March 06 2012, Irvine, California –Advantech, a leading global embedded computing and intelligent applications provider, proudly announces the emergence of SOM-5790, with 2nd generation Intel® Core™ i7/i5/i3 processor on COM.0 R2.0 type 2 pin-out. It is equipped with most advanced high-end constitution. Type 2 pin-out and legacy I/O support make customer enjoy easy migration without too much effort. The high performance SOM-5790 COM-Express Basic module is suitable for high-end industrial applications, such as telecom, medical, gaming, military and video surveillance.
State-of-the-art Processing Capability
SOM-5790 adopts 2nd generation Intel® Core™ i7/i5/i3 solution, the highest performance platform among Intel low power product line on COM module. This platform is outstanding for first quad core SKU and great performance improvement from previous platform. Therefore, SOM-5790 is especially suitable for high-end application demanding for better CPU performance and intense graphic, such as telecom, medical, gaming, video surveillance and military field.
Perfect Migration Choices
With new type 6 pin-out defined in COM.0 R2.0, more upcoming new platforms will be designed in this new pin-out type. However, Advantech considered that there are still many upgrading demand from customers adopting type 2 design, so Advantech provides both type 6 (SOM-5890) and type 2 (SOM-5790) modules for 2nd generation Intel® Core™ i7/i5/i3 platform. SOM-5790promises the continuation of legacy I/O support such as PCI and IDE, ensuring that customers could transfer and upgrade more smoothly.
Embedded Intelligent Management: iManager
Advantech held revolutionary perspective from pure hardware vendor to a partner helping customer solve any problem they met during product development. Advantech iManager is a new embedded firmware to greatly enhance system reliability and provide users an easy and stable (OS-Independent) way to manage onboard devices. It supports a valuable suite of programmable APIs such as multi-level watchdog, hardware monitor, smart fan, brightness control and more; all with user-friendly interfaces. This also releases some efforts during combination of Advantech module on customer’s carrier board.
SOM-5790 is available for ordering now, please contact Advantech’s local sales office or visit the Advantech website for more details.
SOM-5790 Features:
- Embedded Intel® Core™ i7/i5/i3 processor + QM67
- Intel Gfx supports 18/24-bit 2-CH LVDS, VGA
- Supports Dual Channel DDR3-1333 SODIMM sockets up to 16 GB
- Supports 5 PCIe x1, 2 SATAIII, 2 SATAII, 8 USB 2.0, IDE, PCI
- Supports Advantech iManager and software APIs
About Embedded Core Service
Advantech Embedded Core Services offers design-in oriented services. These streamlined solutions broadly integrate embedded boards, peripheral modules and software. This dedicated focus on Embedded Design-in services fulfills electronic engineering demands at their design-in phase, and brings benefits that shorten the design and integration cycle, minimizing uncertainty and risk.www.advantech.com/EmbCore
About Advantech
Founded in 1983, Advantech is a leader in providing trusted, innovative products, services, and solutions. Advantech offers comprehensive system integration, hardware, software, customer-centric design services, embedded systems, automation products, and global logistics support. We cooperate closely with our partners to help provide complete solutions for a wide array of applications across a diverse range of industries. Our mission is to enable an intelligent planet with Automation and Embedded Computing products and solutions that empower the development of smarter working and living. With Advantech, there is no limit to the applications and innovations our products make possible. (Corporate Website: www.advantech.com).


