Axiomtek IMB540 industrial ATX motherboard

Axiomtek has introduced the IMB540, an industrial ATX motherboard featuring the LGA1700 socket for the 12th generation Intel Core i9/i7/i5/i3 processors (code name: Alder Lake-S). In addition to providing high computing performance, the motherboard features quad displays and dual GPU expansion, delivering intelligent workload optimisation and scalable graphics for next-gen edge AIoT applications.

The motherboard is built with Intel R680E chipset and features a range of CPU options with the 12th generation Intel Core, Intel Pentium and Intel Celeron processors. It is also equipped with four DDR4-3200 ECC/non-ECC un-buffered Long-DIMM slots with a total capacity of 128 GB. This motherboard has five PCIe slots — two PCIe 4.0 x16 slots for GPU acceleration cards and three PCIe x4 slots for GPU, AI acceleration, frame grabber, NIC and motion control card configurations. The networking interfaces consist of a 2.5 GbE LAN port with time-sensitive networking (TSN), a GbE LAN port, as well as a PCIe Mini Card slot with SIM slot for Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/LTE connectivity. Featuring Intel Iris Xe Graphics, the IMB540 supports up to four independent displays via HDMI, DVI-D, VGA and DisplayPort++.

For storage, there are four SATA 3.0 ports with integrated RAID 0/1/5/10 and additional storage is available via an M.2 Key M 2280 slot with PCIe x4 signal for NVMe SSD. The USB interface support includes four USB 3.2 Gen2, four USB 3.2 Gen1 and five USB 2.0 ports. The board also features four RS-232, two RS-232/422/485, 8-channel programmable digital I/O, one HD Codec audio, one SMBus and one PS/2 keyboard and mouse. Likewise, the industrial ATX motherboard can withstand a wide operating temperature range from 0 to 60°C. It supports onboard Trusted Platform Module 2.0 (TPM) to provide hardware-based data protection. In addition, the motherboard supports Windows 10 and Linux operating systems.

The IMB540 is available for purchase now. The motherboard also includes one PCIe Mini slot for wireless connection.