Portwell introduced the world's first PICMG 1.2 (ePCI-X) single board computer with dual Intel?Xeon?processors and dual 64-bit Gigabit Ethernet interfaces

The ROBO-8820VG2 is based on IntelR E7501 server chipset with 533 MHz system bus. The combination with dual Intel?Xeon?processor optimized Intel?NetBurst?microarchitecture and the Hyper-Threading technology, which creates a balanced platform with unparalleled price-performance, scalability and flexibility. Coupled with the Intel?82546EB dual port Gigabit Ethernet controller, the board is a synergy of high computing and communication power to adapt to the diverse environment of medical/laboratory, industrial control and automation, instrumentation, data acquisition, transportation monitoring, COTS defense/aerospace and communication markets.

Taipei, Taiwan - January 29, 2003 - Portwell, Inc., a member of Intel Applied Computing Platform Provider (ACPP) program, is proud to announce the world's first dual Intel Xeon Processor based full-sized PICMG 1.2 SBC, ROBO-8820VG2. Together with a 64-bit dual bus ePCI-X backplane and a specially designed 2U chassis, a complete platform is rolled out as the solution to a wide variety of high-speed, data-intensive applications that require the highest levels of processing performance.

The ROBO-8820VG2 is based on IntelR E7501 server chipset with 533 MHz system bus. The combination with dual Intel?Xeon?processor optimized Intel®NetBurstmicroarchitecture and the Hyper-Threading technology, which creates a balanced platform with unparalleled price-performance, scalability and flexibility. Coupled with the Intel?82546EB dual port Gigabit Ethernet controller, the board is a synergy of high computing and communication power to adapt to the diverse environment of medical/laboratory, industrial control and automation,
instrumentation, data acquisition, transportation monitoring, COTS defense/aerospace and communication markets.

ROBO-8820VG2 utilizes DDR-200/266 memory to tremendously accelerate the speed of the data transaction, and it is capable of supporting up to 4 GB of registered DDR-200/266 ECC memory. Besides, the board also offers two independent PCI-X buses for further I/O expansion. The I/O bandwidth of PCI-X bus allows for delivering high volume of data traffic created by Gigabit Ethernet and SCSI. With dual independent bus design, it is flexible to accommodate legacy add-on cards with lower speed bus without sacrificing the performance of other high-speed add-on cards running in another bus.    

A tailor-made thermal solution is provided to guarantee the highest reliability during the peak workloads. In order to maximize the high-bandwidth I/O architecture of Intel E7501, up to another four additional full speed PCI-X buses are available through a specially designed interface.

Key features of ROBO-8820VG2 include:    

*Dual Intel?Xeon?processors
*Up to 4 GB of registered DDR-200/266 ECC memory
*Intel?82546EB for dual Gigabit Ethernet ports support
*Dual independent 64-bit PCI-X buses
*Tailor-made thermal solution
*Specially designed interface for up to another four additional full speed PCI-X

--About Portwell--

Portwell Inc, an active member of Intel Applied Computing Platform Provider, designs and manufactures Network and Security Appliance along with a full range of IPC products (SBC, Backplane, Redundant Power Supply, Rack Mount & Node Chassis), Embedded Architecture Solution and Panel PC. We provide complete R&D and project management services to decrease customers' time to market, reduce project risk and cost. Portwell is also an ISO9001 certified company which deploy quality assurance through product design, verification and manufacturing cycle.

--About the Intel Applied Computing Platform Provider Program--

The Intel Applied Computing Platform Provider program consists of third-party board and software vendors who meet Intel's strict criteria for quality assurance, design capability, tools, support and in the case of the hardware vendors, manufacturing capacity. Companies qualifying for the program have established a significant presence in applied computing market segments, including retail and financial transaction terminal products, industrial PCs and communications systems and more.

==Further Information==

More information on this program is available at: http://developer.intel.com/platforms/applied/acpp/about.htm

For more information, please contact Thomas Lee at thomas@mail.portwell.com.tw, Product Marketing Manager of IPC product line.

In North America you can contact Allen Lee at +1-510-979-0640 or email him at allen@mail.portwell.com