Intel MB896 Introduction

INTRODUCTION

MB896 User’s Manual 1

Introduction

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.