Monday, June 1, 2009

Embedded Motherboards: Glamorous

By James G. Pynn

The motherboard makes all things computer related or computer based possible. There is a case to be made for a handful of other parts, namely the hard drive or the CPU, but it is the motherboard that integrates all the other parts. For a computer, the motherboard is the web of life, the point of creation, the air that it breathes. All computer roads lead to the motherboard, or more to the point, the motherboard is the system of roads that manages all of the data traffic.

What is essential with regards to embedded motherboards is their size. The incredible shrinking motherboard has been doing since 1976. As the motherboard shrinks, so too does the size of computers and laptops. An embedded motherboard typically includes a host of peripherals, like an audio and video card, the RAM, the microprocessor, and the interface for the keyboard, monitor and the hard drive.

Manufacturers adopted the embedded motherboard as it provided a tremendous amount of versatility. In addition to their peripherals, embedded motherboards could accommodate serial ports, graphics controllers, parallel ports, and eventually, DVD drives. In an industry where your product is only as good as it is small and versatile, the embedded motherboard has become ubiquitous.

There are a host of products that utilize these motherboards, both off-the-shelf and custom engineered electronics that are more and more capable of not only keeping up with high-speed business and commerce, but actually setting the pace. Embedded motherboards are no longer the exclusive tools of personal computing. More and more companies in the telecom, energy, defense, and medical industries are using them to better equip and better inform their employees.

The benefits of using embedded motherboards include instant availability and virtually instantaneous time-to-market. Because of their on-board interfaces and functionality, embedded motherboards are quickly becoming ubiquitous. Regardless of the industry, embedded motherboards require fewer chassis changes while still accommodating a broad range of accessories and peripherals. The embedded motherboard is here to stay. - 22787

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