Sega reveal RINGEDGE and RINGWIDE arcade hardware

Sega reveal RINGEDGE and RINGWIDE arcade hardware

Sega have showcased their new arcade hardware boards - the RINGEDGE and the RINGWIDE - at the AOU show in Japan. According to Sega, the Ring series of hardware will be used for a wide variety of titles while reducing costs by more than 30% compared to similar boards.

The RINGEDGE is manufactured by Intel with a dual-core CPU, and NVIDIA GPU. The RINGWIDE is a versatile board providing a selection of price points. It has an Intel CPU, and an AMD GPU. Both boards will have support for Sega's ALL.Net service.

At the AOU show Sega showcased the first game to use the new hardware, Border Break, which will be released later this year in Japan. Other titles are alreadly lined up for the new hardware, which has already entered into the production stage.

RINGEDGE (edge) - Specifications

CPU: Intel Pentium processor E2160 (operating frequency: 1.8GHz)
Main memory: DDR2 SDRAM PC2-6400 1GB
GPU:

• NVIDIA GPU-equipped
• 84MB with GDDR3 memory
• Shader Model 4.0 support
• Output 2 screen (maximum resolution 1920 x 1200)

Sound:

• High Definition Audio with 192KHz/32bit
• 5.1ch output

Input:

• Video - Analog / Digital DVI-I terminal x 2
• Sound - 5.1ch (stereo mini jack for setting x 3)
• LAN - On board 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T
• Input and output operations for the Games - JVS I / O
• USB Mini-A terminal x 3port
• I / O connector for power output (12V/5V/3.3V)

Storage: SATA SSD 32GB
OS: Microsoft Windows Embedded Standard 2009
Other:

• Integrated Power
• ALL.Net standard support for connecting communication capabilities (delivery, billing support)

• Specifications are for product currently in development

RINGWIDE - Specifications

CPU: Intel Celeron processor 440 (operating frequency: 2GHz)
Main memory: DDR2 SD-RAM PC2-5300 1GB
GPU:

• AMD
• GDDR3 memory 128MB (can be extended by system memory)
• Shader Model 4.0 support
• Output 2 screen (maximum resolution 1920 × 1200)

Sound:

• High Definition Audio with
• 192KHz/32bit
• 5.1ch output

Input:

• Video - Analog Output D-Sub 15pin,
• Analog / Digital DVI-I output the sound of two terminals - 5.1ch -Stereo mini jack for setting x 3
• LAN - On board 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T
• Input and output operations for the Games - JVS I / O
• USB Mini-A terminal x 2port
• I / O connector for power output (12V/5V)

Storage: CF 8GB
OS: Microsoft Windows Embedded Standard 2009
Other:

• 12W external power supply
• ALL.Net standard support for connecting communication capabilities (delivery, billing support)

• Specifications are for product currently in development