Intel 945GM Introduction

INTRODUCTION

ET900 User’s Manual 1

Introduction

The ET900 board incorporates the Mobile Intel® 945GM Express

Chipset for Embedded Computing, consisting of the Intel® 945GM

Graphic Memory Controller Hub (GMCH) and Intel® I/O Controller

Hub 7-M (ICH7-M), an optimized integrated graphics solution with a

533MHz and 667MHz front-side bus. Dimensions of the board are

95mm x 125mm.

The integrated powerful 3D graphics engine, based on Intel® Graphics

Media Accelerator 950 (Intel® GMA 950) architecture, operates at core

speeds of up to 400 MHz. It features a low-power design and is validated

with the Intel® Core Duo/Solo on 65nm process. With DDR2 667MHz

SO-DIMM socket on board, the board supports up to 2GB of DDR2

system memory.

Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950 supports a unique intelligent

memory management scheme called Dynamic Video Memory

Technology (DVMT). DVMT handles diverse applications by providing

the maximum (224MB) availability of system memory for general

computer usage, while supplying additional graphics memory when a

3D-intensive application requests it. The Intel GMA 950 graphics

architecture also takes advantage of the high-performance Intel

processor. Intel GMA 950 graphics supports Dual Independent Display

technology.

The main features of the board are:

 Supports COM ETX Type II Module pin-out definitions

 Supports Intel® CoreTM Duo/Solo processors

 Supports up to 533/667MHz FSB

 One DDR2 SDRAM SO-DIMM, Max. 2GB

 Intel® 945GM Express VGA for CRT / LVDS

 Intel® 945GM Integrated VGA; Supports CRT / LVDS

 Supports up to six x1 PCI-E, one x16 PCI-E, four PCI