Kontron announces the new embedded Mini-ITX motherboard KTA70M/mITX based on new AMD Embedded R-Series Accelerated Processing Unit and AMD A70M controller hub for rich media embedded applications. With its integrated discrete-class AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series Graphics it provides accelerated processing capabilities and leading edge graphics with the ability to drive up to four displays simultaneously, either as independent displays, or as a single large surface. This makes the KTA70M/mITX an ideal solution for mid-range to high-performance rich media applications in vertical markets such as medical, industrial automation, gaming and digital signage.
The embedded Mini-ITX motherboard KTA70/mITX is based on the AMD A70M controller hub and offers a maximum of 16 GB RAM. It is available with the quad-core AMD Embedded R-Series APU R-460L (2.0 GHz, 2.8 GHz in turbo mode) and R-452L (2.0 GHz, 2.4 in turbo mode) as well as the dual core R-252F APU (1.9 GHz, 2.4 in turbo mode). Connections for video include 2x DisplayPort (DP) and 1x VGA. Additional Displays can be connected either via DP “daisy chain” or with an optional DP add-on card. For expansion cards it features 1x Gen 2.0 PCI Express x8 PEG port and 1x Gen 2.0 PCI Express x4 slot, 4x USB 3.0, 10x USB 2.0, and 2x GbE-LAN allowing for extensive peripheral and networking options. A wide range of storage media can be connected via the five SATA600 interfaces with RAID 0/1 functionality and one mSATA (mini-SATA) socket for state-of-the-art, on-board SSD. A Trusted Platform Module 1.2 for safety-related applications tops off the feature-set of the new motherboard.
Operating system support is provided for Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Embedded Standard 7, VxWorks, as well as Linux (Red Hat Enterprise, Novell SuSE Linux Enterprise, Red Flag Linux and Wind River Linux, among others). First samples of the new Kontron embedded Mini-ITX motherboard KTA70/mITX are available now and series production will start in Q4.
