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Follow on Google News | Portwell Announces Neptune Alpha OpenBMC Development Kit Featuring Support for Facebook's OpenBMCPortwell's Neptune Alpha OpenBMC Development Kit is designed with Type 6 COM Express module and features support for Facebook's OpenBMC. It is the number one hardware platform developed for supporting open source IPMI developments from OpenBMC.
"Our new Neptune Alpha OpenBMC Development Kit is built with the latest OpenBMC from Facebook®," "By developing custom BMC from open source," Feng continues, "means Portwell's Neptune Alpha OpenBMC Development Kit enables customers to verify their custom-built BMC for speeding up time to market. And," he adds, "because the development kit is designed with a COM Express module, it offers customers a flexible choice for future upgrades." Other benefits of the Portwell Neptune Alpha OpenBMC Development Kit include the ability to load open source IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) code and support video debug mode. "Facebook validated OpenBMC on our development kit," Feng confirms, "and it also features a reference board designed to allow customers to develop their own platform, including IPMI design." Driven by the mobile Intel QM170 chipset, the 9.6˝ x 9.6˝ (243.8 mm x 243.8 mm) kit supports dual channel memory up to 32GB DDR4; a watchdog timer programmable via the software from one second to 255 minutes; 3x SATA (6GB/s) and 1x M.2 storage interface; Intel Ethernet Controller I219 LM; 1x PCIe x16, 1x PCIe x4 and 2x PCIe x1; 4x USB 3.0 and 1x USB 2.0; 1x serial TX/RX port (supported from onboard EC) and 1x serial port for BMC; plus video support for HDMI, DP (DisplayPort) Portwell's Neptune Alpha OpenBMC Development Kit is the ideal choice for effectively implementing and maintaining a dynamic data center for applications in network server, network switch, network storage system and communication appliances. The Number One Hardware Platform According to American Portwell's product marketing director, Robert Feng, what makes Portwell's new Neptune Alpha OpenBMC Development Kit different is that most of the existing IPMIs are pre-built, created and offered by IPMI providers with high license fees and development NRE (non-recurring engineering) Product details: http://portwell.com/ About American Portwell Technology American Portwell Technology, Inc., is a world-leading innovator in the embedded and network computing markets and an Associate member of the Intel® Internet of Things Solutions Alliance. American Portwell Technology designs, manufactures and markets a complete range of PICMG computer boards, embedded computer boards and systems, rackmount systems and network communication appliances for both OEMs and ODMs. American Portwell is an ISO 9001, ISO 13485, ISO 14001 and TL 9000 certified company. The company is located in Fremont, California. For more information about American Portwell's extensive turnkey solutions and private-label branding service, visit us at http://www.portwell.com. All products and company names referred to herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or mark holders. End
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