congatec has extended its COM Express product family with the launch of highest performance module conga-BM57. It features new Intel Core i7-620M processor with a core speed of 2.66GHz, with 4MByte L2 cache and up to 8GB fast (1066 MT/s) dual channel DDR3 memory.
According to congatec, the two-chip conga-BM57 utilises Mobile Intel QM57 Express Chipset and the integrated graphics controller supports the Intel Flexible Display Interface (FDI) in order to allow for two independent video channels on VGA, LVDS, HDMI, DisplayPort or SDVO interfaces.
The company claims that the implemented Intel Turbo Boost Technology provides an on-demand boost in the clock speed for one processor core if the other core is less utilised. This new feature improves the computing performance by as much as 25%, as measured by congatec during benchmark testing.
The Intel Core i7 processor supports new power management states. The C6 state from Intel Core processors, saves the architectural state to a SRAM. The cores can be switched off to reduce the current to almost zero, the company said.
In addition, the module features five PCI Express lanes, eight USB 2.0 ports, three SATA, one EIDE and a gigabit ethernet interface for system extensions. It is also equipped with fan control, LPC bus for slow speed extensions and Intel high definition audio.
