High performance COM Express Board

Paul Boughton

The new conga-B945/64 sets a new performance standard for COM Express embedded computer modules. It utilises the new 64Bit Intel Core 2 Duo processor T7400 and dual channel memory.
The conga-B945/64 is equipped with a 2.16GHz 64Bit Intel Core 2 Duo processor. This CPU has 4MByte L2 cache and can address up to 4GByte DDR2 667 dual channel RAM. Using two memory modules doubles the bandwidth of the memory access.
As a result of the 64Bit support offered by the Intel Core 2 Duo processor, the conga-B945/64 is highly flexible and can support both 64Bit and 32Bit applications as well as operating systems. Intel’s virtualisation technology allows multiple operating systems and applications to be executed simultaneously on independent CPU cores and partitions.
The processor is manufactured using a 65nm process, which provides an excellent computing performance to power consumption ratio.
The conga-B945/64 utilises the Intel 945GM chipset. It features numerous interfaces and choices for expansions. The conga-B945/64 provides 5x PCI Express lanes, PCI Express graphics port (PEG 1x16), 8x USB 2.0, HDA digital audio, 2x serial ATA, signals for 2x ExpressCard and gigabit Ethernet.
The Intel Media Accelerator 950 graphics controller is integrated in the chipset and is able to drive two independent graphic channels using 2x24 Bit LVDS, SDVO, TV-Out or analog VGA. Flat panel displays are automatically recognised and configured using EPI (Embedded Panel Interface). u

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