COM Express module targets value-priced industrial automation and test & measurement applications.

Date: 25/6/2010

- Procelerant™ CE945GM2A replaces older ETX technology at a comparable price point, enabling high-speed serial interface options such as PCI Express, Serial ATA (SATA) and gigabit ethernet.

Based on Intel's value-priced Celeron M processor 440, the RadiSys Procelerant CE945GM2A module enables customers to achieve higher processor performance at a value entry point using the popular COM Express modular form factor.

Available on the Ismosys on-line store  the CE945GM2A can be combined with a RadiSys-designed low-profile active heat sink with an embedded fan, eliminating the need for a customized heat-sink solution in 1U platforms.

According to Ismosys MD Nigel Watts, device manufacturers targeting applications like industrial automation, test & measurement and gaming need innovative ways to support value-oriented price points with newer technologies: "Our customers have indicated that they need to move away from legacy specifications like ETX, so that they can support current and future processors and I/O technologies on a modular form factor. COM Express accomplishes these goals with a truly open standard that prevents supplier lock-in, and the new RadiSys CE945GM2A module will enable our customers to adopt COM Express at a price point that is very competitive with ETX, enabling them to expand the market of their COM Express-based products into a broad range of new applications."

Based on the open PICMG standard, the RadiSys Procelerant™ CE945GM2A COM Express basic size (95mm x 125mm) modules combine Intel® Core™2 Duo Pentium M and single core Celeron M performance with dual channel memory that's vital for today’s embedded applications. Paired with a RadiSys Procelerant carrier board, RadiSys COM Express modules provide a ready-to-use development platform

About Procelerant COM Express
RadiSys Procelerant™ COM Express modules are designed for embedded applications that require a standard processor and memory subsystem, but also modular flexibility to retain key design level IP on a separate carrier board. Procelerant COM Express products are based on COM Express, a computer-on module standard that provides a bridge from legacy interfaces such as PCI and IDE to new serial differential signaling technologies such as PCI Express, Serial ATA, USB 2.0, LVDS, and Serial DVO.

Because they are modular and standards-based, RadiSys COM Express products help equipment manufacturers shorten their time to market and reduce development costs. By removing the processor, chipset, and memory from the rest of the design, manufacturers can focus engineering resources on developing differentiating features and avoid the design churn that comes with implementing new processor generations. RadiSys also provides a wide range of custom carrier services that further accelerate customer time-to-market by supplying carrier concept definition and design, carrier schematic reviews, BIOS customization and thermal design. Core™ 2 Duo Pentium M 945GM COM Express Module

PICMG standard
COM Express is the PICMG standard for a Computer-On-Module (COM) based on high speed serial differential signaling technologies such as PCI Express, Serial ATA, USB 2.0, LVDS, and Serial DVO while retaining legacy PCI bus support to ease migration from existing modular designs. COM Express enables OEMs to reduce time to market by reducing the time spent on processor design and enabling focus on core competencies and product differentiation. Planned feature changes, demand fluctuations and performance upgrades can be handled without product re-designs. COM Express modules can reduce service repair inventories, and simplify upgrades, contributing to the success of the product over its lifetime.