Kontron announced a high-speed storage solution for 3U and 6U CompactPCI systems, the Kontron CP-HDD-S-KIT, which enables OEMS and system integrators to setup powerful and robust storage and RAID solutions in a number of applications such as video surveillance, image processing and infotainment. Thanks to the integrated backplane, the Kontron storage solution can be easily integrated in existing CompactPCI installations, reducing development effo...

Today Kontron and Stemmer Imaging, Europe's largest technology provider for industrial image processing announced the closing of a cooperation contract. The goal of the collaboration is to optimize the customization of hardware and software for image processing applications as well as reduce cost and time to market for large-scale customer-specific image processing projects through single source supplying.

Today Kontron introduced the compact Kontron MicroTCA platform OM6040D, which is specifically designed for up to four high-end AdvancedMCs and features a 10 Gbit/s Ethernet switched backplane enabling high data flow rates. In the maximum configuration with 4x Kontron AM5030 processor modules, the 5U platform hosts up to 16 Intel Xeon processor cores and 96 GB of RAM. Thus, the compact and modular 42HP / 5U MicroTCA platform is highly suitable for...

The new generation of low power x86 small form factor processors, available with the 45nm Intel® Atom™ technology, opens windows to extraordinary improvements in healthcare.

Today’s military and defense systems designers are seeing the inherent benefits of Intel® x86 Architecture for new designs as well as legacy applications that have started to migrate from other processor architecture technologies.

Today at InnoTrans Kontron announced the EN50155-compliant 10.4 Kontron Display Computer HMITR. The application-ready display computer is characterized by an extended temperature range (EN50155 T3), reduced energy consumption and powerful graphics and display technology.

Today at InnoTrans in Berlin, Kontron is premiering the Kontron Venturo Vehicle Management System, an application ready set of building blocks for all computing and communications tasks in buses and light rail trains in public transportation. The integrated kit offers solution providers, system houses and system integrators a complete application ready platform for improved time to market which can be individually combined and also customized to ...

Today at InnoTrans Kontron announced the EN50155-compliant 19Kontron railway server MICROSPACE MPCR50R with the low-voltage Intel Core 2 Duo processor L7400 (2x 1.5GHz). Features such as its application ready configuration with extended security and monitoring functions make it the perfect choice as a central multi-function server for buses and railway carriages. The Kontron railway server MICROSPACE MPCR50R enables a vast number of functions for...

Today at InnoTrans Kontron announced the expansion of its product portfolio for the transportation market. Launching a series of new railway-compliant 3U CompactPCI products to accelerate OEMs' time-to-market and reduce hardware design-in costs for a host of rolling-stock and rugged in-vehicle applications, Kontron is offering a full set of building blocks to enable OEMs to quickly compose application-ready platforms with pre-integrated COTS modu...

AP Avionx, recently acquired by Kontron, has been awarded purchase orders by Row 44, Inc. for production quantities of the Server Management Unit (SMU) and the Modem Data Unit (MDU). These products are key components of the Row 44 In-Flight Broadband System that provides wireless connectivity and other services to airline passengers. The production orders will support widespread deployment of Row 44 services in 2011.

The launch of the Kontron Computer-On-Module nanoETXexpress-TT brings four major innovations to the market, available in one single product. In addition to being Kontron's first ultra small form factor COM Express compatible module (55mm x 84 mm) with the new Intel Atom processor E6XX, it is also equipped with the newly defined PICMG COM Express Type 10 pin-out that was added to the COM.0 R2.0 specification. With industrial grade components, func...

Kontron announced today that the newly introduced industrial-grade Intel Atom processor E6xx series will be supported on Computer-on-Modules and Panel PCs. The first products to integrate the new Intel Atom processor, specified for the industrial temperature range (E2) from -40 to +85 °C, include the Kontron Computer-on-Module nanoETXexpress-TT, an ultra sized COM compatible to the new release of the COM Express COM.0 Rev 2.0 pin-out Type 10, an...

Following the successful release and market adoption of the Kontron nanoETXexpress starter kits earlier this year, Kontron is introducing a second tool to help jump start design - the Kontron microETXexpress Starterkit VxWorks validated by Wind River. The new COM Express compact kits expand Kontron's range of evaluation platforms for real time applications built around the COM Express form factors.

Coinciding with the launch of the COM Express 2.0 specification by the PCI Industrial Manufacturers' Group (PICMG), Kontron presents an additional version of the Computer-on-Module ETXexpress-AI based on the new COM Express Type 6 pin-out definition.

PICMG® adopts new specification for COM Express™ modules. What is new?

Kontron announced today full support of the recently launched PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group (PICMG) COM Express COM.0 R 2.0 specification. As a member of PICMG, Kontron has been active in the development of the COM Express COM.0 R 2.0 specification. The new COM Express specification COM.0 Revision 2 further leverages the development of applications, improving time-to-market and TCO

High-Speed Ethernet technologies allow simplifying the structure of computer systems in a significant way. 10G is available in advanced CPUs and Ethernet MACs for processing and storage subsystems. One pipe may handle both the operation of clusters, as well as high-speed communications to the outside world. Resources may be allocated by virtualization, including network interfaces. Components and interfaces are entirely based on world-wide indust...

The Kontron Embedded Box PC CB 752, introduced by Kontron in November 2009, is now available for ambient temperatures from -15 °C to +60 °C. The electronics are equipped with particularly robust specified components and the whole system was fully tested in the climate chamber. Customers benefit from improved reliability in a wider range of harsh environments thanks to the expanded capabilities of the Kontron CB 752.

The new Kontron 4U Backplane xPB-13E9P3 for PICMG 1.3-based system designs boasts comprehensive PCI and PCI Express Gen 2 support for full-height 4U systems. With double the PCIe lanes of any previous solution, 32 in total, the PICMG 1.3-compliant backplane tackles bandwidth-intensive applications with its cost-effective and densely-packed design for use with standard PCIe and PCI extension cards.

Kontron's first industrial server offering a feature-rich integrated Extended ATX motherboard, the Kontron Industrial Silent Server KISS 4U KTC5520, is a highly robust and long-term available open standard platform, offering up to dual Intel Xeon 5600 Series processors. Up to 12 processing cores designed with new 32 nm technology offer high performance density and make it a perfect fit for virtualization functionality, allowing formerly separate ...