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News Release from: Advantech (UK) | Subject: SOM-5780
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 10 March 2005
New System On Module (SOM) board
The newest System On Module (SOM), SOM-5780, an embedded PCI Express reference board that fully complies with the PCI Express base specification
Advantech announces its newest System On Module (SOM), SOM-5780, an embedded PCI Express reference board that fully complies with the PCI Express base specification revision 1.0a.SOM-5780 uses Advantech's own SOM-ETXexpress (a subset of COM EXPRESS) interface, an open PICMG standard As well as offering PCI Express support, SOM-5780 uses the Intel Pentium M processor that provides high performance and low power computing on a baseboard design of customer-specific application requirements
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 25 Jan 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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"The SOM-ETXexpress series expands upon Advantech's existing SOM-144, SOM-ETX and SOM-ETXplus solutions by giving customers innovation for their current and future embedded applications.
Customers not only want the newest technology like PCI Express, but need their current applications supported equally as well," said Jeff Chen, Advantech Chief Technology Officer.
Following the continued broad adoption of PCI Express in the consumer desktop market, the modular, high bandwidth, low pin count connector, is a natural fit for embedded applications requiring higher bandwidth like communications and applications with broadcast/multicast support.
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In a form factor of 95mm x 125mm, the SOM-5780 provides a scalable high performance and easy to integrate solution for customers' applications by utilizing a plug-in CPU module on an application-specific customer solution board.
The SOM-5780 with advanced I/O capacity and PCI Express interfaces joins the Advantech SOM product family to offer ODM embedded integrators more choices for their own applications needing higher computing speeds while maintaining a compact form factor.
SOM-5780 product features:.
- Supports Intel Pentium M processor 760.
- Intel SpeedStep technology.
- Vcore 2 phase design for more stable system.
- Supports dual channel LVDS panels.
- Supports 10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet.
- Supports Azalia/USB2.0/SATA.
- Integrated graphics based on Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 architecture.
- 16 land PCI Express port fully compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification revision 1.0a.
The SOM-ETXexpress series are backward compatible platforms for many existing PCI-based hardware and software systems.
They are fully scalable for upgrades or changing application needs and feature long life support so important to embedded developers.
Combining Advantech's Design To Order Service (DTOS) with in-house software development team and global logistics and support, System-On-Module products are ideal fora semi-customized solution, streamlining the product development process.
SOM-5780 is due out early in Q2 2005. Request a free brochure from Advantech (UK) ...
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