Offering an advanced hybrid architecture with up to 24 cores as well as an upgraded neural processing unit (NPU), the latest industrial motherboards from ASRock Industrial improve edge performance, energy efficiency, and AI acceleration for complex AI-driven workloads. The motherboards, which leverage Intel Core Ultra 200S processors (Arrow Lake-S) with Intel 800 series chipsets, tsupport up to DDR5 6400 MHz memory, offering versatile I/O, expansion options, and quad display capabilities.
Features include PCIe Gen5 and USB4/ Thunderbolt 4 for ultra-fast connectivity, and select models offer 10G LAN Intended to meet the demands of high-speed networking. They empower versatile edge AI applications in a variety of form factors such as Mini-ITX, Micro-ATX, and ATX.
The IMB-1246 uses the H810 Chipset, while the IMB-1247 incorporates the Q870 Chipset, which offers enhanced scalability. Both models support up to 96-GB DDR5 memory via two CSO-DIMM (DDR5 6,400 MHz) or SO-DIMM (DDR5 5,600 MHz) slots. Various expansion capabilities and I/O are available, such as one PCIe x16 (Gen5) and one USB4/ Thunderbolt 4.
The IMB-1246 has two USB 3.2 Gen2, one USB 3.2 Gen1, four USB 2.0, one M.2 Key E, one M.2 Key M, four COM ports, and two SATA3 ports. The IMB-1247 enhances connectivity with five USB 3.2 Gen2, two USB 3.2 Gen1, two USB 2.0, one M.2 Key B, one M.2 Key E, two M.2 Key M, four COM ports, and three SATA3 ports.
Among other features are one 2.5G LAN and one 1G LAN, and display support includes triple display output on the IMB-1246 with two HDMI 2.1 TMDS, one DP 2.1 (via Type-C), and one LVDS/eDP. The IMB-1247 supports quad display output, adding one DP 1.4a.
The IMB-1248-WV offers dual 1G LAN, and the IMB-1249-WV has one 2.5G LAN and one 1G LAN. Triple display output for the IMB-1248-WV includes one HDMI 2.1 TMDS, one DP 2.1 (via Type-C), one DP 1.4a, and one LVDS or eDP. The IMB-1249-WV has quad-display support with an additional HDMI 2.1 port for enhanced versatility.
Supporting up to 192-GB DDR5 memory through four 288-pin CU-DIMM (DDR5 6400 MHz) or U-DIMM (DDR5 5600MHz) slots, the IMB-X1317 and IMB-X1317-10G also offer ECC and non-ECC memory compatibility. Expansion capabilities include one PCIe x16 (Gen5), one PCIe x8 (Gen5), and two PCIe x4 (Gen4) slots, along with one M.2 Key E, two M.2 Key M, and one M.2 Key B.
In terms of connectivity options, there are two USB4/Thunderbolt 4, seven USB 3.2 Gen2, two USB 3.2 Gen1, one USB 2.0, six COM ports, and eight SATA3 ports, with the IMB-1317 offering one 1G LAN and one 2.5G LAN. The IMB-X1317 provides three 1G LAN and one 2.5G LAN, and the IMB-X1317-10G adds a 10G LAN. These motherboards have quad-display output with one HDMI 2.1 TMDS, two DP 2.1 (via Type-C), one DP 1.4a, and one LVDS/eDP for versatile multimedia configurations.
