Force: first sub-$1000 Pentium 4-M based, single board computer - Force Computers CPCI-740 - Product Announcement

EDP Weekly's IT Monitor, Sept 16, 2002

Force Computers has announced its CPCI-740 line of CompactPCI (CPCI) single board computers (SBCs) based on Intel's Pentium[R] 4-M processor-rated at 1.4GHz and higher-and commitment to Intel's roadmap for even faster processors in the future. Compliant to the PICMG 2.16 standard for CompactPCI Packet-Switching Backplanes (cPSB), these high-performance and energy-efficient SBCs feature dual onboard Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) interfaces, up to 2GBytes off-the-shelf, high-bandwidth DDRAM memory and P4 server chipsets.

Targeted at cost-sensitive enterprise applications, the CPCI-740E provides the ideal solution for blade server, IP telephony and VoIP infrastructure applications-at a price of under $1000 for high-volume OEM quantities.

The CPCI-740T board variant provides a robust feature set for telecom applications including softswitches, control-plane media-transport node boards, wireless gateways and control-plane CPCI/cPSB systems.

As a line of technology-rich SBCs, the CPCI-740 family is designed to decrease time-to-market, save development costs and allow product upgrading per Intel's roadmap. Also, they adhere to the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) architecture (PICMG 2.9), which supports full board remote control and BMC and peripheral mode.

"By offering a line of Pentium 4-M processor-based boards for a range of requirements, Force enables OEMs to design equipment for specific end markets-avoiding the trade off of performance for cost effectiveness," said Jochen Saal, Force product marketing manager. "Complementing the high-speed and power-conserving features of the 1.4GHz Pentium 4-M processor, the CPCI-740 single board computers offer large memory capacity and high-bandwidth I/O and server chipsets to support both cost-optimized server-blade price/performance needs of enterprise markets. And Force is committed to faster Pentium 4 processors as they appear on Intel's roadmap."