Kontron announced its latest addition to the family of ETXexpress Computer-On-Modules - the Kontron ETXexpress-MC. Built around the Intel Core 2 Duo processor (up to 2.2GHz) and Intel's 965GM Express chipset. The ETXexpress-MC will feature up to 800MHz FSB. The clock speed can be dynamically reduced, as required by the operating workload. Additionally, the ETXexpress-MC design allows the processor to go into a deeper sleep state for even enhanced power efficiency. The chipset logic recognizes whether data is stored on the processor's on-chip cache memory or in RAM. Consequently, the chipset does not have to wake up the processor to check the on-chip cache memory and unnecessarily draw on battery power.

The inclusion of onboard TPM 1.2 ensures that the MC will be a superior fit for applications that call for enhanced security options. Along with these eco-friendly features, the ETXexpress-MC will offer support for GEN4 graphics. It contains Intel's Direct-X9 compliant Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100 for piping video data through the pixel shaders. The integrated Display Power Saving Technology (DPST) 3.0 saves up to an additional 400mW of power by switching between progressive and interlaced display modes.

Planned for initial launch later this summer, the Kontron ETXexpress-MC will be one of the first COM Express pin-out type 2 compliant modules supporting fast dual-channel memory up to 4GB via two 533MHz or 667MHZ DDR2 SO-DIMM sockets positioned on the top side of the module. This latest COM Express solution has 5x PCI Express x1 lanes, 3x SerialATA ports, and 8x USB 2.0 ports along with Gigabit Ethernet to round out the list of standard features.

Samples of the Kontron ETXexpress-MC supporting Windows XP, 2000, XPe, CE and Linux will be available starting in Q3/2007.