MICRO INDUSTRIES ANNOUNCES TWO NEW PENTIUM SINGLE BOARD COMPUTERS FOR OEMs
Boards Can Extend OEM Product Life More Than 7-Fold
Westerville, Ohio, June 11, 1998
Micro Industries Corporation today announced two new high performance single board computers for original equipment manufacturer (OEM) applications. Micro Industries is a full-service company that provides electronic engineering and manufacturing resources to OEMs.
Both new products are passive backplane CPU cards. Two sizes are being offered - the 586PCI/64P3C, a full-size PICMG board; and the 586PCI/64P4C, a half-size form factor board. The products are powered by the Pentium processor and can be configured for 100, 133, 166, 200, or 233 MHz operations. Both products support enhanced Pentium MMX technology. These boards offer more performance, higher levels of integration, and a product life that exceeds typical PC-compatible products.
"We designed these products so that they can be manufactured over a much longer time span than any other boards currently on the market," stated Michael Curran, CEO of Micro Industries. "By selecting components that are listed by vendors in their long-term product road maps, we are able to offer OEMs two boards that have assured longevity. In addition, we can do this at a very competitive price."
Because OEMs find their competitive environment intensifying, the ability to acquire passive backplane products which integrate functions that previously had to be developed in-house can be a huge competitive advantage. This is especially true of OEMs who develop products for medical electronics, imaging, computer telephony, and industrial automation. PC-compatible products' typical product life cycles are about 9 to 12 months. The product life of the new products from Micro Industries should approach 5 to 7 years, up to a 7-fold increase. More and more OEMs are demanding long-term product availability to protect themselves against the obsolescence that is so common in the desktop PC market.
586PCI/64P3C: A highly integrated PICMG CPU card which offers a high performance PC-compatible environment on a single plug in card. Features and benefits include:
- An Intel MMX Pentium processor with Intel HX chipset, which provides high performance and the option to upgrade with the Socket 7 technology.
- A Symbios SCSI/Ethernet controller, which provides ultra wide SCSI support and 10/100 mbps Ethernet for greater speed and peripheral integration.
- A Chips & Technologies 65554 graphics accelerator, which enables the support of both CRT and flat panel display applications.
- A PCI/ISA bus interface with two bus architectures, which allow for maximum system configuration when they are installed in a passive backplane.
- SanDisk Flash IDE capabilities, which enable support for embedded applications that require boot capabilities without the need for a hard drive.
586PCI/64P4C: A highly integrated half-size CPU card that can be implemented in an embedded OEM application as a single PC-compatible card. Features and benefits include:
- An Intel MMX Pentium processor with Intel HX chipset, which provides high performance and the option to upgrade with the Socket 7 technology.
- A half-size CPU card, which makes it easy to embed in a variety of applications where size is important.
- A Chips & Technologies 65554 graphics accelerator, which enables the support of both CRT and flat panel display applications.
- Both PC/104 and PC/104+ expansion sites, which allow the consumer to customize the CPU card with add-on expansion cards.
- SanDisk Flash IDE capabilities, which enable support for embedded applications that require boot capabilities with moving parts.
Availability and Price
The new products are available immediately in the United States and Europe. Volume OEM pricing for 586PCI/64P3C is $670 (U.S.) and for 586PCI/64P4C is $550 (U.S.). Unit quantities are available at higher prices. Prices are subject to change without notice. Products can be ordered by calling Micro Industries' Customer Service Department at 800-722-1842. A complete listing of product features is included in the attached table.
About Micro Industries
Micro Industries Corporation, founded in 1978, is a full service company that provides electronic engineering and manufacturing resources to OEMs. Micro Industries helps customers translate their product requirements into low-cost standard, custom, and semi-custom product solutions for embedded and integrated computer systems. The 52,000 square foot facility in Westerville, Ohio serves as corporate headquarters, and houses an EPA Zero Discharge manufacturing facility that meets both ISO 9001-94 and ISO 14001 standards. The manufacturing facility has fully automated conventional and surface mount assembly lines for both prototype and production requirements. In addition, Micro Industries employees a dedicated staff of engineers focused on product design. For more information visit www.microindustries.com.
Micro Industries Corporation Complete Listing of Product Features
586PCI/64P3C
- 100-233MHz Pentium and Pentium MMX processors, Intel & AMD
- Up to 256M bytes of DRAM
- Up to 512K bytes of cache
- PCI/ISA Bus interface (PICMG compliant)
- Enhanced IDE interface
- Up to 16 MB SanDisk Flash Memory
- PCI - Ultra SCSI controller
- PCI - Fast Ethernet controller
- PCI - SVGA graphics controller
- Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface
- Two 16550 compatible serial I/O ports
- Bi-directional parallel printer port
- Floppy disk interface
- PS/2 compatible keyboard and mouse interface
586PCI/64P4C
- 100-233MHz Pentium and Pentium MMX processors, Intel & AMD
- Up to 128M bytes of DRAM
- Up to 16MB SanDisk Flash Memory
- PCI - SVGA graphics controller
- Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface
- Enhanced IDE controller with PIO Mode 4 and DMA Mode 2 support
- Two 16550 compatible serial I/O ports
- Bi-directional parallel printer port
- Two USB ports
- Floppy disk interface
- Keyboard and mouse interface
- PC/104 and PC/104+ expansion interfaces
