Jack London is the Business Development and Product Manager for Kontron America’s Embedded Products Business Unit located in Northern California’s Silicon Valley. He has more than twenty years of experience in the semiconductor and embedded computing markets and holds a BA in Business Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

1. Multicore Solutions with COM Express
Embedded Systems Conference
EPBU Presentation
Jack London

2. Modular Architecture
• One custom • Plus modules • Delivering platform
carrier board with scaleable longevity and
performances maximized ROI
ETXexpress-AI
Santa Clara, CA
microETXexpress-OH
November 2010
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3. Module Form Factors
Basic FF Compact FF Ultra* FF
ETXexpress microETXexpress nanoETXexpress
Santa Clara, CA
*Kontron's nanoETXexpress "ultra" modules are COM Express™ compatible with respect to connector location and pin-out definition, Type 1 and Type 10 www.kontron.com
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4. Advantages of COTS Multicore COMs
System
Scalability
Standardized Reduced power
Specifications consumption
COTS Multicore
COMs
Multiple
Long Life Vendors
IP Preservation
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5. Transitions
Transitioning to COTS solutions
So long old friends… (PCI, ISA, VGA)
 Replacing legacy / out dated technology
Hello new ones...(PCIe, LPC, DP, HDMI )
 Faster multicore performance clock speeds up to 2.66GHz x2
 More I/O options e.g. USB 3.0, SATA 3. PCIe Gen 2
 Smaller physical footprint
 Low power options - Many dual cores are less than 20W TDP
 Better performance per watt
AND…
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6. Preservation of Application IP
Continuation of OEM Core Competency
 Unique I/O structure and interfaces
 Perpetuation of application-specific features
 Extends Cap Ex investment
 Improves ROI
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7. COTS Products Using Multicore:
Benefits:
 Workload consolidation through multicore CPUs
 Heterogeneous Core solutions CPU + GPU
 Workload leveling within the module – multiple threads
 Component reduction
 increases performance: no inter-component latency
 Frees up PCB real estate allowing for additional features
 Cost reduction – every dollar counts
 Multiple environments thanks to virtualization
 Improves application security
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8. Summary
Multicore on COM Express:
Improves system performance > workload consolidation
Better Performance per Watt
Reduces System Cost
Broad Selection of Solution Options due to standardization
Kontron has 30+ different module solutions
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