Advantech, the embedded platform and integration services
provider, is happy to announce AIMB-272, a new industrial-grade, Mini-ITX
motherboard supporting the latest Intel® Core™i7/i5/i3 and Intel® Celeron®
mobile processors with FCPGA 988 socket. Intel® Core™i7/i5/i3 and Intel®
Celeron® mobile series processors feature intelligent performance, power
efficiency, and integrated Intel® HD Graphics with DX10 support. AIMB-272 is
capable of SATA RAID 0, 1, 5 & 10 to ensure reliable storage and system
protection for network-intensive applications.
A number of hardware-assisted support tools designed to
optimize the performance, graphics, and security capabilities of the AIMB-272 are
available to improve management of the motherboard. Intel® Turbo Boost Technology
is a Microsoft® Windows® sidebar gadget which provides a simple display of
processor frequency, and improves performance by allowing processor cores to
run at higher frequencies within the available thermal envelope. Intel® Hybrid Multi-monitor
enables concurrent function of an integrated Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
alongside a discrete GPU solution, allowing for operation of more than two
independently-driven displays. AIMB-272 is certified for Intel® vPro™ Technology,
a set of tools that enable IT departments to better manage, maintain, and
secure their business PCs with network filtering, client isolation, security
agents and anti-virus protection. Finally, remote power-up capabilities assist
managers with easy deployment of patches and asset management.
AIMB-272 comes with high connectivity and expansion options
including: one PCIe x16 expansion slot, six serial ports, two SATA III 600 MB/s
connectors, one CFast SATAII connector, eight USB 2.0 ports, dual-display
output with several display output interface options: VGA, DVI, HDMI (V1.4 for
3D Blu-ray stereoscopic 3D playback) and LVDS (LVDS supports 3.3v, 5v, and 12v for
24-bit/48-bit single/dual channel large size panels). AIMB-272 also comes with
software RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 support, offering abundant data storage and
reliable data protection, and dual PCI Express based Gigabit (Intel® 82579LM
and 82583V) Ethernet ports delivering up to 1000 Mbps of bandwidth for
network-intensive applications. All this connectivity is packed into a
space-saving, power-efficient, and cost-effective Mini-ITX form factor.
With the graphics engine integrated onto the processor chip,
these two-chip solutions provide better graphics performance than previous
Intel® platforms. The integrated graphics controller includes Intel® Dynamic Video
Memory Technology and Intel® Clear Video Technology.
AIMB-272 integrates a power saving function designed to save
current consumption when the system is in the “soft off” state. The power
saving function supports system boot-on not only by pressing the power button
but also from a wake-up event.
Advantech provides drivers and APIs (SUSI Access) including
GPIO, SMBus, watchdog timer, hardware monitor, panel backlight on/off, and
brightness control. Supported operating systems include Windows® 7, Windows®
XP, XP Embedded, Windows® CE, and Linux—hardware drivers for these OS are
readily available. AIMB-272 offers high reliability and high-computing performance
at a cost-effective price and is available now. Contact our local sales office or
visit the website: http://www.advantech.com/EmbCore