Intel’s Tiger Lake launch was centered on ultrabooks and notebooks, as varied SKUs with TDP starting from 7 to 28W have been launched. The efficiency of Intel’s low-power elements (U- and Y-series) have been adequate to land them inside small and ultra-compact form-factor programs. These programs have grow to be an large hit available in the market (not least, Intel’s personal NUC programs) since they gained prominence within the early 2010s. Vendors reminiscent of ASRock, ASUS, ECS, and GIGABYTE additionally jumped on this bandwagon to market ‘NUCs’ below their very own branding. GIGABYTE was one of many early ones to take action with their BRIX collection of mini-PCs. These SFF and UCFF programs discover functions in a number of areas together with content material creation, productiveness, and gaming, in addition to embedded programs functions reminiscent of digital signage.
Intel’s Tiger Lake-based NUCs (Panther Canyon and Phantom Canyon) are an open secret in tech circles. ASRock Industrial’s Tiger Lake NUCs such because the NUC BOX-1165G7 have additionally been hinted at in Intel’s market – a retail follow-up to the embedded market-focused iBOX 1100 and NUC 1100 options. GIGABYTE, nevertheless, grew to become the primary vendor to formally announce Tiger Lake-based mini-PCs concentrating on the retail market with the launch of the GIGABYTE BRIX PRO. Three fashions (BSi3-1115G4, BSi5-1135G7, and the BSi7-1165G7) are being launched. Their specs are summarized within the desk under.
| GIGABYTE BRIX PRO (Tiger Lake-U) Lineup | ||||
| Model | BSi3-1115G4 | BSi5-1135G7 | BSi7-1165G7 | |
| CPU | Intel Core i3-1115G4 2C/4T 1.7 – 4.1 GHz (3.Zero GHz) 12 – 28 W (28W) |
Intel Core i5-1135G7 4C/8T 0.9 – 4.2 GHz (2.Four GHz) 12 – 28 W (28W) |
Intel Core i7-1165G7 4C/8T 1.2 – 4.7 GHz (2.eight GHz) 12 – 28 W (28W) |
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| GPU | Intel® UHD Graphics for 11th Gen Intel® Processors (48EU) @ 1.25 GHz | Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics (80EU) @ 1.Three GHz | Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics (96EU) @ 1.Three GHz | |
| DRAM | Two DDR4 SO-DIMM slots Up to 64 GB of DDR4-3200 in dual-channel mode |
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| Motherboard | 3.5″ SBC | |||
| Storage | SSD | 1x M.2-2280 (PCIe 4.Zero x4 (CPU-direct)) 1x M.2-2280 (PCIe 3.Zero x4 or SATA) |
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| DFF | 1 × SATA III Port (for SATA DOM? No house for two.5-inch drive?) | |||
| Wireless | Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 2×2 802.11ax Wi-Fi + Bluetooth 5.1 module |
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| Ethernet | 1 × GbE port (Intel I219-V) 1 × 2.5 GbE port (Intel I225-V) |
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| USB | Front | 4 × USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A | ||
| Rear | 2 × USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A | |||
| Thunderbolt | 1 x Thunderbolt 4 (Type-C Rear Panel) | |||
| Display Outputs | 4 × HDMI 2.0a 1 × DisplayPort 1.4 (utilizing Thunderbolt 4 Type-C) (Only 4 simultaneous show outputs are supported) |
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| Audio | 1 × 3.5mm audio jack (Realtek ALC255) | |||
| PSU | External (135W) | |||
| Warranty | Typical, varies by nation | |||
| Dimensions | Length: 196.2 mm Width: 140 mm Height: 44.Four mm |
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| MSRP | ? | ? | ? | |
THe Tiger Lake-based BRIX PRO eschews the NUC form-factor (approx. 4″x4″ / 100mm x 100mm) for a 3.5″ single-board pc one that’s fashionable in embedded markets. The motherboard’s precise dimensions are 5.75″ x 4″ (146mm x 102mm), and the system’s dimensions are available in at 196.2mm x 44.4mm x 140mm. At 1.16L in quantity, it’s nonetheless a compact machine. The Tiger Lake-U processors within the BRIX PRO models are configured to run at their most cTDPup of 28W.
One of the distinctive elements of the models is the supply of 4x HDMI 2.Zero ports – every able to driving a 4Kp60 show. In addition, a Thunderbolt Four port (with a show output functionality of 8Kp60) can be out there. The system can drive 4 of these 5 show outputs concurrently. Segments of the chassis are metallic, permitting for the Wi-Fi antenna to magnetically clasp to it.
The Tiger Lake-U processor can…
