Intel now offers low-power (65W) Intel® Core™2 Quad processors to enable small form factor.

Thing big, go small with Mini-ITX Form Factor
The footprint of the desktop PC is shrinking but not at the expense of performance and capabilities. Small PCs save space, can reduce shipping costs, and conserve environmental resources. Be on the leading edge, think big, and build small. Eco-smart computing starts with Intel inside.

Intel® Invigorates the Small Form Factor PC Market
Intel is committed to supporting small form factor designs and is expanding mini-ITX offerings in the channel over the next two years with the belief that mini-ITX-compatible boards provide the best solution for SFFs.

• Boxed Intel® Core™2 Quad processors are now available enabling quad-core performance for small form factor configurations providing scalability for 65 W energy-efficient computing.
• Intel® Desktop Boards in microATX and mini-ITX form factors offer all the leading-edge technologies for the home and office.
• To support the ecosystem for this new form factor, Intel works with chassis vendors to test and validate thermal performance.
• Intel has also published chassis design guides and reference designs which vendors can use when designing new products.
• Intel is committed to driving standards for its mini-ITX form factor desktop boards to ensure better compatibility with chassis and power supply vendors.

Customer Demand Drives Small Form Factor (SFF) Desktop Growth
Chassis size is expected to play a significant role in the evolution of PC usage. International Data Corporation (IDC)—a market research and analysis firm—predicts that more than 40 percent of all desktop sales will be in PC cases with a volume of less than 19 liters by 2012.

Intel is working with ecosystem vendors to ensure that system integrators can take advantage of this significant trend.

Small Form Factor Desktops Today
These are some of the various forms desktops are taking today. Each of these form factors make the PC more suitable for the specific purpose it was built.

SFF PC: An 8- to 19-liter desktop that can be built using either a microATX or mini-ITX motherboard.	Ultra SFF PC: A 4- to 8-liter desktop built with a mini-ITX motherboard, which IDC believes will be the fastest growing desktop form factor in the next four years.	Media PC: A small media center PC that delivers the power and performance consumers demand, with greater energy efficiency and a space saving design.
All-in-One PC: A desktop PC where the PC is built into the monitor body. All major PC manufacturers are offering all-in-one systems targeted mainly at consumers.	Two-in-One PC: A VESA-mounted PC behind a monitor is lightweight and quiet enough to not be noticed, and it leaves more desk space for working.	Cool/Stylish PC: A PC that offers a more stylish and personalized look that makes users want to put their desktop PCs on the desk, rather than under it.
Embedded PC: PCs that are built for a single purpose into a larger product such as a kiosk, digital banner, or any kind of set-top. These are typically wall or table mountable and come in basic and simple designs.	Generic Low-Cost PC: Any lowerpriced desktop PC that is intended for a single application use such as accessing the Internet. The key attribute customers are looking for here is a low price point.	Home Server PC: Typically a Microsoft* Windows* Home Server OS-based PC with multiple HDD support for media and file sharing or backing up full PC images on the local network.
Open Frame PC: This is a PC designed to have more accessibility inside the guts of the PC and to impress or grab attention.

¹ Source: IDC Worldwide and US PC Client Form Factor 2007–2011 Forecast-Dec 07.

Intel® desktop boards continue to support microATX form factor PCs, and now mini-ITX-compatible boards have been added to the portfolio for ultra small form factor (uSFF) designs. The compatibility of mini-ITX boards with microATX chassis makes them an ideal choice for building small desktop PCs today and in the future.

Thermal Solutions: New Standard Lower-Profile Thermal Solutions for the Performance, Mainstream, and Value Markets
New lower-profile, standard boxed thermal solutions from Intel enable greater form factor chassis compatibility and higher thermal performance for smaller cases. Intel’s 45nm manufacturing technology has made lower thermal design power (TDP) processors possible, allowing lower-profile thermal solutions and enabling small form factor desktop solutions. These lower-profile thermal solutions cut 15mm from the overall board height, enabling thinner form factors.

Different Chassis Requirements

• Mechanical: mainstream boards use larger and taller fan thermal solutions
• Thermal: mainstream boards support 65 W processors and other components; nettop total TDP is approximately 35 W
• Electrical: the minimum PSU requirement for mainstream boards is 150 W; nettop minimum PSU is approximately 75 W

Other PC Components Also Getting Smaller

• Mobile or slim optical drives are coming down in price as well as increasing in availability (both SATA and PATA.)
• Desktop standard-sized optical drives have decreased in length in the last few years from 205mm to approximately 170mm on average.
• Mobile hard drives are available in larger densities and faster speeds, and their price premiums over desktop HDDs are decreasing. Solid state drives are also coming into the market.
• Low-profile add-in cards from many manufacturers are available providing expansion options that were previously available only on larger desktops, such as TV tuners, wireless access, and USB and 1394 ports.
• DC boards that go into the chassis to work with external power adapters are getting smaller, such as the picoPSU from Mini-Box.com*.

Why mini-ITX?

Enter the fast-growing desktop market segment with plenty of motherboard options: Save space Small footprint systems Offer innovative standards-based design Save the environment Lower carbon footprint Build green and energy-efficient systems Save yourself the extra work Validated chassis list provided below Backward compatibility with ATX/micro-ATX

Mini-ITX boards are backward compatible with micro-ATX/ATX boards. Enlarge image

Why Intel® mini-ITX desktop boards?

• Enjoy top-to-bottom mini-ITX offerings that allow for multiple usage models:
• Mainstream: latest technologies ranging from the native Blu-ray* playback to best for business security and manageability advantages of Intel® vPro™ Technology
• Classic: new features, flexibility, and great prices
• Essential: Internet-centric, purpose-built, low-power, affordable devices. Also, a convenient list of mini-ITX chassis and low-profile heatsinks validated with our desktop boards
• Great Intel quality and reliability, value-add software in the box, Advanced Warranty Replacement (AWR) and three-year limited warranty, post-sales support with highly-trained staff¹

Motherboards Designed for Specialized Needs

• Intel® Media Series: performance needed to create, share, and enjoy digital entertainment (Intel® Desktop Board DG45FC)
• Intel® Executive Series: manageability, security, and power-efficient performance, as well as Intel® vPro™ technology (Intel® Desktop Board DQ45EK)
• Intel® Classic Series: stability, reliability, and affordability consumers expect, at a mid-level price point (Intel® Desktop Board DG41MJ)
• Intel Essential Series: affordable desktop computing devices, purpose-built for Internet-centric usage models (Intel® Desktop Boards D945GCLF and D945GCLF2)

Intel Desktop Board Roadmap

Media/Executive	2008	1H 2009	2H 2009	2010
	DG45FCM Mini-ITX, ICH10R, DDR2, HDMI / DVI, Int. Gfx, PCIe* x1			Nehalem2 Mini-ITX Desktop Boards
	DQ45EK Mini-ITX, ICHI0DO, DDR2, Dual DVI, PCle* x1, TPM / AMT
Classic
		DG41MJ Mini-ITX, ICH7 DDR2, VGA, PCl
Essential
	D945GCLF2 Mini-ITX, 945GC, SATA, GbE LAN, Int. Gfx, Atom™ DC	D945GSEJT Mini-ITX, 945GSE, SATA, GbE LAN, Int. Gfx, N270	Pineview2–DC Mini-ITX	Pineview2–DC Mini-ITX
	D945GCLF Mini-ITX, 945GC, SATA, 10/100, Int. Gfx, Atom™ 230

Intel® Desktop Board DG45FC Supports 65 W Intel® Core™2 Quad or Intel® Core™2 Duo processor with up to 1333FSB Intel® GMA X4500HD Graphics with DX10, DVI and HDMI graphics output, graphic ports, native HD DVD, and Blue-Ray support Dual-channel DDR2 667/800 MHz, 2 DIMMs (4 GB max) PCI-x1, Gb LAN, 4 SATA, 1 eSATA, 10 USB, 8 Channel audio, SPDIF, serial header Supports Intel® Remote Wake Technology	Enlarge image
Intel® Desktop Board DQ45EK Supports 65 W Intel® Core™2 Quad or Intel® Core™2 Duo processor with up to 1333FSB Intel® GMA 4500 Graphics with DX10, DVI-I, and DVI-D output Dual-Channel DDR2 667/800 MHz, 2 DIMMs (4 GB max) PCI-x1, Gb LAN, 4 SATA, 1 eSATA, 10 USB, 5.1 channel audio, serial header Intel® AMT 5.0 Professional, Intel® Integrated TPM Supports Green Computing initiatives with energy-efficient and RoHS compliant design	Enlarge image
Intel® Desktop Board DG41MJ Supports Intel® Core&trad;2 Duo processor with up to 1333 FSB Intel® GMA X4500 graphics with DX10, DVI-I, and VGA graphics output PCI, Gb LAN, 3 SATA, 8 USB Legacy features including PS/2, serial header, and parallel port	Enlarge image
Intel® Desktop Board D945GSEJT Mini-ITX [170mm x 170mm] Board with a z-height of 20mm Passively cooled, integrated single core Intel® Atom™ processor N270 and mobile Intel® 945GSE Express Chipset (SO-DIMM) Intel® GMA 950 dual-onboard graphics support (DVI-D & VGA), Gigabit LAN, 3 Back Panel USB Ports, One PCI Express Mini Card slot Integrated DC-to-DC circuitry with 12 VDC jack on back panel for external power supply	Enlarge image
Intel® Desktop Board D945GCLF2/D945GCLF2D Integrated 45nm Intel® Atom&trad; processor 330 with 1.6GHz / 512KB L2 cache / 533 MHz system bus Intel® GMA 950 and VGA Support for DDR2 533 / 667 MHz DIMM (up to 2 GB of system memory) 6 channel HD audio, Gb LAN, PATA and SATA support, 8 USB 2.0 ports, PS/2, serial port, parallel port and single PCI slot	Enlarge image
Intel® Desktop Board D945GCLF Integrated 45nm Intel® Atom&trad; processor 230 with 1.6GHz / 512KB L2 cache / 533 MHz system bus Intel® GMA 950 with VGA support Support for DDR2 533 / 667 MHz DIMM (up to 2 GB of system memory) 2+2 channel HD audio, 10/100 LAN, PATA and SATA support, 6 USB ports, PS/2, serial port, parallel port and single PCI slot	Enlarge image

¹AWR available to Intel® Channel Partner Program members only for mainstream mini-ITX board offering, restrictions apply.

²Nehalem and Pineview are code names of Intel Corporation. Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Core, Core Inside, Intel Atom, Intel Atom Inside, and Intel vPro are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. Copyright © 2008 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.

Intel® Desktop Board Mini-ITX Chassis:
A properly cooled system can improve processor reliability and minimize acoustic levels generated from running the cooling fan at higher speeds.

This chassis list is being provided to Intel resellers to aid in the system integration process. Intel has determined these chassis meet the minimum thermal and mechanical fit compatibility to support the processors used on the listed motherboards. However, power supplies have not been validated to meet the electrical requirement of the processor or the system. These chassis were tested in an assumed worst case ambient condition of 35C.

For the DG45FC and DQ45EK motherboards, we used the Intel® Core™2 Duo processor with Intel standard low-profile fan heat sink.