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The micro ATX under FM2 signed ASRock

While the new "Trinity" of AMD APU is not yet out, ASRock unveils two socket FM2 models.

With the next "Trinity" of AMD APU to come out shortly, ASrock prepares and shows two new motherboards with an FM2 socket on board. Micro ATX format both, we have therefore the FM2A75 Pro4-M and FM2A75M-DGS.

The first do a little more components that the second with for example six floors of the APU feed covered a heatsink to cool and must be powered by an additional 8 - pin connector. To the side of the APU, the FM2A75 Pro4-M has four banks in DDR3 memory in DIMM format for a total of 32 GB of RAM up to a frequency of 2400 MHz mode OC. Directly wired to the installed APU, there are also two ports PCI-e 2.0 x 16 which the second is wired electrically in x 4 which is however connected to the South Bridge also another PCI-e x 1 port and a conventional PCI port. In terms of connectors, this map is not at rest and offers five SATA III ports, an eSATA III, four ports USB 3.0, ten USB 2.0 ports, port multiple video outputs as the HDMI, the DVI and VGA, but also output its eight channels that support the THX TruStudio Pro and finally, a Gigabit Ethernet port.

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Photo credit: TechPowerUp

I turn to the second motherboard by ASRock, FM2A75M-DGS that is a little less well provided, but allows the firm to indicate that the card will be much more competitive than those of its competitors at a lower price while providing a little more. Look more closely what ASRock pasted on the PCB of this motherboard. With four floors of simple food and a 4-pin power connector, this map is not made for of it, we were warned. APU will draw in two banks memory DDR3 DIMM format which support similarly 2400 MHz. Below, we have a port PCI-Express 2.0 x 16 wired to the APU, another port PCI-e x 1 and a conventional PCI port connected to the South Bridge A75. ASRock removes the version pro eSATA port and replaces it with SATA III ports for a total of six ports for storage. For connectors, although four ports USB 3.0 with two on the Panel back we are accompanied by a Dual-Link DVI port and a VGA port and output its six channels, a RJ45 Gigabit port, a printer - remember... - LPT port, and port COM RS232.

These two boards will surely be part of the first to be sold in the official of the Trinity of AMD APU release, but we were not aware of the price that will apply to these two models.


Z802 of Zero Devices: micro PC Android 4.0 to $76

Zero Devices offers the Z802, its micro PC running on Android 4.0 which compete directly the Cotton Candy and Raspberry Pi.


Minicomputers have the wind at this time and after the success of Pi Raspberry and Cotton Candy, that a third model was introduced: the Z802 proposed by Zero Devices.


With the appearance of a compact USB stick (8.8 x 3.5 x 1.2 cm for less than 200 grams), this micro-PC integrates a processor Allwinner A10 based on ARM Cortex A8 single-core running at 1.5 Ghz, a graphics processor 3D supporting the decoding of HD videos in 1080p (MPEG-4 and H.264), 512 MB of DDR3, 4 GB of memory storage and runs on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.


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Level connectivity and connections, the Z802 offers Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, a USB 2.0 to connect devices (keyboards, mice), a mini-USB port for feeding, a microSD (up to 32 GB) card reader and a mini-HDMI port to connect the micro-PC to a screen via the appropriate HDMI cable.


The Z802 is available for $ 76 on the Asiapads.com site, it is currently out of stock but the preorders are open to reserve the product.


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Cotton Candy and Raspberry Pi are competitors, competition is organised thus already on this new segment of the micro-PC which can be only beneficial to consumers will have more choice for rates revised downward.

SATA µSSD: an interface for micro flash drives?

SATA-IO also announces a declination of its interface to the embedded flash drives...


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SATA-IO is very active this week, since the announcement of the development of SATA Express parallel, the Organization has to reveal a standard for on-board storage systems. SanDisk already uses this "SATA µSSD" for its iSSD. It should be remembered that this solution of 16 x 20 mm x 1.85 mm had been announced as being the smallest in the world. This flash drive is installed on a BGA package which directly welded on the circuit printed motherboard.


SATA µSSD allows to pass the famous storage interface via the electrical signals of the BGA, and therefore to SATA connector. SanDisk solutions are available with capacities of 8 GB, 16 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB and 128 GB. For the latest news, they could reach speeds of 160 MB/s read, for 100 MB/s write. The appearance of a standard should allow other companies (which have not necessarily means to design their own interface) design storage reduced dimensions.