Portwell is shipping a ruggedized ATX board with a “Core 2 Duo” socket said to support “all Intel mainstream desktop processors.” The Ruby-9716VGAR features an LGA-775 processor socket, along with PCI Express, gigabyte Ethernet, and SATA interfaces. It supports embedded Linux.

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Intel announced its “Core 2 Duo” branding effort in May, saying the brand would be used with both mobile and desktop chips, which it said would share a common microarchitecture, going forward.

According to Portwell, the Ruby board's “Core 2 Duo” LGA-775 socket supports Pentium D, Pentium 4, and Celeron D processors. The company says this offers an upgrade path through “dual core, hyper-threading, EM64T, EIST, and XD & VT technologies.”

Other touted features and specs of the Ruby board include:

• 1066/800/533MHz FSB
• Intel Q965 and ICH8 chipset
• Integrated GMA 3000 on-board graphics interface
• Supports up to 8GB DDR2 800/667/533 SDRAM on four 240-pin sockets
• PCI Express x16 interface for alternative graphic card or other peripherals
• 1 x PCI Express x1
• 1 x PCI Express x4
• 4 x PCI slots
• 6 x SATA ports
• IDE interface supports one IDE device or CompactFlash
• Floppy port
• 1 x gigabit Ethernet port on PCI Express x1 interface
• 1 x 10/100 Ethernet
• AC97 audio
• IrDA interface
• 8 x USB 2.0 ports (4 x on rear panel)
• 3 x RS-232 ports
• 1 x selectable RS-232/485 port
• Parallel port
• PS/2 keyboard/mouse
• Type-II CompactFlash socket
• Watchdog timer programmable from 0.5 to 254 seconds
• Operates from 0 to 50 degrees Celsius

Availability

The Ruby-9716VGAR is available now. A Ruby-9716VGA model similar to the Ruby-9716VGAR but without SATA is also available. Pricing was not disclosed.

 
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