<s>
NLX	B-Device
(	O
short	O
for	O
New	O
Low	O
Profile	O
eXtended	O
)	O
was	O
a	O
form	O
factor	O
proposed	O
by	O
Intel	O
and	O
developed	O
jointly	O
with	O
IBM	O
,	O
DEC	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
vendors	O
for	O
low	O
profile	O
,	O
low	O
cost	O
,	O
mass-marketed	O
retail	O
PCs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NLX	B-Device
was	O
similar	O
in	O
overall	O
design	O
to	O
LPX	B-Device
,	O
including	O
a	O
riser	B-Architecture
card	I-Architecture
and	O
a	O
low-profile	O
slimline	O
case	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
modernized	O
and	O
updated	O
to	O
allow	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
latest	O
technologies	O
while	O
keeping	O
costs	O
down	O
and	O
fixing	O
the	O
main	O
problems	O
with	O
LPX	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Officially	O
,	O
the	O
NLX	B-Device
form	O
factor	O
was	O
designed	O
to	O
use	O
ATX	B-Language
power	O
supplies	O
and	O
featured	O
the	O
same	O
soft	O
power	O
function	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
for	O
size	O
reduction	O
,	O
some	O
NLX	B-Device
cases	O
instead	O
used	O
the	O
smaller	O
SFX	O
form	O
factor	O
or	O
proprietary	O
form	O
factors	O
with	O
the	O
same	O
20-pin	O
connector	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
slimline	O
systems	O
that	O
were	O
formerly	O
designed	O
to	O
fit	O
the	O
LPX	B-Device
form	I-Device
factor	I-Device
were	O
modified	O
to	O
fit	O
NLX	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
NLX	B-Device
is	O
a	O
true	O
standard	O
,	O
unlike	O
LPX	B-Device
,	O
making	O
interchangeability	O
of	O
components	O
easier	O
than	O
it	O
was	O
for	O
the	O
older	O
form	O
factor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
,	O
Gateway	O
,	O
and	O
NEC	O
produced	O
a	O
fair	O
number	O
of	O
NLX	B-Device
computers	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1990s	O
,	O
primarily	O
for	O
Socket	B-Device
370	I-Device
(	O
Pentium	O
II-III	O
and	O
Celeron	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
NLX	B-Device
never	O
enjoyed	O
the	O
widespread	O
acceptance	O
that	O
LPX	B-Device
had	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
importantly	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
largest	O
PC	O
manufacturers	O
,	O
Dell	O
decided	O
against	O
using	O
NLX	B-Device
and	O
created	O
their	O
own	O
proprietary	O
motherboards	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
their	O
slimline	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
many	O
of	O
these	O
computers	O
and	O
motherboards	O
are	O
still	O
available	O
secondhand	O
,	O
new	O
production	O
has	O
essentially	O
ceased	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
the	O
slimline	O
and	O
small	O
form	O
factor	O
market	O
,	O
NLX	B-Device
has	O
been	O
superseded	O
by	O
the	O
Micro-ATX	B-Device
,	O
FlexATX	B-Device
,	O
and	O
Mini-ITX	B-Architecture
form	O
factors	O
.	O
</s>
