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News Release from: RadiSys Corporation | Subject: Endura LS855 motherboard
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 10 July 2003
Pentium M processor first on micro ATX
motherboard
This week at the Embedded Systems Expo and Conference, Radisys unveiled the industry's first, standard microATX motherboard to support Intel's new range of mobile Pentium M processors.
This week at the Embedded Systems Expo and Conference, Radisys unveiled the industry's first, standard microATX motherboard to support Intel's new range of mobile Pentium M processors The LS855 motherboard now expands the Endura range of motherboards to address the needs of embedded low-power computing applications such as point of sale terminals, kiosks, ATM machines, lottery terminals, medical equipment, industrial control and test and measurement applications
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 19 Feb 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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The LS855 motherboard is designed for high performance using the Intel Pentium M processor, which provides a scalable solution with enhanced power and performance optimisations.
In fact the 1.6GHz Pentium M processor has been optimised to provide a SPECint performance of 1.4 times that of the Mobile Intel Pentium 4 Processor M at 2.2GHz with a lower power consumption.
The Pentium M processor enables very low power operation by dynamically adjusting voltage and frequency to suit the loading on the CPU.
Low power operation reduces heat output, enabling embedded system designers to use passive cooling solutions without the need for fansinks and therefore increasing system reliability.
The LS855 motherboard also has a high degree of integration with dual independent video outputs, including a native LVDS flat panel interface.
This reduces cost and eliminates the risk of short life display adapters.
An example application is a kiosk using one display for the user interface and a second display for a video feed.
ECC memory support also provides the extra level of protection and system reliability that is important for transaction terminals and some industrial control applications.
"We've designed the LS855 motherboard using Intel's latest mobile computing technology.
This expands the Endura product line to address low power embedded applications which is important for many of our customers", said Fred Yentz, Vice President for Radisys.
"This is a key strategy for the company and our customers depend on us to deliver leading edge, cost effective, embedded solutions that help them maximise budgets and improve their time to market".
With the addition of the LS855 to the Endura product line of long life, embedded motherboards, Radisys is able to offer a one stop shop for its customers, with solutions for all embedded computing segments.
The Radisys Endura product line includes motherboards that incorporate a variety of Intel processors including Intel Xeon processors for high performance, mid-range scalable Pentium 4 processors, Celeron processors and low power, mobile Pentium M processors.
The LS855 is a standard 9.6 x 9.6in microATX motherboard with three 32bit, 33MHz PCI slots and an ADD slot.
Based on the Intel 855 chipset, it supports mobile Pentium M processors at a bus speed of 400MHz via a 479-pin PGA ZIF socket and up to 2Gbyte ECC DDR SDRAM.
An integrated video controller supports dual independent displays via a standard analogue VGA interface and a 24bit, single channel LVDS flat panel interface.
Optionally an ADD card can be used to provide a second LVDS output, DVI or TV-out display interface.
Integrated features include a single 10/100 Ethernet port (with build options for dual and Gigabit Ethernet), AC97 audio, a watchdog timer, system management and automatic fan-speed control.
Other interfaces include six USB 2.0 ports (four on the rear I/O panel and two via headers), two serial ports, a parallel port, PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports and a 13bit GPIO port.
Onboard headers also provide connections for keyboard, mouse, USB and SMbus interfaces.
The Radisys LS855 is now sampling with OEMs and will be available in production quantities in September 2003.
The suggested retail price for unit quantities is $353.
Discounts are available for OEM quantities.
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