45 nm Duo processor

Kontron has introduced the CP308, a 3U CompactPCI CPU board equipped with the 45 nm Core2 Duo processor, GS45 graphics and memory controller hub and I/O controller hub ICH9M.

The scalable device has up to 50% more L2 cache (6 MB) and a 60% faster FSB (1066 MHz) with similar or lower energy consumption.

It offers scalable 45 nm CPU performance to suit the individual requirements of a wide range of applications that demand energy-efficient, dual-core performance such as, for example, image and video processing as well as robotic and other real-time applications.

Performance ranges from the high-end 2.26 GHz version with 1066 MHz FSB for compute-intensive solutions and the low-power 1.86 GHz version with 1066 MHz FSB for energy-sensitive applications to the ultra-low-power 1.2 GHz version with 800 MHz FSB for applications where power dissipation is important.

The board features up to 8 GB of energy-efficient DDR3-SODIMM RAM with 800/1066 MHz memory bus and offers a rich feature set: a VGA port, up to seven USB 2.0 ports, two COM ports, two gigabit ethernet ports and four SATA interfaces, which are available either on onboard connectors, front I/O or rear I/O connectors.

Additionally, one USB port is reserved on a dedicated onboard connector mounting an appropriate USB NAND flash module.

To guarantee the highest data and system security, the chipset-integrated trusted platform module offers the required encryption, verification and storage capabilities for security-sensitive applications.

The CP308-HDD offers even more features: the 8HP version extends the interfaces on the front panel by 1x DVI, 1x COM port, 1x PS2, 2x USB 2.0 and adds a reset button. For data storage, it offers support for a 2.5" SATA hard drive and a USB NAND flash module and offers an onboard compact flash socket. All three can be used simultaneously.

On the system side, the device provides a PCI 32-bit, 33 MHz CompactPCI interface supporting the drone mode feature. When installed in a system master slot, the CompactPCI interface works in transparent mode, whereas the interface is isolated when installed in a peripheral slot.