6Chapter 1. IntroductionThe WAFER-5823 is a CPU board equipped with two ethernetcontrollers so it is a special design most appropriate forNetwork applications. It supports the full functions of anAT-compatible industrial computer on a single board. TheWAFER-5823 is also equipped with a low-power consumptionand high performance GX1 processor on board moreovercontains an SDRAM SODIMM socket that can support up to512MB memory.The WAFER-5823 aside from providing two Ethernet interfaces,it also has FDD interface, EIDE interface, Compact Flash Type II,one parallel port, two serial ports RS232, two USB ports, and a6-pin header PS/2 keyboard/mouse interface. The built-inSVGA/LCD display controller supports both CRT and LCD displaysimultaneously. It offers the resolutions of LCD screen up to1024 x 768 and CRT resolutions up to 1280 x 1024 @ 256colors. The Flash ROM contains both the system BIOS and theVGA BIOS. If necessary, reprogramming the Flash ROM coulddo the modification to fit actual need.