Keyboard PC

This new generation All-in-One PC in a keyboard not only takes up far less desktop space, but also puts an Intel® Core™ 2 Quad CPU with all its features and performance at your fingertips. The new ZPC-GX31™ is a true innovation packing so much power, performance and compatibility inside a normal size keyboard. With features such as Dual Display capabilities, 4GB of DDR2/667MHz RAM, 1Gb LAN and DVI interface you now have a complete personal computer that takes up no more space than a typical keyboard. Simply place it on your desktop, plug in a monitor and you are done!

Technical Specifications:

CPU SUPPORT

• Intel® Core™
• 2 Duo, Intel® Core™
• 2 Quad @ 1333MHz FSB LGA775 up to 95W.
• Intel® Pentium® D Processors with Hyper-Threading Technology, Intel® Celeron® D
• processor, support from 1.3GHz 3.4GHz 1333MHz System Bus. Supporting 9x, 5x &
• 6x series processors with EM64T.

MOTHERBOARD

CORE LOGIC

• Intel G31 Express Chipset

MEMORY

• 2xDDR2 SDRAM sockets, populated up to 4GB. Supports PC2-5300 667MHz & PC2-6400 800MHz.

HDD SUPPORT

• Integrated Serial ATA controller facilitates high-speed transfers at up to 3Gbps for each of the four ports. Allows easier hard drive upgrades and expansion for new SATA optical drives. 2x SATA2 ports.

VIDEO & GRAPHICS

• Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 3100. 3D enhancements enable greater flexibility and scalability and improved realism with support for Microsoft DirectX 9.0c Shader Model 2.0, OpenGL 1.4. Intel® Graphics also support the highest levels of the Windows Vista Aero experience. Stunning media, incredible visuals and new 3D capabilities. For business users, Intel validates the chipset, processor, graphics and software stack to provide a well-tested platform with support for Microsoft* Windows Vista, Windows* XP, Linux (top distributions) and OS/2 (SciTech). Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT) 3.0 supports up to 289MB of Shared Video Memory;system memory is allocated where it is needed dynamically. Supports built-in Dual/Multi-Monitor windows displays using LCD monitor & DVI external display.

NETWORKING

• 1 Gigabit (GbE) Fast Ethernet, using Realtek RTL 8168B/8111C.

REMOVABLE HDD

• Optional removable 2.5" hard disk drive.

AUDIO

• Realtek AL888 High Definition Audio enables premium Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound and six channels of enhanced sound quality and delivers advanced features such as multiple audio streams and jack re-tasking. Audio is fully compliant with Azalia 1.0 spec. Two built-in 2.5watt stereo speakers with three audio jacks for Audio Out, Line-in, and Microphone.

I/O PORTS

• 4 USB 2.0 Ports with transfer rate up to 480Mbps, 2 RS-232 Serial Ports, 1 Parallel Port supporting SPP/EPP/ECP, 1 PS/2 mouse port, 1 POS or PS/2keyboard port, 1 DVI.

TOUCH PAD

• Built-in Synaptic two-button touch-pad with vertical and horizontal scroll function.

OPTICAL DRIVE

• One slim type Optical Drive, CDRW-DVD, or DVD+/-RW.

EXPANSION SLOTS

• One Mini PCI
• One Mini PCI-e

SYSTEM BIOS

• AMI Flash BIOS supports ACPI, API, DMI, Plug & Play, and security password. Supports booting from HDD, PXE, LAN, CD-ROM, and ANY USB device.

KEYBOARD

• Full-Size Enhanced Windows keyboard, detachable keytop matrix.

LED INDICATIORS

• On/Off LED, HDD, LAN Active.

HOTKEYS

• WWW, Mail, Favorite, Log Off.

POWER SUPPLY

• Uses 180Watt AC Adapter.
• Input: universal 100 240V AC, 50-60Hz.
• Output: 19V DC, 9.48A, Controlled by Dual Mode Power button on the keyboard.
• Low power sleep mode saves energy.

BIOS SECURITY

• AMI BIOS System POST and BIOS setup password protection. TCG/TPM version 1.2 Support

SECURITY LOCK

• Security lock slot located on the back of the system case

DIMENSIONS

• 18.5"W x 9.0"D x 0.5"H front, 2.5"H rear.

WEIGHT

• Unit: 7.4 lbs (3.4kg)
• Power Adapter: 1.1lbs (0.5kg).

OPERATING ENVIRONMENT

• Ambient Temperature: 0°C 50°C (operating).

RELATIVE HUMIDITY

• 10% 90% (non-condensing)

OPERATING SYSTEM COMPLIANCE

• Microsoft Windows Vista/XP/2000, LINUX.

AVAILABLE COLORS

• Silver/Black

CERTIFICATIONS

• FCC Class B, CE

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Cell microprocessor

Cell is a Microprocessor architecture jointly developed by Sony Computer Entertainment, Toshiba, and IBM, an alliance known as "STI". The architectural design and first implementation were carried out at the STI Design Center in Austin, Texas over a four-year period beginning March 2001 on a budget reported by Sony as approaching United States dollar US$400 million.
Cell is shorthand for Cell Broadband Engine Architecture, commonly abbreviated in full or Cell BE in part. Cell combines a general-purpose Power Architecture "Multi-core (computing)" of modest performance with streamlined Coprocessor which greatly accelerate multimedia and Vector processing applications, as well as many other forms of dedicated computation.
The first major commercial application of Cell was in Sony's PlayStation 3 Video game console. Mercury Computer Systems has a dual Cell server, a dual Cell configuration, a rugged computer, and a PCI Express accelerator board available in different stages of production. Toshiba has announced plans to incorporate Cell in High-definition television sets.

PlayStation 3 to be used for military interests?

Recently, Mercury Computer Systems released its MultiCore Plus SDK for the PlayStation 3. The event is pretty notable because it is one of the very few third-party developments kits available for game consoles.

Mercury has said however, that they are not at all interested in games but rather in military interests citing the PlayStation's Cell processor as being a very powerful yet still pretty cheap platform.

Mercury is using the PS3's ability to load Linux and pairing it with its SDK to perform powerful tasks such as running a node in a computing cluster.

Beyond DDR3

XDR™2 Memory Architecture

The XDR™2 memory architecture is the world's fastest memory system solution capable of providing twice the peak bandwidth per device when compared to a GDDR5-based system. Further, the XDR2 memory architecture delivers this performance at 30% lower power than GDDR5 at equivalent bandwidth.

Designed for scalability, power efficiency and manufacturability, the XDR2 architecture is a complete memory solution ideally suited for high-performance gaming, graphics and multi-core compute applications.

Initial systems can achieve memory bandwidths of over 500GB/s into an SoC. Each XDR DRAM can deliver up to 38.4GB/s of peak bandwidth from a single, 4-byte-wide, 9.6Gbps XDR2 DRAM device, and the XDR2 architecture supports a roadmap to device bandwidths of over 50GB/s.

Capable of data rates of 6.4 to 12.8Gbps, the XDR2 architecture is the latest generation in the award-winning family of XDR products. With backwards compatibility to XDR DRAM, the XDR2 architecture is part of a continuously compatible roadmap, offering a path for both performance upgrades and system cost reductions.