AMD Drives Industrial Computing Innovation in Single Board Computer Market with Latest Reference Design Kit

AMD Drives Industrial Computing Innovation in Single Board Computer Market with Latest Reference Design Kit

Today AMD (NYSE: AMD) announced the availability of the AMD Geodeâ„¢ LX EPIC Reference Design Kit (RDK). This RDK will help developers quickly and efficiently create low-power, high-performance single board computer (SBC) products, enabling faster time to market. This versatile, industry-standard design supports a wide range of rugged industrial SBC applications including data acquisition, video processing, point-of-sale terminals, telecommunications, global positioning satellite (GPS) devices and motion control.

“AMD’s focus is to help reduce total cost of ownership while maintaining the outstanding functionality that customers have come to expect,” said Erik Salo, director of marketing for AMD’s Embedded Computing Solutions Division. “The AMD Geode LX processor is incredibly versatile, and combined with the EPIC form factor, this reference design is an attractive addition to our customer-centric solution offerings that can provide immediate impact after investment.”

The AMD Geode LX EPIC RDK leverages the industry-standard EPIC SBC form factor and low-power system design to maximize adaptability and help developers get products to market more quickly and efficiently. The wide acceptance of this small form factor with PC104 and PC104Plus expandability adds to the multiple I/O options available to meet growing customer demand in the industry. Additionally, the AMD Geode LX 800@0.9W* processor provides all the capabilities of the x86 instruction set with the power to run a broad range of operating systems and applications.

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