Adlink COM Express Type 6 module unveiled

Adlink Technology Inc. has introduced its latest COM Express that according to the company features an Intel Core i7/i5/i3 processor supporting Intel HD Graphics integrated on the CPU with three independent displays. The Express-IB is a high performance COM.0 R2.0 Type 6 module where a PCI Express x16 Generation 3.0 bus is available for discrete graphics expansion or general purpose PCIe, noted the company.

The Express-IB targets applications in government, military, medical, digital signage and communications and is geared for customers with advanced processing performance and graphics requirements looking to reduce development time by outsourcing the base design of their system and focusing on application functionality. The Express-IB supports Intel Advance Vector Extensions (Intel AVX v1.0), with its improved floating point intensive applications, and also offers the benefits of increased bandwidth provided by USB 3.0, boasted Adlink.

New with the COM Express Type 6 module are three Digital Display Interface (DDI) ports supporting HDMI, DVI and DisplayPort outputs, in addition to legacy VGA and dual-channel 18/24bit LVDS displays. The Express-IB also offers Gigabit Ethernet, up to four USB 3.0 ports, four USB 2.0 ports, two SATA 6 Gb/s ports and two SATA 3 Gb/s ports (RAID 0/1/5/10) and support for SMBus and I2C. The module is equipped with AMI EFI BIOS supporting remote console, CMOS backup, hardware monitor and watchdog timer.

The Express-IB features the Intel processors supporting Intel Hyper-threading Technology (4 cores, 8 threads) and up to 16GB of DDR3 dual-channel memory at 1333/1600MHz on dual stacked SODIMM sockets to provide excellent overall performance. Intel Flexible Display Interface and Direct Media Interface provide high speed connectivity to the Mobile Intel QM77 Express Chipset, added Adlink.