
2 Form Factors
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Advantages
The advantages of selecting a rack-mount or industrial PC computer for your
target PC are
• High performance
• Highest I/O expandability
• Standard rugged industrial chassis, which is ideal for the laboratory
• Clean design using backplane technology
• Good maintainability
• Similar architecture to the desktop PC
• Reusable I/O boards from a desktop PC configuration
Disadvantages
The disadvantages of selecting a rack-mount or industrial PC computer for
your target PC are
• Large physical dimensions
• Higher acquisition costs than desktop PCs
• CPU performance lags behind desktop PCs by 6 to 12 months.
Vendors
There are many suppliers of rack-mount and industrial PCs. You can get
general information from
www.picmg.com. Vendors include
• Diversified Technology, Inc.,
www.dtims.com
• Base Technology, www.ibase-i.com.tw
• ICS Advent, www.icsadvent.com
• Trenton Technology Inc., www.trentonprocessors.com
• Lanner Electronics Inc., www.lannerinc.com
• I-Bus/Phoenix, www.ibus.com
• Technoland, Inc., www.technoland.com
• Arbor Technology Co., www.arbor.com.tw
• Advantech Co., Ltd, www.advantech.com
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