You might not associate Sapphire Technologies with motherboards but this close AMD partner has quite a comprehensive roster of embedded products including motherboards, graphics boards, barebones, and even micro servers. Now Sapphire has launched a new motherboard range that comes packing your choice from four AMD Ryzen Embedded V1000 series APUs.
The new Sapphire FS-FP5V is aimed at embedded but visually demanding tasks as might be required for electronic gaming machines, medical imaging, interactive digital signage, thin clients, POS terminals and similar. The FS-FP5V is said to have enough visual power to support four 4K displays.
According to Tom’s Hardware, the FS-FP5V can be configured with any one of the four AMD Ryzen Embedded V1000 APUs currently available from AMD. This gives buyers a wide choice of CPU and GPU power and TDPs.
| Model | Cores / Threads | Base Freq | Max Freq | GPU | GPU Max Freq | GPU CUs | TDP |
| AMD Ryzen Embedded V1807B | 4/8 | 3.35GHz | 3.8GHz | Vega 11 Graphics | 1300MHz | 11 | 35-54W |
| AMD Ryzen Embedded V1756B | 4/8 | 3.25GHz | 3.6GHz | Vega 8 Graphics | 1100MHz | 8 | 35-54W |
| AMD Ryzen Embedded V1605B | 4/8 | 2.06GHz | 3.6GHz | Vega 8 Graphics | 1100MHz | 8 | 12-25W |
| AMD Ryzen Embedded V1202B | 2/4 | 2GHz | 3.6GHz | Vega 3 Graphics | 1100MHz | 3 | 12-25W |
As well as the capable AMD APU, the Sapphire FS-FP5V board has the following key specifications:
- Support for up to 32GB DDR4-3200 RAM via two So-DIMM slots
- A SATA3 port for fixed storage
- Two M.2 slots; one for PCI-Express 3.0 x4 or SATA storage, another suitable for a Wi-Fi card
- Ports: 4x DP ports, 2x Gigabit LAN ports, 3x USB 2.0, 1x USB 3.1 Type-C, 1x x RS232/422/485 header
- Realtek ALC262 HD 4-channel audio
- Mini-STX form factor measuring 147.3 x 139.7mm
The Sapphire FS-FP5V will be orderable direct. Pricing will vary depending upon choice of soldered processor: the AMD Ryzen Embedded V1202B model is the cheapest at $325, then the V1605B at $340, then the V1756B at $390, and finally the V1807B equipped board at $450. Shipments will begin later this month.
Previously we have seen the AMD Ryzen Embedded V1000 APUs chosen for at least two consumer facing devices; the Udoo Bolt ‘maker board’ and the Smach Z handheld PC.