April 2006

This month's ESC West in San Jose, California, was a strong show of support for the COM Express standard. The number of manufacturers of COM Express modules grew further. Among the new entrants were AAEON and E-Value. In addition, Kontron had the first VIA Technologies based COM Express module on display.

In this issue you will also find the 4th and last article in the series on the COM Express value proposition - be sure to read it - and Part IV of the series on the COM Express specification.

Enjoy the topics and articles in this issue and as always, send us your feedback.

Sincerely,
Kishan Jainandunsing
Editor-in-chief
COM Express Source

COM Express Module Supplier Base Expands Further

ESC West, April 2006, San Francisco – This month's ESC West was a strong show of support for the COM Express standard with two new entrants. Read on.

Product Highlight: The Kontron ETXexpress-CN7

ESC West, April 2006, San Francisco – Kontron showed a proptotype of its VIA Technologies-based Basic form factor COM Express module at the show. Read on.

Product Highlight: The E-Value ESM-2850

ESC West, April 2006, San Francisco –E-Value of Taiwan had its first COM Express modules on display. Read on.

Product Highlight: The AAEON COM-810

ESC West, April 2006, San Francisco – AAEON of Taiwan had its first COM Express modules on display. Read on.

COM Express Value Proposition - Part IV

In this column we highlight monthly in a series of articles the value propositions of the COM Express standard. This month’s article is the last one in this series and is about new opportunities COM Express offers add-on card manufacturers in the embedded industry. Read on.

The COM Express Specification Explained - Part IV

In this column we explain the COM Express specification in a series of tutorials. Last month we gave a high-level overview of the specification. This month we take a closer look at insertion loss budget specifications for the high-speed serial differential signals when designing carrier boards. Read on.