Date: 24/08/2009

Intel Atom based single board computer for portable embedded computer applications

AXIOMTEK has announced the new PICO821 Pico-ITX SBC with the Intel system controller hub US15W supports low power Intel Atom processor Z510 1.1GHz and Z530 1.6GHz at 400/533 FSB.

The PICO821 is a 10 x 7.2 cm x86 embedded board based on Pico-ITX form factor provides a full set of I/O features including one 10/100/1000 LAN, one COM port, four USB 2.0 ports and one USB client port, one PATA-100, one CompactFlash Type-II socket, one PS/2 keyboard/mouse, and HD audio, video. And the suggested applications include in-vehicle PCs, in-flight entertainment systems or industrial automation systems, and ultra portable devices. And additionally it features DDR2 400/533 memory up to 2GB.

The Intel system controller hub US15W features the Intel GMA500 graphics engine which utilizes up to 256 MB frame buffer and supports DirectX 9.0E and OpenGL 2.0,
Graphic output is 18/24 bit single-channel LVDS.

The Intel Atom processor Z500 series supports SSE3 (Streaming SIMD Extensions 3) for multimedia and gaming applications. The Hyper-Threading technology and Intel virtualization technology (Intel Atom processor Z530 only), and have low thermal design power (TDP).

Availability: From the end of September 09.
For more details visit info@axiomtek.com.tw