Kontron to offer Intel i7 across multiple buses

VPX, AMC, and Compact PCI to feature i7 and QM57 chips

Loring Wirbel, Contributing Editor -- EDN, 2/1/2010 10:52:00 AM

Kontron announced this week it will standardize on the use of the Intel i7, based on 32-nm process technology, across its entire product line, including VPX, Advanced Mezzanine Card, Compact PCI, and other board architectures.  The Core i7 utilizes a dual-chip architecture, in which the i7 performs primary control-plane CPU duties, while the QM57 Express chipset performs I/O and advanced logic functions.

Kontron already has introduced the VX6060 and AM4020 based on i7, and plans on several additional product introductions across several bus architectures in the coming months.