Intel Brings Low-Voltage Processor to High-Performance Embedded Boards.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 23, 2002

Intel Corporation today unveiled the latest addition to its embedded processor roadmap -- the Low Voltage Intel(R) Pentium(R) III processor at 933 MHz -- for use by communications equipment manufacturers in high-density blade systems.

The processor comes in a uFCBGA package, the latest packaging technology from Intel for smaller systems such as high-density servers.

The processor is featured on the high-density, single-slot Intel NetStructure(TM) ZT 5524 System Master Processor Board which is available in either single or dual-processor configurations. The ZT 5524 is a PCI Industrial Manufacturers Group(a) (PICMG) 2.16-compliant packet-switched board and offers communication equipment manufactures redundant host support, providing high performance coupled with high availability.

With dual Gigabit Ethernet ports and an optional dual PMC mezzanine, the ZT 5524 is designed specifically for telecom servers, broadband access servers, telecom switches and mobile base station controllers. Intel is also offering board vendors, at no cost, the schematics for building a standards-based PICMG 2.16-compliant board with a Low Voltage Intel Pentium III processor.

"Intel is committed to delivering high-performance, low-power, standards-based building blocks for communications equipment makers at multiple levels of integration," said Joe Jensen, general manager, Embedded Intel Architecture Division. "For customers that want a highly integrated solution that allows them to get to market more quickly, we offer complete boards like the ZT 5524. For other customers that want to design the board themselves, we provide schematics and other tools to ease the implementation of cutting-edge processors like the Low Voltage Intel Pentium III processor."

Capable of running embedded applications such as security, telephony, storage and wireless base station controllers, the Low Voltage Intel Pentium III processor has a maximum power dissipation of 12.2 watts. The lower wattage enables the processor to decrease the overall thermal dissipation of the system so that it can operate under restricted heat and space constraints. Like all processors in Intel's embedded processor family, the Low Voltage Intel Pentium III processor comes with extended product lifecycle support.

The Low Voltage Intel Pentium III processor contains 512 KB of on-chip level two cache memory and supports a 133 MHz system bus. The processor is produced on Intel's 0.13-micron manufacturing process, an advanced process that enables lower voltages. The processor is validated with the Intel 815E2 chipset, and can be configured with third-party chipsets for dual-processing implementations.

The Low Voltage Intel Pentium III processor at 933 MHz is available now from Intel for $273 in one-thousand unit quantities. The ZT 5524 is available from Intel for $2,695. In addition, boards in PICMG 2.16 and other form factors featuring the Low Voltage Intel Pentium III processor are now available from AAEON, Advantech, Kontron and other major OEMs. Boards from Force Computers will be available later this year. System pricing varies by manufacturer.

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