IEI announces support for the Intel® Boot Loader Development Kit (Intel® BLDK)

【Taipei, Taiwan, April 12, 2011】IEI Technology Corp. (IEI), the global industrial PC innovator, introduces support for the Intel® Boot Loader Development Kit (Intel® BLDK) in its product line-up.

The Intel BLDK facilitates IEI products to boot up to an operating system within one second and supports comprehensive operating systems such as Windows CE, MeeGo, Linux, Moblin, Fedora and so forth.

IEI’s wide-ranging product line-up supports the Intel BLDK, enabling users to bypass the use of complicated BIOS settings. The IEI products with Intel BLDK support are available on the solutions with Intel® Atom™ processor Z530P or Z510P, the dual-core Intel® Atom™ processor D525, and the Intel® Atom™ processor E6xx series. With the speedy boot times and effortless setting of the Intel BLDK, IEI products are better suited for use in transportation infotainment, multimedia devices, surveillance, and high speed network applications.

IEI products with the Intel Atom processor Z530P or Z510P include the 3.5” embedded computer board, the WAFER-US15WP and WAFER-US15WP2, and Q7 CPU module, the iQ7-US15W. The general features include ultra low power consumption and H.264 video compression support capabilities.

For the dual-core Intel Atom processor D525, the most notable advantage over its Intel Atom predecessors is its support for 800 MHz DDR3 memory. IEI products built on the dual-core Intel Atom processor D525 provides comprehensive features including an increase of processor speed at 1.8 GHz with no bump in power consumption, gigabit LAN supporting ASF 2.0 and TPM V1.2 hardware security functions, and over 2.2 TB HDD storage on a 64-bit operating system.

As to the Intel Atom processor E6xx series, IEI is ready to release the advanced NANO-TC-E660, a wide-temperature embedded EPIC board operating between -10°C ~ 50°C and meeting ErP standard. An IEI EPIC board designed with the Intel® Atom™ processor E660T running at 1.6 GHz is applied in INDS digital signage computing box for retail market. It features advanced ultra low power consumption, robust 2D/3D graphics performance. It supports dual independent display via 18/24-bit 1 channel LVDS with maximum resolution of 1280x768@60Hz and HDMI transmitted from SDVO maximum resolution of 1280x1024@85Hz. In retail digital signage, it can communicate through Wi-Fi module by mini PCIe or Bluetooth for data sharing.

All IEI solutions include IEI’s unique One Key Recovery software solution. The software eliminates the frustration of system recovery after unexpected system failure. One Key Recovery is an easy way to create full system backup on demand and system restoration to a previously made backup with a single click.

Please visit http://www.ieiworld.com or contact sales@ieiworld.com for further information.

* Intel and Intel Atom are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States and other countries.

About IEI Technology Corp.

IEI Technology Corp. is a leading industrial computer provider.  IEI's products are applied in computer-based applications such as factory automation, computer telephony integration, networking appliances, security, systems, POS systems and in fields like national defense, police administration, transportation, communication base stations and medical instruments.  IEI continues to promote its own-brand products as well as serving ODM vertical markets to offer complete and professional service.