Biostar BIPTL-ITH mini-ITX motherboard, Digi Mart USA News: Biostar has introduced a new mini-ITX motherboard aimed at industrial use, built around Intel’s latest Core Ultra 3 series chips. The board measures roughly 17 by 17 cm, or about 6.7 by 6.7 inches.
The motherboard can be fitted with up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 386H processor paired with up to 128 GB of DDR5-7200 memory. According to the source report, the Core Ultra 9 has 16 cores, made up of four Cougar Cove performance cores, eight Darkmont E cores and four low-power Darkmont E cores.
The source reports that in synthetic multi-threaded benchmarks, the chip should be able to keep up with the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 “Gorgon Point” APU. Lower-end options with Core Ultra 5 and Core Ultra 7 processors will also be available.
The board offers a range of expansion slots and a decent I/O selection, according to the report. Pricing for the BIPTL-ITH has not been disclosed, as is common for industrial hardware, and interested buyers are advised to contact Biostar directly for a quote.
For consumers seeking a similar Panther Lake-based system, the source points to the Minisforum MS-03 mini PC, which uses the Core Ultra 9 386H and was listed at $1,039 on Amazon at the time of reporting.
