At AOU 2009 Sega revealed the Ringedge and Ringwide trademarks we discovered are being used for a new series of Windows based arcade boards. Both pieces of hardware utilize Windows Embedded Home 2009, but have different chipsets. Ringedge has an Intel Pentium Processor E2160 running at 1.8Ghz at its core while Ringwide uses a Celeron Processor 440 running at 2Ghz.
When compared side by side Ringedge appears to be the upper tier model and Ringwide is built with budgets in mind.
CPU
Intel Pentium Processor E2160 CPU
Speed: 1.8Ghz
Memory
1GB DDR2 SDRAM PC2-6400
GPU
NVIDA made GPU
384 MB GDDR3
Memory Support for Shader Model 4.0
Two screen output at a maximum of 1920×1200 resolution
Sound
High definition audio on board
192Khz/32 bit
5.1 channel surround sound
I/O
Video: Analog/Digital DVI x2
Sound: 5.1 with three stereo mini jacks
JVS I/O Controller
LAN: On board 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T
Serial: 3 channels
USB 2.0: 3 ports
Electrical Output: 12V / 5V / 3.3V
Storage
Sata SSD 32GB
Operating System
Microsoft Windows Embedded Standard 2009
CPU
Intel Celeron Processor E2160 CPU
Speed: 2Ghz
Memory
1GB DDR2 SDRAM PC2-5300
GPU
AMD made GPU
128 MB GDDR3 Memory
Support for Shader Model 4.0
Two screen output at a maximum of 1920×1200 resolution
Sound
High definition audio on board
192Khz/32 bit
5.1 channel surround sound
I/O
Video: Analog D-Sub Pin 15
Video: Analog/Digital DVI x2
Sound: 5.1 with three stereo mini jacks
JVS I/O Controller
LAN: On board 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T
Serial: 3 channels
USB 2.0: 2 ports
Electrical Output: 12V / 5V
Storage
CF 8GB
Operating System
Microsoft Windows Embedded Standard 2009
Sega’s press release claims the new hardware will cut arcade development 30% or more. Border Break, a multiplayer robot fighting game made by Sega, will be the first game to make use of the new hardware.
Published: Feb 23, 2009 06:50 am