4 PCI Bus Masters
2x SATA 6 Gbps Ports
4x SATA 3 Gbps Ports
Up to 10 USB 2.0 Ports
4 USB 3.0 Ports
Intel® High Definition Audio
Intel® Core™ i7/i5 processors:
PCI Express Gen 3.0 up to 16 lanes
a
Intel® Core™ i3 processor:
PCI Express Gen 2.0 up to 16 lanes
a
Dual Channel DDR3
(1333/1600) or support
for DDR3L memory at 1.5V
Display Ports
HDMI/DVI/DisplayPort*/SDVO
Intel® Core™ i7-3770,
Intel® Core™ i5-3550S
or Intel® Core™ i3-3220
Processor
Intel® B75 Express,
Intel® Q77 Express,
or Intel® C216
Chipset
b
PCI Express Gen 2.0 8x1
Integrated Gigabit Ethernet
Controller, compatible
with Intel® 82579LM
Gigabit Ethernet PHY
FDI (Flexible
Display Interface)
DMI
BIOS Support
LPC or SPI
a
1x16; 2x8; 1x8 + 2x4
b
Intel® C216 chipset only pairs with the Intel® Core™ i3-3220 processor
Software Overview
The following independent operating system and BIOS vendors provide support for these platforms.
OPerating SyStem
COntaCt
biOS
Microsoft Windows* 8
Intel provides drivers
8
American Megatrends
Microsoft Windows 7
Intel provides drivers
8
Insyde Software
Microsoft Windows XP SP3
Intel provides drivers
8
Phoenix Technologies
Microsoft Windows 2008 Server
Intel provides drivers
8
Byosoft
Microsoft Windows Embedded Standard 7
Intel provides drivers
8
Microsoft Windows Embedded Standard 2009
Intel provides drivers
8
Microsoft Windows Embedded POSReady 7
Intel provides drivers
8
Microsoft Windows Embedded POSReady (WEPOS)
Intel provides drivers
8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux* 6.1
Red Hat
SUSE SLE* 11 SP1
Novell
Wind River Linux* 5.0
Wind River
Wind River VxWorks* 6.9
Wind River
Product Highlights
intel® HD graphics 4000 and 2500:
Enhanced, high-end media and graphics
capabilities and performance.
intel® Quick Sync Video 2.0:
Significantly
improves decode and transcode perfor-
mance and frees up the CPU for other
tasks.
intel® advanced Vector extensions:
Accelerated floating-point compute
performance for signal and image
processing applications.
intel® intelligent Power technology:
Reduced idle power consumption through
architectural improvements such as
integrated power gates and automated
low-power states.
intel® turbo boost technology
3
2.0:
Runs applications faster by using
available thermal headroom to run
at a higher frequency.
intel® Hyper-threading technology
4
:
Simultaneous multi-threading helps
boost performance for parallel, multi-
threaded applications.
intel® vPro™ technology
2
:
Delivers
unprecedented hardware support for
vital security and management functions
with Intel® Active Management Technol-
ogy,
5
Intel® Virtualization Technology,
6
and Intel® Trusted Execution Technology
7
(enabled when processors are paired with
the Intel Q77 Express chipset).
eCC memory:
Corrects memory errors
without requiring system reset to enhance
performance, uptime, and autonomous
operation—essential for remote, embedded
applications (Intel Core i3-3220 processor
paired with Intel C216 chipset).
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