iBase Announces MI995: Low-Power Mini-ITX Motherboard With 8th Gen Intel Xeon E / Core Processors

[Raevenlord]

IBASE Technology Inc. (TPEx: 8050), a leader in the manufacture of industrial motherboards and embedded systems, announces the new MI995 in mini ITX form factor (170x170 mm) based on the latest 8th Gen Intel Core / Xeon E family processors and Intel CM246/QM370 mobile chipset.

The MI995 low-power Mini-ITX delivers stunning graphics and media performance and supports up to three independent displays in eDP, HDMI 2.0a, DVI-D and DisplayPort outputs, which makes it ideal for gaming/entertainment, digital signage and POS applications. The motherboard has two DDR4-2666 SO-DIMM sockets accepting up to 32GB memory with ECC. Apart from enhanced performance of CPU and graphics, the MI995 features optimized I/O with onboard 6x USB 3.1, 4x USB 2.0, 4x COM, and up to 4x SATA III to empower real-time IoT and data-intensive applications.





"It gives us great pleasure to introduce the MI995 using the latest family of 8th Generation Core processors," said James Wu, Vice CEO of IBASE. "IBASE has been specializing in the design of Intel architecture-based platforms since its inception, and the MI995, powered by Intel technology, delivers high performance, low power, scalability, as well as data security critical to today's IoT environment."

The MI995 is available in three variants - supporting Intel CM246/Xeon E-2176M, Intel QM370/Core i7-8850H, and Intel QM370/Core i5-8400H, all with dual Intel Gigabit Ethernet. Additionally, it provides 1x PCIe(x16), 1x Mini PCIe, and 2x M.2 slots for NVMe drives and wireless devices, such as WiFi and Bluetooth. Advanced features include iAMT (11.6) for remote system management, TPM (2.0) for systems integrity, and iSMART technology that enables energy-efficient systems.

MI995 FEATURES:

• 8th Gen Intel Xeon E / Core i7/ i5/ i3 processors
• 2x DDR4 SO-DIMM sockets, Max. 32GB
• Supports eDP, HDMI (2.0a), DVI-D and DisplayPort
• 2x Intel Gigabit LAN
• 6x USB 3.1, 4x USB 2.0, 4x COM, 4x SATA III
• 1x PCI-E(16x), 1x Mini PCI-E, 2x M.2
• Watchdog timer, Digital I/O, iAMT(11.6), TPM(2.0), iSMART, vPro (MI995VF series)

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[kastriot]

Would like to see ryzen equivalent, prolly price would be 2x less for same performance.

 

[PanicLake]

low-power... but I don't see any wattage number, I think that someone interested in a low-power thing would also be interested in the power consumption...

 

[randomUser]

This low power server thing will most likely cost over 1000 eur alone.
Why buy this, when you can buy 2700x with ITX and have some COM expansion board into pci-e for much less.

 

[silentbogo]

low-power... but I don't see any wattage number, I think that someone interested in a low-power thing would also be interested in the power consumption...

The hint is in supported CPUs: All of those are 45W Coffee Lake parts for mobile workstations (e.g. very-very expensive laptops).
What's weird is that those are also BGA, and it means that it's going to replace the existing low-power Xeon D-15xx lineup...

This low power server thing will most likely cost over 1000 eur alone.

If not more. Their older counterparts are still rocking an impressive $800 price tag.

Why buy this, when you can buy 2700x with ITX and have some COM expansion board into pci-e for much less.

Cause in the server environment you'll save up the difference in electrical bills alone (over the lifetime of the board, of course).
Also, all of those CPUs include an iGPU (HD P630, which is almost twice as fast as previous HD630).
And don't forget about cooling, power supply, ECC memory support (which Ryzen does, but not all motherboard vendors care to implement), component reliability, warranty etc.
Also, good luck finding a decent dual-LAN ITX board for sAM4.

 

[Arumio]

This low power server thing will most likely cost over 1000 eur alone.
Why buy this, when you can buy 2700x with ITX and have some COM expansion board into pci-e for much less.

They cannot because standards for industrial periphery differ from standards for consumer peripherals.

 

[Owen1982]

iBase are making some pretty interesting things lately - one to watch...