PORTWELL LAUNCHES FIRST FULL-SIZE PICMG 1.3 SINGLE BOARD COMPUTER FEATURING LATEST INTEL^® 8^th/9^th GEN CORE™/PENTIUM^®/CELERON^® AND XEON^® E PROCESSORS

TAIPEI, TAIWAN – September 24, 2020 – Portwell, Inc., a world-leading innovator for Industrial PC (IPC) and embedded computing solutions, and an associate member of the Intel^® Internet of Things (IoT) Solutions Alliance, has launched its new ROBO-8114VG2AR. According to Brian Lai, Portwell’s product manager, ROBO-8114VG2AR is aimed at customers who are seeking an embedded desktop system with high computing power and flexible expansion capabilities. Lai recommends the new ROBO-8114VG2AR as the ideal choice for balanced or performance-demanding applications in industrial automation and control systems, medical/healthcare imaging systems, automated test equipment, digital signage, digital security surveillance, broadcasting systems, transportation and storage.

Energy Efficiency, Optimized Power Consumption and Performance

ROBO-8114VG2AR is Portwell’s PICMG 1.3 full-size Single Host Board (SHB) computer featuring the latest Intel^® Xeon^® E family processors up to 3.6 GHz (35-95W) (Coffee Lake refresh platform) in LGA 1151 socket with Intel^® C246 chipset or Intel^® 8^th/9^th Generation Core i3/i5/i7 /Pentium/Celeron with Q370 chipset. The new SHB supports for Intel Turbo Boost, Hyper-Threading, Virtualization, Thermal Monitoring, Trusted Execution (TXT) and Speed Step^® Technology (depends on processor SKU); delivers up to 128GB dual-channel ECC/non-ECC DDR4 2133 SO-DIMM on four sockets; flexible PCI Express Gen 3 (up to 8.0 GT/s) from CPU—1x PCIe x16 or 2 x PCIe x8 or 1 x PCIe x8 and 2 x PCIe x4 adjusted by jumper setting—from Chipset—1 x PCIe x4 or 4 x PCIe x1 by different BIOS, and PCI expansion—4 x PCI devices at 32-bit, 33 MHz; 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 2, 8 x USB 3.2 Gen 1, 4 x USB 2.0, 5 x SATA 3.0 (dual ports via backplane), 1 x M.2 Type M 2280 for SSD and software RAID 0, 1, 5, 10; dual Gigabit Ethernet LAN, 2 x RS-232, 2 x RS-232/422/485 selectable by BIOS adjustment; Intel Gen 9 graphic engine that provides significant 3D multimedia performance and supports DirectX 12, OpenCL 2.0 and Open GL 4.5; supports multiple independent displays such as HDMI^® (4K resolution), DVI-D (up to 1920×1200) and VGA (up to 1920×1200), by using DVI-I to DVI-D and VGA Y splitter, user can connect with DVI-D and VGA monitor simultaneously (available in both clone and extended modes); ATX power input; supports onboard TPM2.0 for application security.

The latest SBC for new application or legacy architecture

^“In a nutshell,^“ says Lai, ^“the new ROBO-8114VG2AR offers energy efficiency, and optimized balance of computing power, accelerated graphic processing and power consumption for new application needs or a quick upgrade for the legacy application installed with the old SHB. What’s more,^“ he adds, ^“it also provides high flexibility for expansion with the backplanes, supports multiple peripheral control and wireless connectivity for remote applications. Not only that,^“ Lai continues, ^“our customers also benefit from the peace of mind they get from the long life cycle support of 10+ years inherent with this product.^“