Chapter 1: Introduction
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1-2 Chipset Overview
The X9SKV Motherboard Series supports a single on board Intel® Pentium B915C,
Xeon E3-1125C or Xeon E3-1105C v2 mobile processor.
Built around the functionality and the capability of the Intel 8903CC chipset, the
X9SKV motherboard provides a small footprint for a communications infrastruc-
ture system that allows for increased intelligence and efciency in a thermally-
constrained solution. It also includes the Intel® QuickAssist Technology hardware
acceleration, for efcient cryptographic and compression performance. The
motherboard provides a solid platform as a network appliance for the SMB market
as a rewall or high security router, edge server, or in a rack mount. It is ideal for
a mid-sized corporate ofce as a security server or SSL storage log server.
The Intel® 8903 chipset is part of the Intel communication Chipset family, with a
single-chip architecture in an FCBGA package. Among its features are
•Intel® QuickAssist Technology
•DMI (x4)
•PCIe Gen2
•USB 2.0
•UART COM ports
•SATA 2.0 Ports (x2)
For more information about this chipset, please visit Intel's website at: http://www.
intel.com