A security-oriented mini-ITX motherboard will soon be available from the Crowd Supply website in the form of the IcepeakITX ELBRUS-8CB with MCST Elbrus8CB VLIW as CPU. Elbrus is a mini-ITX motherboard specifically designed for mobile and embedded applications and is based on the MCST Elbrus-8CB 8-core @ 1.5 GHz VLIW CPU on ELBRUS architecture.
The small motherboard offers 8 GB DDR4 memory, pressure sensors, tamper sensors, a water sensor, gyroscope, GPS, and much more in one single board! And most importantly – x86-64 VLIW firmware for real-time execution of x86-64 code on ELBRUS with minor performance overhead. We are also developing and manufacturing a custom fullly-copper IHS (Integrated Head Spreader) for CPU and SB (MCST KPI-2).
To be notified when the motherboard becomes available on the Crowd Supply website jump over to the official project page and register your email, by following the link below.
Specifications of the IcepeakITX ELBRUS-8CB :
- Form-factor: Mini-ITX
- CPU: MCST (Moscow Center of SPARC Technologies) Elbrus-8CB 8-core @ 1.5 GHz VLIW (fully compatible with any LGA3647 heatsink)
- SB: MCST KPI-2 Multicontroller
- RAM: 8 GB or 32 GB (2x [4+1] 8 Gbit/32 Gbit DDR4 DRAM 2400 MHz ECC)
- SATA: 2x M.2_2280 + 4x SATA_6G
- Storage Expansion: 1x microSD (HC)
- Cache: 1x PATA 8 GB (required as cache device for hardware emulation of x86 on Elbrus)
- PCIe: 1x PCIe2_x16 + 1x PCIe2_x1 (as USB3)
- Security:
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- 1x TPM SPI connector
- 2x boot firmware chip with extra security
- 3x heatsink detectors
- 1x temperature sensor trigger
- 2x tampering sensor
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- Network:
- Marvell M88E1111-RCJ chipset
- 1x 1G_SFP
- 3x 1G_RJ45
- GPS: GPS chip with internal antenna port
- USB:
- 2x USB 2.0 (rear)
- 4x USB 2.0 (+PD) (rear)
- 2x USB 3.0 (rear)
- 1x USB 2.0 (internal)
- COM: 1x COM header (internal) required for debugging boot
- Debug: 1x 6-pin debug port, 1x 4-pin (USB to GPIO)
- Video: 2x HDMI (1 HDMI per SM768/256 MB)
- Audio: Integrated simple audio codec (Linux-compatible)
- Additional Sensors:
- Fall detection sensor
- Gyroscope
- Water sensor
- Additional Connectors:
- 2x PWM-4
- RTC battery connector
- Simple BEEP connector
- PCB: 14 layers (level 5 accuracy) / ISOLA Hi Tg 180
Source : Crowd Supply