Kontron is quick with Core Duo designs

Kontron is introducing four embedded computing platforms based on the newly released Intel Core Duo processor.

Parallel to the launch of the Intel Core Duo processors for embedded market segments at Embedded World, Kontron, a Premier member of the Intel Communication Alliance with worldwide presence, is introducing four embedded computing platforms with the new dual-core processors: a mini-ITX motherboard, 3 and 6U CompactPCI boards, and an ETXexpress module (meeting the COM Express specification in accordance with PICMG COM.0).

Each Kontron board is equipped with the 2GHz Intel Core Duo processor T2500; three of them with the Mobile Intel 945GM Express chipset and the 6U CompactPCI board with the Intel E7520 and 6300ESB.

They all offer up to twice the performance of the Intel Pentium M processors at the same clock speed; and power consumption, at up to 31W, is extremely low.

These new boards based on Intel processors will revolutionise the market for embedded computer technology, making integration of two or more previously stand-alone applications into a system possible without an interference between them.

These new processor features can help drastically reduce hardware costs and time to market for OEMs.

"These new processors deliver a new level of performance", says Norbert Hauser, Vice President, Marketing at Kontron.

"The Kontron boards based on the new dual -core processors show an increase in floating point performance of over 96.5%, higher integer performance of over 89.3%, and double the 3D mark - these are performance increases that definitely validate Moore's Law".

These measurements were made in Kontron boards using a single-threaded software environment.

If existing software is optimised to be multithreaded, an even more dramatic increase in performance can be expected.

For many applications that were not previously available for parallel computers due to prohibitively high costs, this results in a performance explosion creating previously unimaginable possibilities.

Applications such as visualisation and control will also be able to be implemented in one system with various operating systems, while maintaining hardware costs under control.

"We expect that Intel dual core technology will become the processor technology of choice for high-end embedded computing, delivering a level of performance significantly higher than what you could achieve with the Intel Pentium M processor two years ago", concludes Hauser.

Kontron will introduce at least ten different embedded computing platforms with these new Intel Core Duo processors during 2006.

"The Intel Core Duo processors combine the benefits of two high performance execution cores with intelligent power management features to deliver significantly greater performance per watt", says Doug Davis, Vice President, Digital Enterprise Group, General Manager, Communications Infrastructure Group at Intel.

"By using Intel building blocks, Kontron will be able to meet the needs of a range of embedded applications that demand both low power and high performance".

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