- June 07, 2013
June 7, 2013 - American Portwell Technology announced RUBY-D716VG2AR single board computer based on the Intel Q87 chipset and 4th generation Intel Core processors in an LGA1150 socket. The Intel Q87 chipset continues to work on the edge of innovation with a new architecture to deliver quality, performance, and industry-leading I/O technologies on most of the platforms powered by the 4th generation Intel Core processor family. RUBY-D716VG2AR is the first Portwell off-the-shelf industrial ATX motherboard utilizing the Intel Q87 chipset, and it is a good solution for customer to integrate into their industrial systems. The RUBY-D716VG2AR offers lots of great features, including SATA storage specification, up to 6 Gb/s, within five SATA III interface connectors to allow RAID 0/1/5 and 10 modes, the latest PCIe 3.0 (one PCI Express x16 slot) to support devices for double speed and bandwidth which enhances system performance and PCIe 2.0/PCI slots (two PCIe x1 slots, two PCIe x4 slots with PCIe x1 signal and two PCI slots). The latest USB 3.0 high speed transmission technology, supporting 12 USB ports (four USB 3.0 ports and eight USB 2.0 ports), four long DIMM memory slots for DDR3 SDRAM, up to 32GB and 1600 MT/s, triple display including VGA, HDMI and DVI-D available in both clone and extended modes, and dual Gigabit Ethernet connectors are the basic interfaces of the RUBY-D716VG2AR. RUBY-D716VG2AR is equipped with another two industry-oriented interfaces, six COM ports (optional up to 10 COM ports), and one CFEX slot. The implement of numerous COM ports enables RUBY-D716VG2AR to provide multiple controls for legacy systems that are in use in power plants, for example. In addition, RUBY-D716VG2AR is also built with a CFEX slot, so that customers can choose flexible functions based on CFEX specific interface for their different industrial demands. In addition to original storage functions, CFEX also provides advanced monitoring abilities, portable BIOS for security purpose and extensions based on CFEX interface definitions. Once again, Portwell demonstrates its expertise and experience in the IPC field through the developing of RUBY-D716VG2AR that implements all the industry related requirements.