APOLLO Technical Manual
Introduction
Introduction
The APOLLO is an EBX format, high-performance, high-functionality PC-compatible
processor board designed for embedding into OEM equipment. The board is based on
the Intel 855GME/ICH4 chipset and supports a range of Intel Pentium M and Celeron M
mobile processors to offer a combination of high performance computing features with
low power dissipation.
It offers all standard features and connectors found on a PC motherboard including:
Multiple video ports.
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Audio.
Two Ethernet ports.
CF+ CompactFlash Type II socket.
Four serial ports, parallel port, IrDA port.
Primary IDE interface.
Six USB 2.0 compliant ports.
Two IEEE1394a-2000 compliant (Firewire) ports.
General purpose IO and user defined jumpers.
Factory build options available include a Gigabit Ethernet option. (This replaces one of
the 10/100 Ethernet controllers).
The board is able to run all popular operating systems including Windows XP/XPe
and Linux.
Typical applications for the APOLLO include:
Low power, high density server racks.
1U or 2U systems with passive cooling for fan-less operation.
Systems requiring high levels of hardware/software security.
Server/client systems using Trusted Computing.
Compact kiosk systems.
The board can be purchased in the following variants:
Standard.
Gigabit.
Celeron M 600MHz.
All options are also available with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) option.
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