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DFI CH961 8th/9th Gen Intel iCore Xeon COM Express Basic

  • Product Name: DFI CH961
  • Module Form Factor: COM Express Basic
  • CPU: 8th/9th Gen Intel iCore Xeon Celeron
  • RAM: Dual channel DDR4 2666MHz SODIMM up to 96GB
  • Expansion: Multiple expansion: 1 PCIe x16, 8 PCIe x1
  • Other features: Four display ports: VGA*/DDI + LVDS*/eDP + 2 DDI Supports three independent displays; DP++ resolution supports up to 4096×2304 @ 60Hz; Rich I/O: 1 Intel GbE, 4 USB 3.1, 8 USB 2.0
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Description

  • Dual channel DDR4 2666MHz SODIMM up to 96GB
  • Four display ports: VGA*/DDI + LVDS*/eDP + 2 DDI Supports three independent displays
  • DP++ resolution supports up to 4096×2304 @ 60Hz
  • Multiple expansion: 1 PCIe x16, 8 PCIe x1
  • Rich I/O: 1 Intel GbE, 4 USB 3.1, 8 USB 2.0

 

CH961 Specification

System
 
Processor
8th/9th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors, BGA 1440
Intel® Core™ i7-8850H, 6 Cores, 12M Cache, 2.6GHz (4.3GHz), 45W (CM246/QM370)
Intel® Core™ i5-8400H, 4 Cores, 8M Cache, 2.5GHz (4.2GHz), 45W (CM246/QM370/HM370)
Intel® Core™ i3-8100H, 4 Cores, 6M Cache, 3.0GHz, 45W (QM370/HM370)
Intel® Core™ i3-9100HL, 4 Cores, 6M Cache, 1.6GHz (2.9GHz), 25W (HM370)
Intel® Core™ i7-9850HL, 6 Cores, 9M Cache, 1.9GHz (4.1GHz), 25W (QM370)
Intel® Core™ i7-9850HE, 6 Cores, 9M Cache, 2.7GHz (4.4GHz), 45W (QM370)
Intel® Xeon® E-2176M, 6 Cores, 12M Cache, 2.7GHz (4.4GHz), 45W (CM246/QM370)
Intel® Xeon® E-2276ML, 6 Cores, 12M Cache, 2.0GHz (4.2GHz), 25W (CM246)
Intel® Xeon® E-2276ME, 6 Cores, 12M Cache, 2.8GHz (4.5GHz), 45W (CM246)
Intel® Xeon® E-2254ML, 4 Cores, 8M Cache, 1.7GHz (3.5GHz), 25W (CM246)
Intel® Xeon® E-2254ME, 4 Cores, 8M Cache, 2.6GHz (3.8GHz), 45W (CM246)
Intel® Celeron® G4930E, 2 Cores, 2M Cache, 2.4GHz (2.4GHz), 35W (CM246)
Intel® Celeron® G5600E, 2 Cores, 4M Cache, 3.9GHz, 35W (HM370)
Intel® Celeron® G4932E, 2 Cores, 2M Cache, 1.9GHz (1.9GHz), 25W (HM370)
Chipset
Intel® CM246 Chipset (Support ECC)
Intel® QM370/HM370 Chipset
Memory
Four 260-pin SODIMM up to 96GB
Dual Channel DDR4 2666MHz
BIOS
AMI SPI 128Mbit
Graphics
 
Controller
Intel® HD Graphics
Feature
OpenGL up to 4.5, DirectX 11, OpenCL 2.1
HW Decode: HEVC/H.265, H.264, M/JPEG, MPEG2, VC1/WMV9, VP8 (8-bit), VP9 (10-bit)
HW Encode: HEVC/H.265, M/JPEG, MPEG2, VP8
Display
1 x VGA/DDI (DDI available upon request)
1 x LVDS/eDP (eDP available upon request)
2 x DDI (HDMI/DVI/DP++)
VGA: resolution up to 2560×1600 @ 60Hz
LVDS: dual channel 24-bit, resolution up to 1920×1200 @ 60Hz
HDMI: resolution up to 2560×1600@60Hz/4096×2160@24Hz
DVI: resolution up to 1920×1200 @ 60Hz
DP++: resolution up to 4096×2304 @ 60Hz
Triple Displays
VGA + LVDS + DDI or VGA + DDI 1 + DDI 2 eDP + 2 DDI (available upon request)
Storage
 
SSD
PCIe x4, 64GB~1TB
Share NvME SSD PCIE 0/1 Port with SATA 2/3 Port
SSD is alternative function with SATA 2/3 Port
SSD and 2nd DDR4 SO-DIMM(DIMM2) is alternative function.
Micron 2100AI for normal temp.
Micron 2100AT for wide temp.
Expansion
 
Interface
1 x PCIe x16 or 2 x PCIe x8 (Gen 3)
8 x PCIe x1 or 2 x PCIe x4 or 4 x PCIe x2 (Gen 3)
1 x LPC
1 x I2C
1 x SMBus
2 x UART (TX/RX)
Audio
 
Interface
HD Audio
Ethernet
 
Controller
1 x Intel® I219LM/V with iAMT12.0 PCIe (10/100/1000Mbps) (Only CM346/QM370 support iAMT)
I/O
 
USB
4 x USB 3.1
8 x USB 2.0
SATA
4 x SATA 3.0 (up to 6Gb/s)
RAID 0/1/5/10
DIO
1 x 8-bit DIO (Default 4 inputs and 4 outputs)
Watchdog Timer
 
Output & Interval
System Reset, Programmable via Software from 1 to 255 Seconds
Security
 
TPM
TPM2.0 by request. (QM370/C246)
Power
 
Type
8.5V~20V, 5VSB, VCC_RTC (ATX mode)
8.5V~20V, VCC_RTC (AT mode)
Consumption
TBD
OS Support
 
OS Support
Windows: Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 64-bit
Linux
Environment
 
Temperature
Operating: 0 to 60°C, -40 to 85°C
Storage: -40 to 85°C
Humidity
Operating: 5 to 90% RH
Storage: 5 to 90% RH
MTBF
TBD
Mechanism
 
Dimensions
COM Express® Basic
95mm (3.74″) x 125mm (4.9″)
Compliance
PICMG COM Express® R3.0, Type 6
Standards and Certifications
 
Certifications
CE, FCC
Country of Origin
 
Country of Origin
Taiwan

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