ETX Module Enlists Atom N270 Processor

Offering higher performance and lower power consumption than its COM family predecessors, the ETX-AT computer-on-module fits the latest ETX 3.02 form factor standard and provides two additional SATA ports while maintaining full backward compatibility with earlier ETX standards. It features a 45-nm, N270 Atom processor with 512 KB of L2 cache and supports up to 2 GB of DDR2 memory. A 945GSE Express chipset integrates an Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 that provides CRT, TV-out (SDTV and HDTV), and has additional support for single/dual channel 18-/24-bit LVDS. Other features include an Intel based 10/100 Base-T Ethernet port, two IDE PATA channels, a dual-port SATA controller, four USB 2.0 ports, two serial ports, one parallel port (SPP/ECP/EPP) shared with FDD, one PS/2 keyboard/mouse interface, and HDA audio. The ETX-AT is sampling in small amounts now with full production shipping in February 2009. List price is less than $300 each. ADLINK TECHNOLOGY AMERICA INC., Irvine, CA (866) 423-5465.