FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

Detailed explanation-1: -NLX (short for New Low Profile eXtended) was a form factor proposed by Intel and developed jointly with IBM, DEC, and other vendors for low profile, low cost, mass-marketed retail PCs.

Detailed explanation-2: -Short for New Low Profile Extended, NLX is a motherboard form factor originally developed by Intel and finalized in March 1997. The NLX motherboard was designed to replace the nonstandard LPX design and is 9” wide x 13.6” deep maximum to 8” x 10” deep minimum and included the below features.

Detailed explanation-3: -NLX is a form factor from Intel for PC motherboards. Cases and motherboards based on this design first started appearing in 1998. A major difference between NLX and other form factors is that expansion boards are parallel to the motherboard, rather than perpendicular to it as in other form factors such as AT and ATX.

Detailed explanation-4: -LPX (Low Profile eXtension) is a motherboard form factor developed by Western Digital in 1987, that was used in the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s. An LPX motherboard is 9” wide x 13” deep, uses a riser card, and has different placement of the video, parallel, serial, and PS/2 ports compared to other motherboards.