Inova High Performance CPU board ICP-PII - Manual (Page 12)

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Product Overview ICP-PIII
1.0 ICP-PIII CPU
The ICP-PIII is a high-performance 3U CompactPCI single-board Socket 370 based universal CPU
that satisfies the needs of a wide range of industrial automation, military, medical, aerospace,
imaging, telecommunications, process control and embedded/OEM applications. The powerhouse
in any application, Inova’s Socket 370 based high-performance 3U CompactPCI CPU is packed
with a feature set unheard of on such a small scale. With 128MByte on-board SDRAM with BIOS
controlled ECC, the ICP-PIII suits the demands placed by modern operating systems. In addition,
performance scalability is assured through the broad selection of Intel Pentium III and Celeron
BGA2 (mobile) and FC-PGA devices.
Conforming to the latest PICMG CompactPCI specification the ICP-PIII has a colourful feature set
of rear I/O options and supports basic hot-swap. Being of a universal design, both 5.0 and 3.3V
I/O signalling voltages are possible without modification.
Although the CPU measures just 160mm by 100mm it is fabricated using the latest 12-layer PCB
technology and with over 4800 PCB links and 6550 solder points the ICP-PIII is truly a miracle of
engineering achievement.
Inova’s high-performance, high-density 3U PIII board provides support on all three major serial
networking levels that include Fast Ethernet, FireWire and USB. To enable so much functionality to
exist in such a small footprint, the ICP-PIII is able to host the I/O on either the front-panel or in the
form of rear I/O or even both. Implementing the latest Intel chipsets and processors available for
the embedded market the ICP-PIII is adequately equipped to provide support for all major operat-
ing systems and off-the-shelf application software.
The built-in graphic solution not only saves space within a rack that would otherwise be taken-up
by an additional graphics board, but due to its extremely efficient use of hardware real-estate,
costs can be cut too. Modularity is further assured through the use of dedicated plug-in SDRAM
modules.
On-board peripheral connectors allow the CPU to be enhanced to include mouse, keyboard,
COM and LPT functions. Slim-line 1.44MByte floppy disk and EIDE interfaces provide the mass-
storage possibilities and due to the rear I/O possibilities, one of the EIDE channels (2 devices) can
be used for remote connection of hard disks or CD-ROM drive etc.