Intel's Panther Lake-H CPUs have shown up again, this time on ADLINK's industrial motherboard, with up to 16 cores and 65W TDP.
SFF "VNX+" Motherboard Packs Intel's Panther Lake-H CPUs With Up To 16 Cores, 32 GB LPDDR5X Memory & 65W TDP Support
The Panther Lake-H CPUs have started to show up in various industrial-scale products. We covered one from DFI yesterday, and today, a new one from ADLINK has popped up. The solution is called the VNX-PL and is based on the VNX+ SFF standard for server blades. This motherboard can fit inside the palm of your hand. Some of the highlighted features include:
- VITA 90.x compliant for quick deployment
- Intel H484 or H404 processor (formerly Panther Lake)
- Dual channel LPDDR5X-8533 memory, up to 32GB
- Onboard 1TB PCIe SSD
- Data plane selectable: PCIe Gen4 x4 or 2x 10GBase-KX4
- 1x QMC slot for expansion (SKU option)
- Built-in test functions support
As for the specifications, the platform supports Intel's Panther Lake-H CPUs in either 4+8+4 or 4+0+4 configurations. This configuration means the 16-core SKU will comprise 4 Cougar Cove P-Cores, 8 Darkmont E-Cores, and 4 LP-E cores. The 8-core SKU will feature 4 Cougar Cove P-Cores and 4 LP-E Darkmont cores. Both SKUs can be configured between 1 to 65W.
Other specifications include dual-channel LPDDR5X-8533 memory support, which will be configured in either 16 GB or 32 GB options. This is soldered memory, so you will have to buy the exact configuration from the vendor since there's no upgrade option. The motherboard also comes equipped with a 1 TB SSD.
IO options include one 1GBase-KX (i210-IT) control plane, a PCIe Gen4 x4 or 2x 10GBase-KX4 option, 1 PCIe Gen5 x8 expansion plane, 1 PCIe Gen4 x2 Peripheral plane, 1 DP 2.1, 2 USB 3.2 (with USB 2.0), and a single QMC expansion slot. The SSD is a Gen4 x1 design.
We also get to see a preliminary block diagram of Intel's Panther Lake-H CPUs. There seems to be at least 12 PCIe Gen5 lanes, 7 PCIe Gen4 lanes, and a single PCIe Gen2 lane. There's also SPI with TPM 2.0, & BIOS ROM.
The vendor also has a few pictures, but those are based on the older Meteor Lake CPUs. The Panther Lake-H CPUs will feature a four-tile layout. As for launch, we expect these motherboards to launch sometime in early 2026 since only limited channel availability of Intel's Panther Lake is expected in Q4 2025.
News Source: @x86deadandback
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