DFI ha lanciato la motherboard mini-ITX siglata NP100-N16C. Si tratta di una soluzione basata sulla piattaforma per la gestione del processore Atom di Intel, che include i chipset Intel 945GSE Express (northbridge) e Intel ICH7M (southbridge), oltre alla cpu Intel Atom N270, che è prodotta con l'ausilio del processo di fabbricazione a 45nm e presenta una frequenza di clock del core a 1.6GHz e una frequenza del FSB a 533MHz.

La nuova motherboard NP100-N16C, che può controllare fino a 2GB di RAM DDR2 a 400MHz o a 533MHz, può vantare, tra l'altro, un sottosistema audio HDA (High Definition Audio) a 2 canali, 2 porte SATA, 8 porte USB, 1 slot PCI-Express, 1 slot PCI standard e un controller Gigabit Ethernet LAN. Il suo ambito applicativo è molto vario (sistemi medicali e industriali, di sicurezza e controllo e in telecomunicazioni).

Taipei, Taiwan – July 8, 2009 DFI today announces a new fanless Mini-ITX motherboard - NP100-N16C. This motherboard utilizes the 45nm 1.6GHz core speed Intel Atom N270 processor (533MHz FSB) with Intel 945GSE Express chipset and ICH7M I/O controller hub. Exhibiting a processor thermal design power (TDP) of 2.5 Watts, this value-optimized platform provides higher performance-per-watt than previous Intel x86 mobile platforms.

In addition to higher performance-per-watt, this new Intel Atom based platform provides better graphics media support than competing low-power processors. Software compatibility with previous 32-bit Intel architecture products makes this value-optimized platform a cost-effective, high-performance computing solution for portable and low-power embedded applications.

In addition, this motherboard utilizes one 240-pin DDR2 DIMM socket supporting up to 2GB of economical DDR2 400 or 533 MHz memory. Other significant NP100-N16C features include an 18-bit dual-channel LVDS display interface, VGA graphics interface, and DVI display interface. Also provided are 1 CompactFlash socket, 2 SATA ports, 8 USB 2.0 ports, 4 Serial COM ports, 2 PCI Express Gigabit LAN controllers, 1 PCI Express x1 slot, and 1 PCI slot. A Realtek ALC262 2-channel High Definition Audio (HDA) CODEC with S/PDIF I/O.

The NP100-N16C Mini-ITX product is ideal for cost-sensitive applied computing and x86 embedded systems applications including medical electronics, industrial control, security & surveillance, telecommunications, ATM/POS, digital signage, gaming and kiosk systems. It also has guaranteed availability for seven years to continually save customers the time and expense associated with additional product testing and verification processes.

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