Kontron’s COM Express Computer-on-Module offers proven best high-end graphics

Kontron’s COM Express Computer-on-Module offers proven best high-end graphics

Extremely fast COM Express graphics engine ready for design-in

Eching, Germany, August 12, 2008 – The newest and fastest Kontron COM Express module graphics engine built around high-end embedded chipset – the Kontron ETXexpress-690 Computer-on-Module – is now available for evaluation so that developers can immediately begin platform and application testing as well as implementation into application- specific custom carrier board designs.

The Kontron ETXexpress-690 COM Express Computer-on-Module is based on the latest AMD M690E and SB600 embedded chipset with the integrated Radeon X1200 graphics core and has been tested for DirectX 9, OpenGL as well as hardware accelerated MPEG and WMV9 decoding capabilities using the newest range of benchmarking tools. Up to 256 MBytes of graphics memory, anti-aliasing and 3D texture come together to make the Kontron ETXexpress-690 Computer-on-Module number one on the list of the relevant benchmarks, i.e. 3D Mark 05 and Maxton Cinebench 10.0.

The Kontron ETXexpress-690 is especially designed for graphic-intensive applications requiring a well-balanced Computer-on-Module that combines comprehensive high-performance 2D and 3D graphics with adequate processing performance. Such applications also benefit from the relatively low thermal design power of 10W to 35W making possible designs with fully-sealed and rugged housings with passive conduction cooling. Therefore, the Kontron ETXexpress-690 Computer-on-Module is ideal for a wide range of embedded solutions, including medical, industrial and security imaging applications, powerful HMIs for process visualization, CAD and digital mock-up systems as well as POS/POI, gaming and multimedia solutions.

The highly-scalable and cost-effective Kontron ETXexpress-690 Computer-on-Module offers processing performance ranging from the single core 1.0 GHz Mobile AMD Sempron 2100+ processor up to the dual-core AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-52 with 1.6 GHz. Performance is further boosted by 800 MHz FSB, 256 MByte shared memory and up to 4Gbyte dual channel DDR2-800 SO-DIMM memory. The two banks of DDR2 memory ensure extremely fast graphics processing performance.

The Kontron ETXexpress-690 Computer-on-Module is 100 percent COM Express compliant and comes with a host of interfaces that conform to the PICMG COM.0 specification’s Type 2 pin-out. By conforming to the COM Express specification, Kontron’s latest Computer-on-Module also supports TDMS for applications requiring DVI or HDMI graphics. Extensive I/O options ensure application flexibility and include PCI Express 3×1 lanes + PEG 1×8, 10/100/1000 Mbit Ethernet, eight USB 2.0 ports and dual video streaming capabilities to mention just a few. For enhanced data safety, the Kontron ETXexpress-690 offers a RAID 0,1,10 subsystem along with AHCI and 4 x SerialATA 300 ports for quick hard drive access. The Kontron ETXexpress-690 Computer-on-Module also offers continued support for applications requiring PCI and IDE interfaces.