Date: 03/05/2012

Intel core i7 based embedded boards from Kontron pack high processing density

Kontron has announced the support of the quad-core 3rd generation Intel core i7-3615QE (4x2.3GHz, 6MB L2 cache) and i7-3612QE (4x2.1GHz, 6MB L2 cache) processors on seven embedded computing platforms. The boards are available in COM Express basic, Flex-ATX, Mini-ITX, AdvancedMC, 3U and 6U CompactPCI as well as 3U VPX. Kontron gives OEMs a jump start in developing compute- and graphics-intensive applications.

Kontron's new embedded computing platforms enable OEMs to build applications with increased processing density and I/O bandwidth within tight thermal envelopes. Improved Intel advanced vector extensions (AVX) floating point instruction set for signal processing and SSE instruction sets provide developers the tools to use the increased floating point performance for high performance embedded computing applications in markets such as military, avionics and medical.

Further advancement is the integrated Intel HD graphics 4000 that features over 16 execution units. They support three independent digital display interfaces, each of which can be configured for DisplayPort (DP), HDMI or DVI displays for sophisticated applications.

Kontron's platforms supports up to 16GBytes of dual channel DDR3 memory, multiple Gigabit Ethernet, SATA and the latest high-throughput interfaces such as PCI Express 3.0 and USB 3.0 for high-bandwidth applications.

"The outstanding 3rd generation Intel core processors offer an unprecedented combination of performance gains and power efficiency within a small footprint," Norbert Hauser, executive vice president marketing at Kontron explained. "Our objective is to get the cutting-edge high performance technology building blocks into our customers hands early so that they can utilize the benefits sooner in their solutions and get to market quickly with their complete applications. Our active involvement with Intel helps us to ensure our customers' minimized time-to-market. And with our upcoming system level solutions such as industrial rack mount servers and HMIs as well as integrated CompactPCI and VPX system platforms, our customers will benefit from reduced R&D costs."