Suitable for use in medical and automation applications, a system host board (SHB) provides high performance and flexible PCI Express expansion. The ROBO-8110VG2AR full-size PICMG 1.3 host board from American Portwell Technology Inc, Fremont, CA, is based on the Intel Xeon processor E3-1200 product family, which offers 32 nm Hi-K process technology within energy-efficient architecture. The latest versions of these processors can integrate an enhanced graphics engine with 3-D capabilities. They also feature the PCI Express 2.0, which provides flexible x16, x8, or x4 lanes for versatility. To provide high performance and increase processing efficiency, the processors also support optimized Intel Turbo Boost 2.0 and Intel Hyper-Threading technology.

Because it is also based on the Intel C206 chipset, the SHB can integrate dual Intel Gigabit Ethernet controllers, one of which can support Intel Active Management technology 7.0. Additionally, the SHB features four SATA ports—two ports at 6 Gb/sec and two ports at 3 Gb/sec—that support RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 mode. Legacy device support, such as serial ports RS232 and RS232/422/485 selectable, for factory automation applications is also provided. Moreover, the Intel chipset offers versatile display interfaces that can accommodate multiple displays built into one board, such as dual integrated displays via DVI-I (DVI-D + VGA) and HDMI.