Date: 18/04/2012

Enhanced COM Express computer-on-modules from Kontron for PCI based designs

Kontron has announced the availability of two new variants to enhance its COMe-cOH# range of COM Express compact computer-on-modules. The new modules are dedicated to PCI based designs and are based on AMD embedded G-series accelerated processing units (APUs). The Kontron COMe-cOH2 provides graphics performance to SFF COM Express applications with pin-out type 2.

With support for Direct X 11 and OpenGL 4.0, the Kontron COM Express computer-on-modules COMe-cOH2 provide the latest graphics features and bring a new user experience to SFF gaming and Kiosk POI/POS systems. Integrated universal video decoder 3.0 enables dual HD video playback (1080p). To compute applications like medical imaging and automation systems, the modules offer accelerated processing power with the programmable graphics unit via OpenCL 1.1 and Microsoft's DirectCompute. With PCI 2.3 support, the Kontron COM Express modules COMe-cOH2 provide a platform for applications based on COM Express type 2 modules that used older generations of x86 technologies.

Features
The Kontron COMe-cOH2 variants, based on the COM Express type 2 pin-out, are available with the 1.2 GHz AMD T44R single-core APU with 512 kb cache and AMD Radeon HD6250 GPU (Kontron COMe-cOH2 T44R), or the 1.65 GHz dual-core variant AMD T56N APU with AMD Radeon HD6310 graphics core and 2 x 512 kb cache (COMe-cOH2 T56N). The modules can host 8 GByte of DDR3 RAM via two memory sockets. Compliant with the new COM Express specification COM.0 rev. 2.0, they implement PCI 2.3, 32 bit / 33 MHz plus six Gen 2.0 PCI Express lanes. They offer up to four SATA 3 ports to connect storage media, as well as Gigabit Ethernet and six USB 2.0 ports. In accordance with the COM Express pin-out type 2, the Kontron COMe-cOH2 features a VGA and 24-bit single channel LVDS interface for resolutions up to 2560 x 1600 pixels. The integrated Universal Video Decoder 3.0 enables the Kontron COMe-cOH2 to decode both 1080p BluRay videos HDCP and HD MPEG-2 and DivX (MPEG-4) videos with minimal CPU usage.

The Kontron COM Express computer-on-modules COMe-cOH2 support the Windows OS range, Linux, VxWorks and others.

Information on the Kontron COM Express computer-on-modules COMe-cOH2 can be found at http://www.kontron.com/products/computeronmodules/com+express/com+express+compact/comecoh.html
More information on COM Express is available at http://www.kontron.com/COMExpress
Kontron's whitepaper on the AMD Embedded G-series is at http://kontron.com/AMD_GSeries/