Quietly and discreetly, a mysterious group of unidentified individuals is preparing to release a security-focused motherboard based on the Elbrus-8SV processor.
Specifications of the board:
- Form factor: Mini-ITX
- Processor: MCST Elbrus-8SV 8-core @ 1.5 GHz VLIW (fully compatible with LGA3647 for radiator mount)
- Southbridge: MCST KPI-2
- Memory: 8 GB or 32 GB (2x [4+1] 8 Gb/32 Gb DDR4 DRAM 2400 MHz ECC)
- SATA: 2x M.2_2280 + 4x SATA_6G
- Extended storage: 1x microSD (HC)
- Cache: 1x PATA 8 GB (required as cache for binary translation from x86)
- PCIe: 1x PCIe2_x16 + 1x PCIe2_x1 (as USB3)
- Security:
- 1x TPM SPI connector
- 2x bootloader firmware with additional security measures
- 3x heatsink detectors
- 1x temperature sensor trigger
- 2x tampering sensors
Network:
- Marvell M88E1111-RCJ chipset
- 1x 1G_SFP
- 3x 1G_RJ45
- GPS: GPS with an additional internal port for an antenna
- USB:
- 2x USB 2.0 (rear)
- 4x USB 2.0 (+PD) (rear)
- 2x USB 3.0 (rear)
- 1x USB 2.0 (internal)
- COM: 1x COM header (internal) required for debugging boot
- Debugging: 1x 6-pin debug port, 1x 4-pin (USB to GPIO)
- Video: 2x HDMI (1 HDMI per SM768/256 MB)
- Audio: Integrated simple audio codec (Linux-compatible)
- Additional sensors:
- Fall detection sensor
- Gyroscope
- Water sensor
- Additional connectors:
- 2x PWM-4
- RTC battery connector
- Simple BEEP connector
- PCB: 14 layers (level 5 accuracy) / ISOLA Hi Tg 180
It is important to note that developers plan to adhere to GPL wherever possible and state their readiness (see comments) to provide the source code of the kernel and other utilities that were not previously released online:
Kernel will be open for every buyer, but kernel source code can be compiled only on ELBRUS and only with MCST proprietary C/C++ compiler and build system.
All other parts will be as source code â if we have it and it was received without super strong restrictions or parts owned by us. (there will be a guarantee to include glibc and other GPL parts)
About the board on TomsHardware.
Source: linux.org.ru
