373 512Kbyte L2 cache; and 600MHz Intel Mobile Celeron processor 512Kbyte L2 cache.

In terms of cost, the 600MHz version fits into or under the price level of the VIA Eden, thanks to Intel's progressive pricing policy.

The Kontron MOPS-PM has PCI and ISA buses and all other standard interfaces (LAN, two USB 2.0, two COM ports, CRT, LPT, EIDE).

In addition, the high speed on-chip video controller (Intel Extreme Graphics 2 engine) with up to 64Mbyte of video memory (UMA) can drive dual independent displays at high resolutions.

Use of the new JILI30 flatfoil connector allows connection of TFT panels at extremely low cost.

Even connections to transistor logic panels are possible.

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