Advantech unveils industrial-grade ATX motherboard

Intel 32nm Core i7 and Core i5 7xx series processors are quad-core central processing units (CPUs) with integrated memory controllers.

The 45nm Intel Core i5 6xx and Core i3 series processors are dual-core CPUs featuring integrated graphics and memory controllers and Intel HD graphics with DX10 support.

The AIMB-780 also supports Intel server-grade Xeon 34xx series processors with ECC DDR3 support and is capable of Sata Raid 0, 1, 5 and 10 to ensure reliable storage and system protection for network-intensive applications.

The motherboard comes with high connectivity and expansion options, including one PCIe x16, one PCIe x4, one PCIe x1, four PCI expansion slots, four serial ports, 14 USB 2.0 ports and six Serial ATA II 300MB/s connectors.

One of the serial ports supports RS232/422/485 with hardware auto-flow control to fulfil the demands of industrial applications, while dual PCI Express-based Intel 82578DM and 82583V Gigabit Ethernet ports deliver up to 1,000Mbps of bandwidth for network-intensive applications.

The AIMB-780 supports Intel Turbo Boost Technology with Core i7/i5 processors.

This feature improves performance by allowing processor cores to run at higher frequencies within the available thermal envelope.

The Intel Turbo Boost Monitor application is a Microsoft Windows sidebar gadget that displays processor frequency when Intel Turbo Boost technology is active.

Supported operating systems are both the 32- and 64-bit editions of Microsoft Windows 7.

With the dual-core i5 6xx and i3 series, the graphics engine is integrated into the processor.

These two-chip solutions are said to provide enhanced graphics performance compared with previous Intel platforms.

The integrated graphics controller includes Intel Dynamic Video Memory Technology to support 1Gb of maximum shared memory when the total system memory is 2Gb and above.