Intel MB896 user manual Introduction, Product Description

INTRODUCTION

Introduction

Product Description

The MB896 Mini ITX board incorporates the Mobile Intel® 915GM Express Chipset for Embedded Computing, consisting of the Intel® 915GM Graphic Memory Controller Hub (GMCH) and Intel® I/O Controller Hub 6-M (ICH6-M), is an optimized integrated graphics solution with a 400 MHz and 533 MHz front-side bus.

The integrated 32-bit 3D graphics engine, based on Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 900 (Intel® GMA 900) architecture, operates at core speeds of up to 320 MHz. It features a low-power design, is validated with the Intel® Pentium® M and Intel® Celeron® M processors on 90nm process. With one DIMM socket on board, the board supports up to 1GB of DDR2 533 MHz system memory.

Intel® Graphics supports a unique intelligent memory management scheme called Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT). DVMT handles diverse applications by providing the maximum availability of system memory for general computer usage, while supplying additional graphics memory when a 3D-intensive application requests it. The Intel GMA 900 graphics architecture also takes advantage of the high-performance Intel processor. Intel GMA 900 graphics supports Dual Independent Display technology.

The main features of the board are:

§Supports Pentium® M / Celeron® M processors

§Supports up to 2.26GHz, 400MHz/533MHz FSB

§One DDRII SDRAM DIMM, Max. 1GB memory

§Onboard 10/100 BaseT and Marvell PCI-Express Gigabit LAN

§Intel® 915 Express VGA for CRT / LVDS/TV-out

§2x SATA, 6x USB 2.0, 2x COM, Watchdog timer, 1394

§1x PCI, 1x MiniPCI, 1xPCI-E(x1) slots, optional DVI card

Dimensions of the board are 170mm x 170mm.

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