zotac's zbox pro mini-pc family targets embedded systems

Some jobs need certain hardware with very particular set of skills, and Zotac wants to make sure it can serve those markets with Zbox Pro line of embedded mini-PCs.   Among the fanless models, Zbox Pro CI329 nano is the most of the three.   CI329 uses Intel's UHD Graphics 600 to power HDMI 2.0 port, DisplayPort 1.2 connection, and VGA port.   Being that this is Braswell, it takes DDR3L SO-DIMMs rather than DDR4. The CI330 nano has fewer and different ports than CI329, too.   It drops DisplayPort connection for another HDMI, leaving the box with pair of HDMI 1.4 ports and VGA connection.   It also has only one gigabit Ethernet connection, and it skips most of USB ports of its sibling. It has one USB 3.0 Type-A port and two USB 2.0 ports.   The smallest of Zotac's new Zbox Pro machines is Zbox Pro PI335 pico.   The two cooled Zbox Pros get even less glamorous names QK5P1000 and QK7P3000. Both names are easy to decode if you look at the specs.   QK5P1000 comes with Core i5-7300U CPU and Quadro P1000 discrete GPU, while QK7P3000 comes with Core i7-7700T CPU and Quadro P3000 discrete GPU.   QK5P1000 has TOSLink connector and three USB 3.0 Type-A ports, while QK7P3000 instead has two USB 2.0 ports, two USB 3.0 ports, and two USB 3.1 ports, all Type-A.   Read more