MSI Also Delivers a Sandy Bridge-Ready mini-ITX Motherboard

While MSI has already released a mini-ITX motherboard, the HTPC market is not the only one that craves more hardware, so of course the company brought forth a mini-ITX mainboard based on Intel's latest platform.

As end-users know, both Intel and Advanced Micro Devices recently brought out their respective next-generation PC platforms.

Intel delivered the Sandy Bridge central processing units and chipsets, while AMD officially launched the first Fusion chips and core-logic sets.

Needless to say, the various makers of motherboards have already begun their own release waves, like how MSI provided an AMD Barzos-powered mini-ITX motherboard.

Now, the same company has created a competitor to its own product, one bearing the name of IM-QM67.

It is built around the QM67 chipset, unsurprisingly, and, instead of the home-theater personal computer segment, is intended for the Industrial Platform Computing (IPC) market.

That said, it features a single PCI slot and a pair of memory slots of the DDR3-1600 variety, which can accommodate SODIMM modules.

What's more, Micro-Star International implemented five SATA ports, for storage, out of which four are SATA 3.0 Gbps connectors and one of the SATA 6 Gbps sort. Raid 0/1/5/10 configurations are supported.

Other specifications include an eSATA port, 5.1 channel audio, dual Ethernet and multiple display outputs.

According to the press release, 'this motherboard supports multiple display outputs in a mini-ITX form factor board and utilizes Intel's 32nm process technology products for the highest HD graphic quality.”

To be more specific, the MSI IM-QM67 comes with a DVI connector, an HDMI port, a D-sub output and even a DisplayPort.

All that remains is for application developers to just find a suitable central processing unit and start sending out industrial systems.

“The MSI IM-QM67 is revolutionizing the traditional definition of a low power and cost-effective motherboard,” concludes the official announcement.