Chapter 1. Introduction
1.1 Product Overview
The FS-977PRO SBC (Single Board Computer) is an all-in-one industrial
full-size PICMG (PCI/ISA)-bus CPU card based on Intel Socket 478 Pentium
4 architecture. With Intel Brookdale-GV chipset, Intel 845GV GMCH and ICH4,
FS-977PRO offers the value computing solution including Intel NetBurst
micro-architecture, 533/400 MHz of FSB, 2GB DDR SDRAM, Intel Extreme
Graphics with 266 MHz VGA core, 256-bit 3D engine, Intel Dynamic Video
Memory up to 64 MBytes, LVDS interface, TV-out, one Intel PRO/100+ LAN
and one Intel PRO/1000+ LAN, Hi-Speed USB 2.0 and M-systems
DiskOnChip solid state flash disk interfaces.
Based on the Intel's long term supply chipset in the EIA (Embedded Intel
Architecture) division’s product roadmap, FS-977PRO should be the ideal
solution for the industrial applied computing platform with high computing
capacity, cost effect and long life cycle. With Intel’s latest technology, the
FS-977PRO should be the leading edge of computing capacity for the
advanced industrial computing platform with the features as below.
Intel Hyper-Threading Technology
The FS-977PRO supports Intel Hyper-Threading Technology to offer the
better computing capacity for the industrial applied computing application.
Based on Intel's latest technology, "the Intel Pentium 4 Processor with
Hyper-Threading technology allows software programs to "see" two
processors and work more efficiently. Improves performance and system
responsiveness in today's multitasking environments by enabling the
processor to execute instruction threads in parallel."
Powerful Computing Capacity
With Intel’s latest CPU technology, FS-977PRO supports Intel Socket 478
Pentium 4 CPU up to 3.06 GHz at 533 MHz of FSB and low cost Intel Socket
478 Celeron CPU up to 2.4 GHz at 400 MHz of FSB. The FS-977PRO also
provides two GBytes of DDR200/266/333 of system memory capacity.
Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Interface:
Intel ICH4 built-in Hi-Speed USB 2.0 controller offers the Hi-Speed USB 2.0
interface with up to 480 Mbps of data transfer bandwidth with the USB
bootable setting in the BIOS.
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