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congatec has introduced a new COM Express product line based on the AMD Embedded G-Series platform. The company states that it offers outstanding graphics performance with low power consumption. The integration of AMD Fusion technology expands the COM Express standard with a new processor architecture that combines processors and graphics cores in a compact package.

The product has been developed to benefit system designers, through powerful CPU and graphics performance, high performance-per-watt ratio and flexible task allocation on the CPU and GPU. It’s not only higher screen resolutions that require more graphics performance. It is also required by innovative operating concepts that utilise a modern high-quality GUI. Examples of such applications can be found in the gaming, kiosk, POS/ POI, infotainment and interactive digital signage sectors. Here, 3D performance for appealing animation and visualisation as well as a fluid playback of HD content is needed.

In these applications, a high 3D performance is not only useful for delay-free displays and animation of images. It also improves the convenience of operation and operating reliability of touchscreen-based applications. The company states that with the conga-BAF, streaming high-definition multimedia content and playing the latest next generation 3D games becomes easy and straightforward.

The company currently integrates five processors of the AMD Embedded G-Series platform, ranging from an AMD T44R 1.2 GHz single-core (64 KB L1 cache, 512 KB L2 cache) with 9 Watt TDP to an AMD T56N 1.6 GHz dual core (64 KB L1 cache, 512 KB x2 L2 cache) with 18 Watt TDP.

The product uses the AMD Hudson E1 Fusion controller hub and provides a powerful compact 2-chip solution with up to 8 GByte single-channel DDR3 memory.

The integrated graphics core with the Universal Video Decoder 3.0 for seamless processing of Blu-ray content via HDCP (1080p), MPEG-2 HD and DivX (MPEG-4) video interfaces supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.0 for fast 2D and 3D image display as well as OpenCL 1.1. The choice of graphics interfaces includes VGA, single channel LVDS as well as DisplayPort and DVI / HDMI enabling the direct control of two independent displays. Six PCI Express x1 Lanes, eight USB 2.0 ports, four SATA, one EIDE plus one Gigabit Ethernet interface allow flexible system expansion with high data bandwidth. The congatec board controller features, ACPI 3.0 power management and high-definition audio complete the package.