02nd September 2021, Taipei, Taiwan – Advantech-Innocore the gaming focused business group of Advantech Corp, announces the new DPX®-J100 gaming system. The DPX-J100 is a complete gaming system for the regulated casino, AWP, redemption and skill-based gaming markets. The product combines all the hardware features necessary for a gaming platform together in a high performance industrial-grade system at an incredibly low price point.
The new DPX-J100 is designed from the ground up for low cost but without compromising performance and reliability. The JAMMA format connector design for I/O and power is well established in the gaming and amusements sectors as a reliable, low-cost basis for cabinet harnessing. The DPX-J100’s JAMMA connectors include a comprehensive array of I/O and COMs including amplified speaker outputs, button deck and switch inputs, intrusion inputs and fifteen discrete outputs that can be expanded to twenty-three. A dedicated solid-state relay output together with native support for legacy VGA monitors allows the DPX-J100 to be used in many retrofit applications.
At the heart of the DPX-J100 is the AMD Ryzen™ Embedded processor, which includes high-performance dual-and quad-core APU devices based on the AMD “Zen” CPU architecture. Supporting up to 32GB DDR4 system RAM, the DPX-J100 is even ready for mission critical applications that require an ECC memory option.
The discrete-level Radeon™ “Vega” graphics outputs to three independent monitors via VGA, DisplayPort DP++ port, and HDMI ports with 4k support on the latter two. The graphics engine features the AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN) 5 architecture with up to 8 graphics compute units, providing leading performance and features including Direct X 12, EGL 1.4, OpenGL 4.6, and support for video decoding VP9, H.265 (10 bit)[i].
Even with the high performance of the APUs, the DPX-J100 is passive-cooled for APUs up to 10W cTDP, requiring no CPU fan in most applications and thereby reducing maintenance costs due to fan failures in the field. For top end performance APUs up to 25W cTDP are fitted with a high reliability fan cooler.
An optional secure enclosure is available for the DPX-J100 depending on the customer’s preference and local jurisdictional requirements.
The system is compatible with Advantech’s software solutions for security, media validation, SAS and diagnostics and other on-board security features include an optional TPM, FRAM non-volatile memory (up to 2MB) and a one-wire/iButton interface.
A wide variety of storage devices are supported including SATA DOM, C-Fast, USB drive and even an M.2 interface for the latest solid state storage modules including hardware write-protectable NVME OPAL devices available from Advantech.
A wide variety of storage devices are supported including SATA DOM, C-Fast, USB drive and even an M.2 interface for the latest solid state storage modules including hardware write-protectable NVME OPAL devices available from Advantech.
Key features
- Dual- and Quad-core AMD Ryzen Embedded R1000 and V1000 Series APUs up to 2.6 GHz with Radeon “Vega” high performance graphics
- Comprehensive gaming features including dedicated ports for CCTALK, SAS, GPIO, I2C, and 5.1 surround sound.
- Passive cooled system up to 10W, (15 and 25W APUs use a fancooler)
- Stereo amplifier on board
- JAMMA 72 and 20 pin industry standard harnessing
- Optional casino grade enclosure with tamper monitoring (Battery backed and logged)
- Long lifecycle (guaranteed 7 years in production)
Craig Stapleton, Advantech’s Product Director, commented, “The DPX-J100 is an exciting product for us, opening up new market segments where our traditional products didn’t quite fit from both board format, IO and cost perspectives. With the latest AMD Ryzen Embedded R1000 Series APUs, we can give customers a high-performance system designed exclusively for regulated gaming, but at a price point which will be attractive for even the most cost-senstive markets. Realising that gaming is all about graphics performance, we also added support for the Ryzen Embedded V1605B APU to give the DPX-J100 a low-end price point with a high-end performance level. The wide performance range, and low cost together with the amazing graphics engine packaged in the DPX-J100 product will be an unbeatable combination.”
Gary Blackington, Senior Director of Commercial Sales from AMD said, “Advantech is a long-standing partner of AMD for embedded products, and we are pleased to be working with them on new designs for the embedded market segments. The DPX-J100 is a great example of an industry-specific solution utilizing AMD Ryzen Embedded R1000 and V1000 Series processors, which bring together the powerful performance of ’the AMD “Zen” CPU and “Vega” GPU architectures and offer scalability via pin-compatability. Additionally, AMD Ryzen Embedded processors are ideal for gaming applications thanks to their ability to power up to three independent displays in brilliant 4K resolution.”
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[i] Video codec acceleration (including at least the HEVC (H.265), H.264, VP9, and AV1 codecs) is subject to and not operable without inclusion/installation of compatible media players. GD-176
