FailSafe Embedded PC-on-a-Chip

Designed expressly for embedded applications, the ZFx86 PC-on-a-chip was designed from the ground up with the industry's most comprehensive set of traditional X86 PC functionality. Unique proprietary FailSafe System features resolve the most critical issues that can stand in the way of creating successful and reliable OEM products.

It is ideally suited to applications where low power is required for long battery life or in harsh environments where airflow for heat dissipation is restricted and heatsinks and fans are unacceptable.

The ZFx86 architecture was created specifically to be the most cost-effective way of incorporating full PC functionality and compatibility in high volume OEM products. Designed from inception for use in cost-sensitive embedded systems, ZFx86 requires minimal external components. Its 16/32-bit switchable DRAM bus makes it possible to run with as little as one DRAM chip in the system. No other device of its kind makes possible the inclusion of the equivalent of a PC motherboard in OEM devices for a lower total bill of materials cost. ZFx86 is also the only such device that includes a BIOS license (ZFx86 port of Phoenix Rev 4.0 Standard PC BIOS) and VxWorks Run Time License—and associated software for ZFx86 and target application—at no extra cost.

ZFx86 incorporates the core features of a PC motherboard with all the most common peripherals and a number of enhancements developed by ZF exclusively for the embedded market. Ease of integration, reliability and failsafe operation in harsh environments were the guiding factors in the design process.

ZF Micro Devices Europe, 30 Rue Du Morvan, Silic 558, Rungis Cedex, 94643 Paris, France. Tel: +33 141 80 04 10; Fax: +33 141 80 04 11.

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