14 DAY TRIAL // When making a server, there are several ways to go about things, and Super Micro decided to offer one for those system builders that like to use the so-called building block procedure.
Servers are an indispensable part of today's networks and Internet infrastructure, so it stands to reason that quite a few companies have a stake in their making.
Some, like Intel, stick to just making processors or other components for them, leaving it to others to make the actual systems.
Meanwhile, PC makers, like HP, Dell, IBM etc., take care of the actual assembly itself, sometime providing complete solutions, other times helping builders in the setup.
Super Micro figured this was as good a time as any to show off its newest solution for this particular industrial segment.
As such, it delivered the so-called Embedded Server Building Block Solutions, essentially computers based on the second generation of Intel Core CPUs and the QM67 Express Chipsets.
Up to 16 GB of DDR3 memory are present, along with several storage drives in RAID configuration (SATA 3.0 Gbps or SATA 6.0 Gbps).
Furthermore, dual HDMI ports exist, along with USB 2.0 connectivity, Intel HD 3000 graphics and dual Gigabit Ethernet LAN.
"At Supermicro, we continuously innovate alongside advancing CPU and chipset technologies," said Wally Liaw, Supermicro's Vice President of International Sales.
"Our embedded customers benefit from our higher-efficiency, higher-performance mobile processor-based solutions in the latest compact form factors while further reducing their overall TCO."
The platforms support PCI Express x16 and have high CPU and decent graphics performance in a mini ITX form factor.
Finally, they come complete with remote management and power saving capabilities, making them suited for medical instrumentation, expandable I/O industrial control and multi-channel digital surveillance, among other things.
The name of the building block is X9SCV-Q Mini-ITX embedded server solution and should be described in detail on the official website.