Motorola Computer Group Announces Intel Pentium II Platform for Unattended Operation.TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 23, 1999--Motorola Computer Group (MCG) Tuesday announced the PATX3000, an ATX motherboard designed for demanding embedded applications. This product delivers the performance of a 450 MHz Intel(R) Pentium(R) II processor to applications which demand enhanced reliability or unattended operation. Also available is the SATX SATX San Antonio, Texas SATx Substance Abuse Treatment 3000, a rackmount system incorporating the PATX3000, integrated with WindowsNT(R). The PATX3000 delivers the functionality of a full-featured embedded motherboard with a high speed Pentium II processor. An ATA (1) (AT Attachment) The specification for IDE drives. See IDE. (2) See analog telephone adapter. ATA - Advanced Technology Attachment IDE socket supporting CompactFLASH(TM) enables the board to run without a hard disk drive, increasing system reliability. During unattended operation, its watchdog timer can automatically reset the system should lock-up occur and its hardware monitor can provide temperature, voltage, and fan speed status. "The PATX3000 and SATX3000 bring Pentium II performance to embedded applications needing high levels of system reliability. There is a clear demand from OEMs for open motherboard platforms with product lifecycle management," said Greg Novak, product marketer for MCG. "The ability to run the platform with or without a hard disk drive and to use the watchdog timer and hardware monitor in unattended applications makes this platform very attractive for use in remote or hard to access sites," he added. The full featured PATX3000 board includes 10/100 Mbps Ethernet, ultra-SCSI, CompactFLASH socket, hardware monitor, watchdog and interval timers, IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 1394, multimedia audio, AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) A high-speed 32-bit port from Intel for attaching a display adapter to a PC. It provides a direct connection between the card and memory, and only one AGP slot is on the motherboard. slot, RAIDport(TM) slot, three PCI/one ISA/one shared slot, Ultra33 EIDE (Enhanced IDE) An extension to the IDE interface that supports the ATA-2 and ATAPI standards. ATA-2 (Fast ATA) provides faster transfer rates (see IDE for details) and allows for multiple channels, each connecting two devices. , 4 DIMM (Dual In-Line Memory Module) A printed circuit board that holds memory chips and plugs into a DIMM socket on the motherboard. See memory module. DIMM - Dual In-Line Memory Module sockets for ECC (1) (Error-Correcting Code) A type of memory that corrects errors on the fly. See ECC memory. (2) (Elliptic Curve Cryptography) A public key cryptography method that provides fast decryption and digital signature processing. or non-ECC SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) A type of dynamic RAM (DRAM) memory chip that has been widely used since the late 1990s. SDRAM chips eliminated wait states by dividing the chip into two cell blocks and interleaving data between them. , and a full compliment of Super I/O interfaces including USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. . An entry-level model is also available for cost-sensitive applications. Planned product enhancements during 1999 include a Pentium III processor. The full-featured SATX3000 system ships with WindowsNT and features include rackmount chassis with 400W powersupply, floppy and 9GB drives, CD-ROM drive, Matrox Millenium II AGP, 128MB ECC DIMMs. The system is also designed to run leading real-time operating systems and Linux. The entry-level PATX3000 has a US list price starting at $399 without CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. and DIMMS. The related SATX3000 has a US list price starting at $2199 complete with CPU and DIMMs. All products are sampling now and are supported by MCG and distribution partners worldwide. About Motorola Motorola Computer Group (MCG), a division of Motorola Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :MOT), is the world's leading supplier of embedded computing platforms to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) for use in telecommunications and industrial applications. MCG provides best in class solutions by combining its advanced design engineering capability with responsive, world-class manufacturing operations. MCG is part of Motorola's Integrated Electronics Systems Sector which comprises five closely related businesses for delivering leadership solutions to customers in the form of platform-based embedded controls and integrated components. Information about MCG is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.mcg.mot.com Motorola is a global leader in advanced electronic systems and services. It liberates the power of technology by creating software-enhanced products that provide integrated customer solutions and Internet access via wireless and satellite communications, as well as computing, networking, and automotive electronics. Motorola also provides essential digital building blocks in the form of embedded semiconductors, controls and systems. Sales in 1998 were $29.4 billion. Note to Editors: Motorola and the Motorola logo are registered trademarks of Motorola Inc. Other brand or product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders. 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