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COM Express module hosts CoreT 2 Duo

Adlink Technology has launched a new COM Express module with CoreT 2 Duo, Express-MC800. The Express-MC800's design, measuring 125 x 95 millimetres, is fully COM Express Type 2 compatible.
The Express-MC800 offers high end graphics performance. The key applications of the Express-MC800 include medical diagnostic equipment and medical imaging, gaming, industrial automation, test and measurement, video pre-processing and industrial control. The Express-MC800 provides a general purpose PCI Express x8 lane multiplexed with its PCI Express Graphics (PEG) lanes. This makes the module well suited for applications in data communication, video acquisition and storage.

The Express-MC800's integrated Mobile Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 is a graphics controller capable of offering high end features such as hardware Transform and Lighting (T&L), programmable shader units (up to 128) and Intel Clear Video Technology. The module's good graphics performance eliminates the need for an additional high performance discrete graphics controller.
The Express-MC800 combines a CoreT 2 Duo CPU with Intel's Mobile GME965 Express Chipset. The chipset consisting of the GME965GME/ICH8M North- and Southbridge supports up to 4 GB, dual channel DDR2 667MHz memory on two stacked SODIMM sockets. The Mobile Intel GME965 Express chipset integrates a Mobile Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 that provides CRT, single/dual channel 24-bit LVDS and TV-out (SDTV and HDTV). In addition to the onboard integrated graphics, a PEG x16 slot is available for connection to high end PCI Express x16 graphics chipsets or general purpose x8, x4 or x1 PCI Express devices. The PEG x16 bus can be used alternatively in SDVO mode to connect to DVI, TMDS or TV-out device controllers. The board allows connection of up to five additional PCI Express x1 devices on the ICH8M Southbridge.
Also featured on the module are a single onboard Gigabit Ethernet port and three SATA/300 ports. It supports a single parallel IDE channel, 32-bit PCI and LPC. The Express-MC800 comes equipped with a AMIBIOS8 supporting many embedded features such as: remote console, CMOS backup, CPU and system monitoring, and watchdog timer.