Germany’s Congate, the world’s leading provider of embedded and edge computing technology, announced the launch of three new series of Server modules using the new Intel Xeon D processor (codenamed Ice Lake D) launched at the same time, which is the world debut of the x86 architecture based COM-HPC Server module. The new COM-HPC Server module includes dimensions E and D, as well as the COM Express Type7 module, which will accelerate the processing speed of the new generation of real-time microservers in harsh environments and over a wider temperature range. Enhancements include up to 20 cores, up to 1TB of RAM, twice the PCIe channel rate (Gen 4), and up to 100 GbE speeds and TCC/TSN technical support. Its target applications include industrial load consolidation servers for automation, robotics, and medical backends, outdoor servers for utilities and critical infrastructure (such as intelligent delivery networks in the oil, gas, and electricity industries, railways, and communication networks), and visual applications such as autonomous vehicles and video facilities in the security field.

Martin Danzer, Director of Product Management at Congate, said: “COM-HPC server modules based on Intel Xeon D processors can speed up processing of large loads, and it has three important implications for many edge server industries. First, COM-HPC server modules based on Intel Xeon D processors are not only suitable for standard industrial environments, but also support outdoor and in-car applications with a wide operating temperature range. Second, as the world’s first COM-HPC server module family, it increases the number of available cores to 20 for the first time, and has 8 RAM slots, allowing a significant increase in memory bandwidth, which is indispensable to handle server load. Finally, these server modules also have real-time capabilities in terms of processor core and TCC/TSN real-time Ethernet. They combine a lot of the benefits that many Oems have been looking for.”

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In addition to large bandwidth and performance improvements, Congate’s three new server module families significantly extend the life cycle of a new generation of hardened edge servers, with planned long-term availability of at least 10 years compared to typical servers. Not only that, they also have full server capabilities. Designed for mission-critical applications, they offer robust hardware security features including Intel Boot Guard, Intel Full Memory Encryption (Intel ® TME) -Multi-Tenant (Intel TME-MT), and Intel Software Protection Extensions (Intel SGX). Ai-class applications will benefit from their built-in hardware acceleration capabilities, including AVX-512 and VNNI. In addition, to achieve good RAS performance, these processor modules integrate Intel resource provisioning technology (Intel ® RDT) and support remote hardware management functions such as IPMI and redfish.

The new modules will be available in High core (HCC) and Low core (LCC) versions for different models of Intel Xeon D processors:

The conga-HPC/sILH COM-HPC Server Size E module will be equipped with five different Intel Xeon D-2700 processors with a number of cores from 4 to 20. 8 DIMM slots for up to 1TB of 2933 MT/s high-speed DDR4 memory (with ECC function); 2.5Gb Ethernet card with 32 PCIe Gen 4 and 16 PCIe Gen 3 channels up to 100GbE, real-time capability, TSN and TCC support. The base power of the processor is between 65 and 118W.
The COM-HPC Server Size D and COM Express Type 7 modules will be equipped with five different Intel Xeon D-1700 processors with a choice of cores between 4 and 10. The conga-B7Xl COM Express server module has up to three SODIMM slots and supports up to 128 GB of DDR4 2666 MT/s memory. conga-HPC/sILL COM-HPC Server Size The D module has four DIMM slots and supports up to 256 GB of 2933 MT/s high-speed DDR4 memory. Both modules have 16 PCIe Gen 4 and 16 PCIe Gen 3 channels. To ensure fast network communication, they have 100GbE rates and a 2.5Gb Ethernet card that supports TSN/TCC. The base power of the processor is between 40 and 67W.