G20 - Intel Core i7 CPU Board
3U CompactPCI Serial
This product has been discontinued.The G20 is a 4HP/3U CompactPCI Serial CPU card supporting USB, SATA, PCI Express and Gigabit Ethernet rear I/O interfaces according to the CPCI-S.0 standard.
Main Features
- Intel Core i7, 2.53 GHz
- Dual-core 64-bit processor
- PICMG CPCI-S.0 CompactPCI Serial
- Up to 4 GB DDR3 DRAM soldered, ECC
- mSATA and microSD card slots
- Standard front I/O: 2 DisplayPorts, 2 Gb Ethernet, 2 USB
- Standard rear I/O: 7 PCIe, 8 USB, 6 SATA, DisplayPort/HDMI
- Rear I/O via mezzanine board: up to 8 Gigabit Ethernet
- Intel Turbo Boost 2.53..3.2 GHz, Hyper-Threading, Active Management Technology
- Open CL 1.1 support
Technical Data
- Intel Core i7-610E
- 2.53 GHz processor core frequency
- 3.2 GHz maximum turbo frequency
- 1066 MHz system bus frequency
- Chipset
- QM57 Platform Controller Hub (PCH)
- 4 MB L3 cache integrated in i7 processor
- Up to 4 GB SDRAM system memory
- Soldered
- DDR3 with ECC support
- Up to 1066 MHz memory bus frequency
- 64 Mbits boot Flash
- Serial EEPROM 2 KB for factory settings
- mSATA disk slot
- Connected via one USB-to-SATA bridge
- Serial GPIO (SGPIO)
- One interface via CPCI-S.0 rear connector
- Compliant with SFF 8485 specification
- One microSD card slot
- Via USB
- Six channels via rear I/O
- SATA Revision 2.x support
- Transfer rates up to 300 MB/s (3 Gbit/s)
- RAID level 0/1/5/10 support
- Hot-plug together with G501
- Integrated in QM57 chipset
- 45nm, Hi-K process graphics
- 5.75th generation
- Maximum resolution: 2560x1600 (DisplayPort), 1920x1200 (HDMI/DVI)
- Two DisplayPort connectors at front panel
- Optionally two DVI/HDMI ports via external adapter
- One DisplayPort at CPCI-S.0 rear connector (instead of one interface at the front)
- Optionally SDVO or DVI/HDMI port
- USB
- Two USB 2.0 host ports via Type A connector at front panel
- Eight USB 2.0 host ports via CPCI-S.0 rear connector
- Two USB 2.0 host ports for connection of the rear I/O card
- EHCI implementation
- Data rates up to 480 Mbit/s
- Ethernet
- Two 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet channels at the front
- RJ45 connectors at front panel
- Ethernet controllers are connected by two x1 PCIe links
- Two onboard LEDs to signal LAN link, activity status and connection speed
- Two DisplayPort
- Two USB 2.0 (Type A)
- Two Ethernet (RJ45)
- 6 SATA
- 1 DisplayPort
- 8 USB
- 5 PCI Express x1 links
- 2 PEG x8 links
- SGPIO
- Two x8 PCI Express graphics links via CPCI-S.0 rear connector
- Five x1 PCIe links via CPCI-S.0 rear connector
- Two x1 PCIe links to connect local 1000Base-T Ethernet controllers
- One x1 PCIe link via for connection of the rear I/O card
- PCIe 1.x support
- Data rate 250 MB/s (2.5 Gbit/s per lane)
- Real-time clock with GoldCap backup, battery-buffered
- Power supervision and watchdog
- Temperature measurement
- 2 board status LEDs
- 2 user LEDs
- Reset button
- Compliance with CompactPCI Serial PICMG CPCI-S.0 Specification
- System slot
- +12V (9..16V), 45W
- +5V (-5%/+5%) standby voltage optional
- Dimensions: conforming to CompactPCI Serial specification for 3U boards
- Front panel: 4HP with ejector
- Weight:
- 208 g (w/o heat sink)
- 398 g (with heat sink and mSATA adapter)
- Temperature range (operation):
- 0..+60°C
- Airflow: min. 1.5 m/s, typical power dissipation 29W, with Windows XP operating system, 1 Gb Ethernet, without CPU clock reduction
- Temperature range (storage): -40..+85°C
- Relative humidity (operation): max. 95% non-condensing
- Relative humidity (storage): max. 95% non-condensing
- Altitude: -300 m to + 3,000 m
- Shock: 50 m/s², 30 ms
- Vibration (function): 1 m/s², 5 Hz - 150 Hz
- Vibration (lifetime): 7.9 m/s², 5 Hz - 150 Hz
- Out of Band (OOB) Access
- Power off Access
- Independent of OS status
- Power status control
- Keyboard-Video-Mouse (KVM) Viewer (VNC-compatible)
- IDE-Redirect
- Serial-over-LAN
- Manageability Engine in Chipset
- Network Filters in Chipset
- Dedicated Flash Storage Area
- Windows
- Linux
- tested/verified with: Ubuntu 10.04 (kernel 2.6.32-21) 32-bit and 64-bit versions
- OpenSuse 11.3 32-bit and 64-bit versions
- Detailed matrix of supported interfaces under Ubuntu 10.04 and OpenSuse 11.3
- VxWorks (on request)
- QNX (on request)
- For more information on supported operating system versions and drivers see Software.
Options
- Intel Core i7-610E, 2.53 GHz, 4 MB Cache, 35 W
- Intel Core i7-620LE, 2 GHz, 4 MB Cache, 25 W
- Intel Core i7-620UE, 1.06 GHz, 4 MB Cache, 18 W
- Intel Core i5-520E, 2.4 GHz, 3 MB Cache, 35 W, no AMT support
- Intel Core i3-330E, 2.13 GHz, 3 MB Cache, 35 W, no AMT support
- System RAM
- 2 GB or 4 GB
- mSATA disk
- 0 MB up to maximum available
- microSD card
- 0 MB up to maximum available
- One Gigabit Ethernet on M12 connector instead of two interfaces on RJ45
- Up to eight Gigabit Ethernet interfaces on the backplane using rear I/O card (e.g. GM1)
- Depends on system configuration (CPU, hard disk, heat sink...)
- Maximum: +85°C
- Minimum: -50°C
Ordering Information
MEN delivers turn-key systems completely installed (hardware, operating system, accessories), wired and tested. Different rack sizes, power supplies and backplanes on request.
For details please contact your local sales representative.
CompactPCI Serial 19" 4U/84 HP rack-mount enclosure for 3U cards (vertical), 9-slot backplane, system slot left, full mesh, 460 W ATX PSU 90..264VAC, 1U fan tray with 2x 12 VDC fans, 0..+45°C
DetailsMicroSD card, 4 GB, -40°C to +85°C
SSD mSATA, 8 GB, -40°C to +85°C
Please note that the GM2 (08GM02-xx) is not supported by G20 boards (02G020-xx) with revisions lower than Rev. 01.01.00.
Active DisplayPort (DP) to single link DVI-D adapter, 20cm, max. resolution 1920x1200, AMD / ATI Eyefinity technology
Software

MDIS5 System (and Device Driver) Package (MEN) for Linux. This software package includes most standard device drivers available from MEN.
MDIS5 low-level driver sources (MEN) for generic SMBus driver

Windows XP Embedded BSP (MEN) for F11S, F14, F15, F17, F18, F19P, F21P, G20, XM1, XM1L, XM2, MM1, MM2, DC1, DC2, DC13, RC1, BC50I, BC50M, BL50W and BL50S
Windows Installset (MEN) for G20 and G22
Windows chipset driver (Intel) for F14, F15, F17, F18, F18E, F19P, F21P, F22P, G20, G22, XM2, CB70C, D9, D6, D7, D601, A19 and A20
Windows 32-bit network driver (Intel)
Windows 64-bit network driver (Intel)
Windows XP 32-bit graphics driver (Intel) for G20
Windows 7/Vista 32-bit graphics driver (Intel) for G20
Windows 7/Vista 64-bit graphics driver (Intel) for G20
Windows Intel Management Engine Driver (Intel) for G20
Windows Embedded Standard 7 BSP
System BIOS for G20
Intel software development products such as analyzers, compilers, threading tools etc. can be downloaded under www.intel.com/cd/software/products/asmo-na/eng/index.htm.
IA-32 Intel Architecture Software Developer's Manuals are available under www.intel.com/products/processor/manuals/index.htm.