CP6500-V expands the CompactPCI Value Line of Kontron 6U-CPU Board:

CompactPCI and PICMG2.16 Features at an Industrial PC price

LONG BEACH, CA-January 17, 2005-Kontron, a market leader in embedded computing technology, today announced the introduction of the CP6500-V, a new Value Line CompactPCI board in 6U height. It comes with a 1 GHz or 400 MHz (LV/ULV version) Intel® Celeron® processor and is designed for price-sensitive applications. The 400 MHz version works with passive cooling alone. The inexpensive 144 pin SODIMM RAM of the board is scalable at three levels, with 128 MB, 256 MB, or 512 MB SDRAM. In addition, the hot swap capable CPU board offers various interfaces, including four USB 2.0 ports as well as two Fast Ethernet interfaces, which are either accessible via the front panel or, alternatively, realized through the backplane in accordance with PICMG 2.16, enabling wireless switched fabrics. There are also two serial ports, plus the usual keyboard, floppy drive and graphics connections (VGA CRT with a resolution of 1600 x 1200 pixels).

Two EIDE ports facilitate the connection of mass-storage devices; one of these interfaces is designed for an on-board HDD. In addition, the CPU board includes a CompactFlash socket. Via a 32 bit/33 MHz PMC slot with rear I/O support, the CP6500-V can be further expanded through mezzanine cards as required. Additional I/O can be connected through an LPC interface, or via rear I/O or CompactPCI extension components.

The CP6500-V works in the system slot as well as in the peripheral slot. In the former, it will communicate with all peripheral boards via CompactPCI or Ethernet over backplane in accordance with PICMG 2.16; in the latter, the communication channel is Ethernet over backplane.

Software support is available for Windows XP, XP Embedded and 2000, as well as Linux and VxWorks.

For higher performance, Kontron offers the Performance Line; the CPU boards CP605, CP6000, CP6010, and CP6011 are equipped with Intel Pentium 4 or Intel Pentium M processors.

Value-line Chassis
In its cost-optimized XL-POCKET housing, the CP6500-V competes with industrial rail computers and Industrial PCs (IPCs). Until recently, IPCs have offered a price advantage, but lack the convenient board swapping, ruggedness and compactness inherent in the CompactPCI standard. With the CompactPCI system, components can be swapped from the front, industrial rail computers and IPCs always require more or less complicated assembly work. Thus, the new CompactPCI system offers more convenience and flexibility, at a price that compares to that of industrial rail computers and IPCs.

About Kontron: A leading global embedded computer technology company, Kontron supplies a diversified customer base of OEMs, system integrators and application providers in the communications, automation, transportation, medical, military, aerospace, and test and measurement markets. The company helps its customers to considerably reduce their time-to-market and to gain a competitive advantage with products including high-performance open computer platforms and systems, single board computers, man-machine interfaces and mobile computers. Kontron employs more than 1,500 people worldwide and has manufacturing facilities in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. The company is listed on the German TecDAX 30 stock exchange under the symbol "KBC". Kontron is a member of the Intel Communications Alliance. For additional information on Kontron, please visit: .

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