High Performance and Expandable 5.25-inch Pentium M Embedded SBC

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Free-Press-Release.com) September 20, 2005 -- Taipei, Taiwan, September 20, 2005 -- AXIOMTEK, an Associate Member of the Intel Communications Alliance (ICA), a community of communications and embedded developers and solution providers, is proud to launch the 5.25� embedded SBC, SBC83820. This significant platform supports the Intel� Pentium� M processor and Intel� Celeron� M processor both at 400MHz and 533MHz FSB respectively with up-to-date frequency. It integrated Mobile Intel� 915GM Express chipset which increases up to 33% in Front Side Bus (FSB) bandwidth over the previous generation.

The Mobile Intel� 915GM Express chipset supports PCI Express bus architecture, a highly scalable general purpose I/O for the latest industry peripherals. The SBC83820 built-in dual Fast Ethernet ports in default and offered optional full speed Gigabit Ethernet which through one advanced PCI Express interface. The Mobile Intel� 915GM Express chipset integrates graphics function and supports dual channel LVDS for various embedded applications.

The platform supports one 184-pin DDR2 400/533 MHz memory technology which improves up to 60% in peak memory bandwidth and average power savings over traditional DDR memory. Its outstanding display features with dual LVDS, DVI, TV-out and CRT for dual contents and different resolutions for advanced applications. To support the future bus architecture expansion, the SBC83820 is not only with 32-bit PCI extension interfaces like PCI and Mini PCI, but also with PCI Express for three X1 high performance add-on cards.

�The SBC83820 is an ideal solution for HMI and control node with remote control through TCP/IP over Ethernet�s infrastructure,� said Joseph Chou, product manager, Embedded Computing Division, AXIOMTEK Co., Ltd. �With the above advanced features, the platform is the first embedded platform which is with PCI Express expansion support and high performance display functions for various upcoming applications.

AXIOMTEK�s SBC83820 is engineered with 2 SATA channels as a hot-plug feature. The Serial ATA provides users an even transfer rate of 150Mbytes/second. The capacity will be doubled as long as customers utilize 300GB Serial ATA hard drives. The I/O features include CompactFlashTM Type-II with DMA mode support, three RS-232, one RS-232/422/485, Audio, one FDD, one parallel, one LPT, one IrDA, VGA connector, and 4 USB 2.0 ports.

The SBC83820 is available now. For more information or pricing, please browse http://www.axiomtek.com or contact our territory sales representative or info@axiomtek.com.tw.