Eltan introduces BOOT from SD and MMC Card for ATOM

SD, SDHC and MMC Cards and e-MMC devices are very small, low cost and high capacity. They can now be used as boot- and mass storage device when directly connected to an industry standard SDIO host adapter. The host adapter is integrated in the Intel(R) System Controller Hub (SCH) US15W so no additional hardware is required to support these devices.

This support enables a breakthrough price performance ratio since now the cards can be used without the additional cost of a USB card reader device.

The new support enables board manufacturers to integrate the e-MMC devices on their board and these devices driven by mobile phone developments provide the ultimate in size and cost reduction.

“We are excited with the introduction of BOOT from SD Cards” –said Gerard Duynisveld, President of Eltan. “Now our customers can take a further step in decreasing the size and cost of an embedded x86 system. We are also very pleased with the feedback and interest received during the EmbeddedWorld2009 show in Nurnberg.”