Mini mainboard takes on PCI Express: News from Commell

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New from Commell, the LV-673 is billed as the first mobile Mini-ITX platform to incorporate the PCI Express bus architecture. The new mobile Mini-ITXexpress motherboard uses Intel Centrino mobile technology and the 915GM Express chipset. Commell's LV-673 Mini-ITXexpress mainboard supports a 533MHz front side bus - a 33% increase in bandwidth over the previous generation - and also supports up to 2Gbyte of dual channel DDR2 400/533MHz memory.

An integrated 32bit 3D core engine, based on the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 architecture, operates at core speeds up to 320MHz, delivering a 2x improvement in graphics performance over the previous generation chipset (855GME).

The integrated display controller comes with dual independent pipes for dual independent display and single- or dual-channel LVDS panel support up to WUXGA panel resolution.

The LV-673 has onboard interfaces for floppy, PS/2 keyboard and mouse, four RS232C ports, UltraATA 133 EIDE and IrDA.

Networking is provided by dual Marvell 8053 PCI-Express Giga LAN, six USB2.0 ports for 40x faster data transfer rate and backward compatibility for USB 1.0 devices.

The board supports Intel High Definition Audio, enabling increased bandwidth for high quality audio and support for Dolby Technology.

A Mini-PCI slot is provided for addon cards, and the board also features PCMCIA and CompactFlash interfaces for communications and memory cards.

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Mini mainboard takes on PCI Express

The LV-673 is billed as the first mobile Mini-ITX platform to incorporate the PCI Express bus architecture.