<s>
Sam440	B-Device
,	O
also	O
known	O
by	O
Sam	O
or	O
its	O
codename	O
Samantha	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
line	O
of	O
modular	O
motherboards	B-Device
produced	O
by	O
the	O
Italian	O
company	O
ACube	O
Systems	O
Srl	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sam440ep	B-Device
version	O
is	O
a	O
motherboard	B-Device
based	O
on	O
the	O
PowerPC	O
440EP	O
system-on-a-chip	B-Architecture
processor	O
which	O
includes	O
a	O
double-precision	O
FPU	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
primary	O
targets	O
are	O
the	O
industrial	O
and	O
embedded	O
markets	O
,	O
running	O
operating	O
systems	O
such	O
as	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
4	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
AmigaOS	O
4.1	O
release	O
in	O
2008	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
only	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
4	I-Application
compatible	O
hardware	O
available	O
since	O
the	O
manufacturing	O
of	O
AmigaOne	B-Device
machines	O
ceased	O
in	O
2005	O
;	O
Sam440	B-Device
was	O
later	O
succeeded	O
by	O
the	O
Sam460ex	B-Device
(	O
AmigaOne	B-Device
500	O
)	O
and	O
AmigaOne	B-Device
X1000	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sam440ep	B-Device
was	O
the	O
first	O
modular	O
motherboard	B-Device
produced	O
by	O
ACube	O
Systems	O
Srl	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ATI	B-Device
Radeon	I-Device
Mobility	O
M9	O
graphics	O
with	O
64	O
MB	O
VRAM	O
,	O
s-video	O
and	O
DVI	B-Protocol
out	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
no	O
graphics	O
chip	O
on	O
the	O
Sam440ep-flex	B-Device
,	O
so	O
you	O
have	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
PCI-graphics	O
board	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
2	O
April	O
2009	O
,	O
ACube	O
announced	O
the	O
availability	O
of	O
SAM440ep-flex	B-Device
revision	O
2	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
the	O
same	O
specifications	O
as	O
the	O
flex	O
prototype	O
except	O
for	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Review	O
of	O
the	O
Sam440ep	B-Device
in	O
the	O
Amiga	O
Future	O
magazine	O
noted	O
performance	O
comparable	O
to	O
older	O
AmigaOne	B-Device
generation	O
,	O
but	O
criticized	O
non	O
expandable	O
RAM	O
and	O
lack	O
of	O
legacy	O
interfaces	O
(	O
ATA	O
,	O
floppy	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
some	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
board	O
were	O
still	O
unsupported	O
by	O
AmigaOS	O
(	O
USB	B-Protocol
2.0	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Testing	O
the	O
800	O
MHz	O
variant	O
of	O
the	O
Sam440ep-flex	B-Device
,	O
Amiga	O
Future	O
highlighted	O
CPU	O
speed	O
behind	O
the	O
MicroA1	O
(	O
750FX	O
800	O
MHz	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
surpassing	O
it	O
in	O
graphics	O
,	O
memory	O
and	O
harddisk	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
