NORCO Announces BIS-6550HD Fanless Atom N270 System with HDMI and 1080p HD Hardware Decoder

Shenzhen, China, July 05, 2010 --(PR.com)-- NORCO, leading manufacturer of embedded and server storage products, today announces BIS-6550HD, a high performance Intel N270 Atom processor based 1080p HD platform. It has a built-in ultra low power HD AVC/VC-1/MPEG-2 hardware decoder, capable of full HD real-time decoding of H.264, VC-1 media contents at up to 40Mbps, MPEG-2 at up to 125Mbps as well as playback of Blu-ray. Playing back of 1080p H.264 HD video with the BIS-6550HD uses less than 15% of the 2.5W Atom N270 CPU, 1080p WMV HD content uses even less. The power consumption of the complete loaded system with hard drive is less than 13W, a fraction of a conventional GPU on a standard video card with HD capability.

Standard media interfaces include: VGA, HDMI, Composite and S-Video out, built-in CF socket, SD reader, two SATA II ports, four USB 2.0 ports, one Gigabit Ethernet. Optional wireless card and HD TV tuner is also available. The industrial grade embedded board, SSD (solid-state drive) support and compact fanless design make it perfect for any full HD media player applications. Based on request for projects, OEM options are available on various enclosures, including NORCO’s signature fanless enclosure with high efficient heatpipe design. Custom branding is also available.

Features
- Small form factor fanless enclosure
- Intel® Atom™ N270 1.6GHz processor
- Low power consumption for HD playback
- DDR2 SODIMM slot support up to 2GB RAM
- Mini-PCIe for wireless and HD TV tuner options
- High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) for HD output
- Built-in CF socket, SD reader, two SATA II ports
- ALC888 High Definition Audio Codec

Applications
- Digital signage HD media player
- Consumer Set-Top-Box/network media player
- Portable Internet media appliance
- High-definition media center PC
- Multimedia presentation

Specifications
Processor: Intel® Atom™ N270 1.6GHz processor
Chipset: Intel 945GSE+ICH7M
RAM: One DDR2 SO-DIMM Socket, up to 2GB
SATA: Two SATA II ports, SSD Support
IDE: One IDE CF socket, SD reader
USB: Four USB 2.0 ports
Video: One VGA, one HDMI 1.3, one Composite Video, one S-Video
Ethernet: One Gigabit Ethernet port
Hardware decoder video format support:
H.264/AVC SP, MP and HP at Level 4.1 up to 40 Mbps
SMPTE VC-1 SP, MP and AP at Level 3 up to 40 Mbps
MPEG-2 MP at ML and MPEG-2 MP at HL, up to 125Mbps
Uncompressed video output
- YUV 4:2:0, YUV 4:2:2
- NV12 planar YCbCr format
- YUY2, UYVY packed YCbCr format
- 480i, 480p, 576i, 576p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p support
Power: 12V DC
Operating Temperature: 0°C - 60 °C
Dimensions: 205 x 153.2 x 48.2mm, 8.07" x 6.03" x 1.90" (W x D x H)

NORCO is the factory of Habeyusa. And NORCO brand be used in worldwide except of USA.

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