Intel launched two of its desktop motherboards-the D945GSEJT (also codenamed Johnstown) and DG41MJ (codenamed Misty Lake) at the Intel Solutions Summit at Gold Coast, Australia. Both these products are targeted largely at nettops, which the company believes is going to be the next big wave in computing.

Johnstown comes with a 45nm Atom processor N270 and Mobile 945GSE Express chipset which can be used as platforms for think-form factor, low-power all-in-ones (AIO) or thin client PCs, and is aimed at entry-level home entertainment devices or education PCs, Internet kiosks and home surveillance units. This mobo will be available only through solution providers and original device manufacturers.

The motherboard's height is also just 20mm, which means that system integrators (SIs) can develop innovative chassis that have lesser footprint, which can be fitted behind the screen. With this product, Intel claimed that it is diversifying the traditional PC to move to the vertical model and help SIs to innovate with its chassis design.

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