1. What are
MicroAGP and MicroPCI?
2. What are the advantages of MicroAGP and MicroPCI?
3. What IBASE products support
MicroAGP and MicroPCI sockets?
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1.
What MicroAGP and Micro PCI?
MicroAGP sockets are 144-pin sockets that are used in
CPU cards as expansion slots. Of the 144 pins, 132 pins
are assigned for standard AGP signals, 7 pins for VGA,
and other 5 pins for ground and VCC. With MicroPCI,
120pins are for standard PCI signals and other 24 pins
are for VGA and Ethernet interface signals. |
2. What are the
advantages of MicroAGP and MicroPCI?
CPU cards with MicroAGP/MicroPCI sockets offer practical advantages
that make them the better choice for the industrial computing
market today. They offer the following advantages:
Optimum Flexibility and Expandability
MicroAGP/PCI CPU cards utilize small-size sockets
to let you save PCI slots or other expansion slots.
MicroAGP cards offer superior VGA power with various
interfaces, such as LVDS, TMDS, TV-out and 2nd CRT. With
MicroPCI sockets you can choose MicroPCI daughter cards
with the functions you need to add or even remove from
your system whether it is VGA, Ethernet, SCSI or RAID.
Higher Reliability and Less Failure Rate
MicroAGP/PCI CPU cards and boards work with higher reliability
and lower production failure rate. By designing them with
better component placements, IBASE come up with more reliable
and improved-quality products.
Cost Effectiveness
Better quality control, more efficient production, and
minimal failure rate brings RMA costs to a minimum. Normally,
CPU cards are designed with double-side components and
pose difficulty in manufacturing and quality control.
However, MicroPCI makes it possible to place the components
on a single side.
Efficient and Cost-Effective Inventory
Normally, you have to keep a long list of inventory to
accommodate CPU cards that integrate various functions.
For instance, a single product mix for an item with functions
such as VGA, Ethernet, and SCSI alone would result in
8 models. The MicroAGP/PCI solution creates a simpler and
cost-effective inventory.
Longer Life Cycle
Intel®'s Embedded Division will be supplying chipsets at
least in the next five (5) years. On the other hand, controllers
for VGA/Ethernet/SCSI cards would most likely be available
for a shorter period. By using the MicroAGP/PCI interface,
upgrading and adding extra functions are not only workable
but issue in a longer product life cycle.
Dual Ethernet Support
With MicroPCI sockets, CPU cards from IBASE can support
dual Ethernet interfaces that are essential to eliminate
downtime and meet your critical availability needs.
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3. What IBASE
products support MicroAGP and MicroPCI sockets?
Current CPU cards IBASE Technology that support
MicroAGP/MicroPCI
sockets are as follows:
IB840 - Socket 478 Intel®
865G Full Size CPU Card with MicroAGP socket
IB850 - Socket 478 Intel® 875P Full Size CPU Card
with MicroAGP socket
IB500 - Socket 7 Half-Size
CPU Card with Optional MicroPCI VGA/LAN/SCSI cards
IB600 - Slot 1 Full-Size CPU Card with Optional
MicroPCI VGA/LAN/SCSI cards
IB700 - Socket 370 Full-Size
CPU Card with Optional MicroPCI VGA/LAN/SCSI cards
IB750 - Transmeta Crusoe
TM3400 5.25-in Single Board Computer with Audio/LAN
MB700 - Socket 370 Industrial
Motherboard with Dual LAN and Optional Third LAN
IB740 - Intel® 815E Full
Size CPU card for up to 1GHz processors
IB745 - Intel® 815E(B)
Full Size CPU card for up to 1.2GHz processors (Tualatin)
IB755 - Transmeta Crusoe
TM3200 / TM5400 / TM5600 5.25-inch Embedded Board
IB780 - Socket 370 PIII Tualatin VIA Apollo PLE133T Full
Size CPU Card
IB800 - Intel® 845 Pentium
4 Full Size CPU Card with SDRAM Support
IB810 - Intel® 845 Pentium
4 Full Size CPU Card with DDR Support
IB820 - Intel® 845G Pentium
4 Full Size CPU Card, 533MHz FSB
MB800 - Intel® 845G Pentium
4 ATX Industrial Motherboard
To view MicroPCI cards, click here.
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