Small COM Express™ type 1 form factor gains strong momentum

Eching/Nuremberg, Germany, March 03, 2009 - The small Computer-on-Modules form factor nanoETXexpress (84 mm x 55 mm), originally initiated by Kontron, is gaining momentum and acceptance in the market. The embedded Computer-on-Modules vendors Aaeon, Adlink and Advantech together with Kontron have jointly released revision 1.0 of the nanoETXexpress specification, which now includes SDVO support. They will present the nanoETXexpress form factor to the PICMG® consortium for incorporation into one of the next COM Express™ releases under the proposed neutral name “Ultra” ...

Market share of nanoETXexpress Computer-on-Modules rises sharply

Eching, Germany, March 03, 2009 - According to latest reports from the renowned market research company, VDC, COM Express™ Computer-on-Modules with the COM Express™ Type 1 connector will attain an annual growth of 70 percent and secure a market share of 21 percent in 2010. This confirms the high market acceptance of the nanoETXexpress credit card sized small form factor that was initiated by Kontron and is the most prominent representative of this connector type ...

QNX and Kontron collaborate on first BIOS-less instant-on platform for Intel® Atom™ processors

Eching, Germany, November 28, 2008 – QNX Software Systems and Kontron have announced that the Kontron nanoETXexpress-SP Computer-on-Module is the first commercial embedded platform to support QNX’s innovative fastboot technology for Intel® Atom™ processors. Designed to enable boot times that are measured in milliseconds, QNX fastboot technology is an advanced feature of the QNX Neutrino ...

Kontron initiated open-standard form factor nanoETXexpress gains momentum

Eching, Germany, November 13, 2008 – Developed by Kontron, the credit card sized open-standard nanoETXexpress Computer-on-Module form factor (84 mm x 55 mm) for developing ultra-mobile mini-computer devices based on x86 processors with 45nm technology now has its first second source partner: AAEON. In response to the increasing demand for ever smaller Computer-on-Modules with ever better ...

nanoETXexpress adopted to develop several industry first innovations: nanoETXexpress COM Express™ compatible, custom designed carrier boards and customized nano size platforms

Eching, Germany, July 16, 2008 Kontron’s certified design partners Diamond Point International, b-plus, ACCES I/O and Microteam today shared the multiple industry breakthroughs enabled by the extremely small nanoETXexpress Computer-on-Module form factor. For OEM customers, the COM Express™ COM.0 Type 1 pin-out compatible Kontron nanoETXexpress-SP Computer-on-Module provides ...

Latest specification and design guidelines for COM Express™ compatible modules for ultra mobile computer devices ready for download

Eching, Germany, June 30, 2008 – The credit card sized nanoETXexpress Computer-on-Module form factor (84 mm x 55 mm) for developing ultra mobile mini-devices based on x86 processors in 45nm technology now has its own dedicated website. The specification and carrier board design guidelines can be downloaded at www.nanoETXexpress.com. The new dedicated website for the nanoETXexpress ...

Power and space-saving design for next generation ultra-mobile applications

Eching, Germany, April 15, 2008 – Today, Kontron unveiled the first extremely small (55mm x 84 mm) nanoETXexpress Computer-on-Module based on the low power Intel® Atom™ processor. The “nano” form factor is designed as an extension to the COM Express™ specification. The credit card size, COM Express COM.0 Type 1 compatible Kontron nanoETXexpress-SP Computer-on-Module with the Intel® Atom™ ...

Specification looks set to incorporate credit card sized modules

Eching, Germany, April 15, 2008 – Kontron has published the complete specification and design guidelines for the “nano” Computer-on-Module format. This format is designed as an extension to the COM Express™ (COM.0) specification published by the PICMG to include credit card sized modules. The “nano” module format (84 mm x 55 mm), for which Kontron already offers products under the name “nanoETXexpress”, is designed ...

For embedded, William Wong selected Kontron’s nanoETXexpress as the best small form factor board in the computers-on-modules category ...

nanoETXexpress-VX8 Impresses with Low-Power Mobile Computing Performance

SAN DIEGO/Nuremberg, Germany, November 28, 2007 - Today, at the SPS/IPC/Drives in Nuremberg, Germany (Hall 7 / Booth 7-306), Kontron introduced the first nanoETXexpress computer-on-module to pack low power processing performance and high-end graphics capabilities as well as PCI Express and Serial ATA interfaces on a credit card footprint of merely 55 mm x 84 mm. The Kontron nanoETXexpress-VX8 is ...

nanoETXexpress extends the definition of COM Express™ to deliver versatile, space-saving modules for future applications

Eching, Germany, July 26, 2007 - Three years after the 2004 launch of the ETXexpress® specification, which has become the PICMG COM Express™ (COM.0) standard, Kontron defines a new footprint variant of the Computer-On-Modules (COMs) standard: nanoETXexpress. The nanoETXexpress specification is targeted to deliver extremely power-saving COMs with mid to high performance x86 technology on a footprint ...