Chapter 1: Product Overview 1-9
Hardware Module Descriptions
Motherboard
Processor/Chip Set
TheterminalusesanIntelarchitectureprocessor,whichpermitsitto
leverageexistingsoftwaredriversandapplications,aswellasprovide
thegreatestflexibilityinchoosinganoperatingsystem.Thisprovides
severalotheradvantages:
• Intel2.5GHzCeleronProcessor,128kBL2Cache,400MHzfront
sidebus
• Intel2.4
GHzP4Processor,512kBL2Cache,533MHzfrontside
bus
• CapableofSWMPEG‐1orMPEG‐2playbackat30framesper
secondwith22kHzstereoaudio(maybelimitedbyOS
constraints).
• SoundBlaster
®
‐compatibleaudio
• Expansioncapabilitiesforoptionalfeaturesandfuture
requirements(PCIbusandUSB)
System Memory
Thememoryusedis266MHzDDR‐SDRAMonstandarddesktop184
pinDIMMsat2.5volts.TheboardhastwoDIMMsockets.Release1.0
supports1GBmaximummemory,whichisthelimitofthe852GM
chipset.Largermemoryconfigurationupto2GBissupportedwiththe
852GMEchipset.
Memorysizesinclude
128MB,256MB,512MB,&1GBnon‐ECC
DIMMS.The128MBDIMMusedwithrelease1.0contains256Mb
memorychipswith16Mx16configuration.TheotherDIMMsused
withrelease1.0contain256Mbmemorychipswith32Mx8
configuration.
The852GMEchipsetsupports333MHzDDR‐SDRAM.