COM Express
COM Express™ is a PICMG standard that defines a "Computer On Module" (also known as COM) as a "component".
New interfaces
The COM Express™ standard defines 440 pins between the COM Express™ module and the carrier board. The COM Express™ interfaces allow for a smooth transition from old, parallel interfaces to fast, serial interfaces. These include SDVO, PCI Express and Serial ATA. COM Express™ defines five different pin assignments, thereby guaranteeing sufficient scalability for future applications. Legacy buses such as PCI, parallel ATA and LPC are also supported, as well as the new serial high-speed interfaces PCI Express, Serial ATA and Gigabit Ethernet.
COM Express module design

- COM Express modul concept
conga-BM57

- conga-BM57 highend graphic COM Express Modul
conga BM57 combines maximum processing performance with an integrated high speed graphic controller. conga BM57 is a COM Express Type 2 module with a 32nm processor up to Intel Core i7.
Extreme performance
conga BM57 supports several different types of processors up to Intel Core i7-620 at a speed of 2.53 GHZ, 4 MB L2 cache and 1066 MHz FSB.
Efficient Graphics and Gigabit Ethernet
The on-chip graphics controller supports the Intel® FDI (Intel ® Flexible Display Interface). This Mobile Intel® 5 series graphics chipset supports the latest 3D, 2D and video streaming capabilities. It supports Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT 5.0), accelerated hardware HDTV video streaming and DirectX 10. In addition, the conga BM57 supports automatic display recognition. Both independent graphic pipelines can use either 2x24 bit LVDS, SDVO TV-Out, analogue VGA or new interfaces such as DisplayPort and HDMI. conga BM57 is equipped with the high-performance Intel® Hansville-M 82577 Gigabit Ethernet controller.
Find out more in the datasheet.
When Intel Turbo Boost technology is used, a maximum frequency of 3.33 GHz is supported. The conga BM57 uses the high-performance Mobile Intel QM57/HM55 Platform Controller Hub (PCH).
conga-BM45

- conga-BM45 COM Express Modul
Dual Core COM Express™ module with Dual Channel Memory Support
Extremely High End
conga BM57 supports processors up to the latest Intel® Core™ 2 Duo 2.53 GHz with 6MB shared cache and 1066 MHz FSB.
The Mobile Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD (Intel® GMA 4500MHD) is already integrated into the high-performance Mobile Intel® GM45 Express chipset. The module can be fitted with a maximum 8GB fast DDR3 dual channel memory. Compared to DDR2 memory, the power consumption of DDR3 RAM is approximately 20% lower.
Efficient graphics
The integrated "Mobile Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD" graphics controller (Intel® GMA 4500MHD) features the latest 2D, 3D and streaming video features.
Find out more in the datasheet.
The conga BM45 supports dynamic video memory technology (DVMT 5.0), hardware accelerated HDTV video streaming and DirectX 10. With EPI and DisplayID (VESA standard), the conga BM45 can automatically recognise flat-screen displays.In order to reduce power consumption, the clock speed and power supply in the graphics controller are dynamically adapted to the power requirements of the software application.
conga-BS45

- conga-BS45 highend COM Express Modul
COM Express basic module with Intel GS45 chipset
High End
The module can be fitted with a maximum 8GB fast DDR3 dual channel memory.
Find out more in the datasheet.
The conga BS45 supports processors up to the latest Intel® Core™ 2 Duo 2.26 GHz with 6MB shared cache and 1066 MHz FSB. The Mobile Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD (Intel® GMA 4500MHD) is already integrated into the high-performance Mobile Intel® GS45 Express chipset. Compared to DDR2 memory, the power consumption of DDR3 RAM is approximately 20% lower.
conga-CS45

- conga-CS45 highend COM Express Modul
COM Express basic module with Intel GS45 chipset
Extremely High End
The module can be fitted with a maximum 4GB single channel memory.
Graphics efficiency
Graphic outputs
Gigabit Ethernet
Find out more in the datasheet.
conga CS45 has a Gigabit Ethernet interface on the COM Express pins, thereby allowing fast serial communication.Both independent graphic pipelines can access either 2x24 bit LVDS, SDVO, TV-Out, analogue VGA or the new interfaces such as DisplayPort and HDMI.The integrated Intel® GMA 4500MHD graphics accelerator offers the latest 3D and 2D video streaming capabilities.The conga CS45 has processors up to the latest Intel® Core™ 2 Duo 2.26 GHz generation with 6MB shared L2 cache and 1066 MHz FSB. It features the high-performance Mobile Intel® GS45 Express chipset with integrated Intel Mobile Media graphics accelerator 4500MHD (Intel® GMA 4500MHD). It supports dynamic video memory technology (DVMT 5.0), hardware accelerated HDTV video streaming and DirectX 10. The conga CS45 supports automatic display recognition with EPI and DisplayID (VESA standard)
Additional congatec COM Express modules
| Typ /PDF download | Brief description |
|---|---|
| conga-B945 | Dual Core COM Express™ module with Dual Channel Memory Support |
| conga-BA945 | COM Express module with Intel® Atom™ processor and high-perfomance graphics |
| conga-CA945 | COM Express compact with Intel® Atom™ N270 |
| conga-B915 | Economy COM Express module with Intel® Celeron® M |
| conga-CA | COM Express™ Compact module based on the Intel® Atom™ Prozessor der Z5xx processor series |
| conga-CAx | First fully industry-compatible module based on the Intel® Atom™ Z5xx processor series |
| conga-CLX | COM Express compact module with AMD Geode LX 800 |


