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Cost and power-efficient COM Express Modules with Celeron Processors

Stutensee, Germany – The MSC Vertriebs GmbH has expanded its powerful MSC CXB-6S COM Express™ module family based on second generation Intel® Core™ processors with two cost-efficient Intel®  Celeron®  CPU variants. The new boards almost reach the pricing level of Intel® Atom™ and ARM® based solutions. 

The new embedded modules integrate the Intel® HM65 PCH chipset and the Intel® Celeron®  processor 827E with one core (1.4GHz) or the dual-core Intel® Celeron®  processor 847E with 1.1GHz clock frequency. Both processors are manufactured in a 32 nm technology and use a 2 MB L3 cache. The specified thermal dissipation power (TDP) of both processors is 17W. The typical power consumption of the 827E based module is below 20W. More power-efficient is the shortly available COM Express™ module with Intel® Celeron®  processor 807E which consumes 10W (TDP) only. 

The onboard Intel® HD Graphics 2000 graphics controller supports DirectX 10.1 and OpenGL 3.0. The L3 cache shared by the processor cores and the graphics controller increases the performance significantly compared to the predecessor generation. Fast dual-channel DDR3 SDRAM modules (two SO-DIMM sockets) with a maximum capacity of 16 GB ensure high computing power and at the same time low power consumption. 

Like all modern MSC COM Express™  platforms, the MSC CXB-6S high-end modules are equipped with innovative hardware based security functionality compliant to the requirements of the Trusted Computing Group (TCG). 

The MSC CXB-6S COM Express™ module family in the basic form factor of 125 x 95mm offers six PCI Express™ x1 channels, an PCI Express™ Graphics (PEG) x16 interface, the classical 32 Bit PCI bus, eight USB 2.0 ports, HD audio and Gbit-Ethernet. Data can be stored via four SATA II channels with up to 300 MB/s, an enhanced IDE port or on an optionally populated 8 GB NAND flash SSD. For the connection of high resolution displays LVDS and VGA interfaces are available. Besides these there are DisplayPort and HDMI interfaces with a resolution of up to 2560 x 1600 pixels which are multiplexed on the PEG lanes. 

The powerful platform runs under the operating systems Windows® 7, Windows® XP (embedded) and Linux. The AMI UEFI firmware has been implemented on the modules. For evaluation and design-in MSC supplies universal baseboards. Furthermore MSC offers the design service for application-specific motherboards. 

MSC Vertriebs GmbH  

MSC Vertriebs GmbH is a European-wide service company in the field of electronic components, board-level products, and customer specific development of industrial hardware. Founded in 1982, MSC Vertriebs GmbH operates today as a pan-European distributor and manufacturer in a consolidated company with over 1600 employees. 

Products requiring intensive technical support, such as COM Express™, ETX® components, EXM 32, NanoRISC®, Qseven™ and microcontrollers & tools, programmable logic & tools, ASICs, industrial motherboards, power and linear products, displays, optoelectronics, as well as memory modules are our specialty and make MSC one of the leading companies for high-tech solutions. 

MSC distinguishes itself distinctly from its competitors with its competent applications and development engineers, as well as its design capacity for hardware, ASICs, and BIOS. The regional location to its suppliers and the consistent approach toward new technologies, guarantee a high level of competency for its customers. 

Intel and Intel Atom are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the US and other countries. 

 

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