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News Release from: Portwell Technology | Subject: Robo-8912VG2A
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 17 July 2007
System host board powers down with Core2
Duo
Intel Core 2 Duo processor PICMG 1.3 system host board marries maximum computing power with lower power consumption.
American Portwell Technologies has launched its new Robo-8912VG2A in response to market demand for latest Intel Core 2 Duo processor PICMG 1.3 system host board that combines greater computing power with lower power consumption The Robo-8912VG2A system host board uses the energy-saving advantages of Intel's Core 2 Duo processor, which blends high bandwidth with the higher energy and execution efficiency of the traditional NetBurst Microarchitecture (Pentium 4 processor) and Mobile Microarchitecture (Pentium M processor), and innovations such as wide dynamic execution, intelligent memory access, advanced power capability, multicore optimised cache and single-cycle SSE/2/3
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 12 Sep 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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This lower power consumption, combined with greater computing power and network bandwidth, makes the Robo-8912VG2A system host board the ideal solution for applications in medical equipment, industrial automation, kiosk, process control, semiconductor equipment and network security markets.
"The use of Intel Core 2 Duo processor improves the overall stability and reliability of the entire system", says Jack Lam, American Portwell Technology's Senior Product Marketing Manager.
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"System noise and heat are reduced through more intelligent fan speed control algorithms as a result of the integrated Intel Quiet System Technology".
Portwell's Robo-8912VG2A system host board supports Intel Core 2 Duo, Pentium D, Pentium 4, or Celeron D in an LGA775 socket that is equipped with dual-core, hyper-threading, EM64T, EIST, XD and VT technologies.
The Robo-8912VG2A PICMG 1.3 system host board adopts the latest Intel Q965 Express chipset that supports the Intel Core 2 Duo processor, which has speeds of up to 1066MHz.
In addition, Portwell's new Robo-8912VG2A system host board features a 4Gbyte DDR2-800 memory capacity.
The Q965 chipset is also embedded with the fourth generation Intel integrated graphics controller, and a Graphics Media Accelerator 3000 that supports DirectX 9.0, Shader Model 2.0, and 256Mbyte of video memory Portwell's Robo-8912VG2A system host board includes PCI Express x1, dual Gigabit Ethernet ports, and six SATA 300 connectors for increased bandwidth, plus: eight USB 2.0 ports; dual serial ports and a parallel port; GPIO; and watchdog timer.
"As a member of PICMG, Portwell understands the importance of 1.3 standards and want our customers be able to receive all of its benefits, of it", says Frank Shen, American Portwell Technology's Product Marketing Director.
"The latest PICMG 1.3, SHB (system host board) Express, has brought the specifications up to date to meet the demand for high throughput of PCI-e and computing power".
"The impact of PICMG 1.3 can be seen easily throughout improvements within Portwell's single-board computer architecture", adds Shen.
"PCI Express and other slot interfaces are now implemented over the backplane".
According to Shen, the benefits of the backplane approach include greater expansion on the slots, minimised downtime during service or repair, and future processor technology upgrade.
Additional dedicated interfaces, such as SATA or USB 2.0, can be implemented via the backplane, so that the slot can be fully utilised for other functional expansion.
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