Atlanta, GA - SHB Express™ (PICMG® 1.3) is a new industry standard that defines a high-speed PCI Express™ interface methodology between the system host board (SHB) and the backplane. This standard carries on the tradition of PICMG 1.0 by providing a means to support a wide variety of option cards and peripheral devices in an embedded computing system. SHB Express replaces the parallel PCI-X/PCI/ISA bus interface structure of PICMG 1.0 and 1.2 systems with PCI Express serial links to the backplane. PCI Express-to-PCI bridge chip technology allows PCI Express, PCI and PCI-X option cards to co-exist in an SHB Express system in order to maximize an organization's ROI while taking advantage of the overall system speed and bandwidth improvements offered by PCI Express technology. Trenton is proud to have taken part in developing the PICMG 1.3 standard and is happy to introduce the following new SHB Express products.

NLT - DUAL PROCESSOR SYSTEM HOST BOARD
Trenton's NLT features the Intel® Xeon™ processors with an 800MHz system bus, including Intel® Extended Memory Technology (Intel® EM64T) to offer support for both 32-bit and 64-bit applications. These new processors also offer larger cache memory and faster processing speeds than predecessors. The NLT uses the Intel® E7520 chipset to provide a dual channel DDR2-400 memory capable of supporting 8GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 6.4GB/s. Edge connectors A & B on the NLT provide one x4 and two x8 PCI Express links to the backplane. The PCI Express links provided by the NLT are capable of supporting communication to x1, x4, x8 and x16 PCI Express boards as well as PCI/PCI-X option cards via a PCI Express-to-PCI/PCI-X bridge chip technology on an SHB Express-compatible backplane. Other NLT board features include dual SATA/150 interfaces, quad USB 2.0 connections, dual 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet ports, on-board video and an optional I/O expansion board for legacy I/O support.

NLI - SINGLE PROCESSOR SYSTEM HOST BOARD
The NLI offers all of the features of the NLT in a single-processor form factor. The NLI is designed to provide superior PCI Express communication capabilities for applications that require a single processor and a lower cost SHB solution.

BPX3/8 - SHB EXPRESS BACKPLANE
Trenton designed the BPX3/8 backplane to support all full-length SHB Express-compatible system host boards. The backplane features one x16 and one x8 PCI Express slot. A PCI Express-to-PCI/PCI-X bridge chip supports four 64-bit/66MHz PCI-X or PCI option card slots and a PCI-to-PCI bridge provides support for four additional 64-bit/33MHz PCI cards. The backplane also features one Ethernet port and four USB 2.0 ports for use with SHBs that provide the optional I/O routing to edge connector C offered in the SHB Express specification. The BPX3/8 supports the Trenton 14-slot backplane and the SHB Express (PICMG 1.3) 13-slot backplane mounting hole patterns. Input power options for the backplane include ATX, EPS and screw terminals for extended-current applications. This is the first in a series of planned SHB Express backplanes from Trenton. Trenton also offers custom backplane engineering and manufacturing services.
"Trenton's latest products make PCI Express a reality in many embedded computing applications." said Steve Sciarappo, Director of Operations, Infrastructure Processor Division, Intel Corporation. "The Intel® Xeon™ Processor and the Intel® E7520 Chipset enables Trenton Technology to offer system host boards and backplanes that can meet the demanding requirements of current and next generation embedded computing applications."

Pricing and Availability
All products are available now. Typical prices are:

NLT	Dual processor SHB	$ 2,675
NLI	Single processor SHB	$ 2,275
BPX3/8	SHB Express Backplane	$ 832

Pricing and processor speed availability varies. Contact Trenton for the latest information on pricing discounts as well as volume and OEM purchase programs.


About Trenton Technology
Trenton Technology Inc. is a specialized designer and manufacturer of system host boards, single board computers and backplanes for critical embedded computing applications such as telephony, imaging, instrumentation, control and others that require performance, precision and reliability. As an Associate Member of the Intel® Embedded and Communications Alliance, a community of communications and embedded developers and solution providers, Trenton has the development expertise to provide faster time-to-market designs for the applied computing marketplace. For more information about the Intel® Embedded and Communications Alliance, please visit www.intel.com/go/ica.

Trenton offers a feature rich line of PCI Express, PCI-X/PCI/ISA and CompactPCI® products manufactured in the USA to ISO 9001:2000, CE and UL standards, satisfying the industry's increasing demands for features and performance. All Trenton Technology products are backed by a full two-year warranty and Trenton's engineer oriented technical support.

For more information about our SHB Express products, or any other Trenton product, call (800) 875-6031 or (770) 287-3100. You can also visit our website at www.TrentonTechnology.com or e-mail us at SHB@TrentonTechnology.com