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COM Express Compact SBC powered by AMD embedded SoC

10th January 2014
DFI
Nat Bowers
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Powered by AMD embedded G-series SoC, the KB968 is a Type 6 COM Express Compact SBC announced by DFI. The KB968 is suitable for intelligent systems that display videos, graphics and interactive content. These applications include gaming machines, medical equipment, industrial control automation, security & surveillance, smart grid, ATM, and POS terminals.

Delivering up to 70% overall improvement over the AMD G-series APUs, the quad-core/dual core G-series SoC provides higher performance with low power consumption. The AMD G-series SoC also features updated expansion interfaces, including one PCIe x4, four PCIe x1, one LAN, eight USB, two SATA (SATA 3.0 with data transfer rate up to 6Gb/s), one LPC, one I2C, one SMBus, two serial, and 8-bit Digital I/O for device controls. These flexible interfaces allow systems to process a higher data load and provide faster loading of frequently used applications.

The KB968 features three display interfaces: one VGA providing resolution up to 2048x1536 at 60Hz; one LVDS providing 18-bit, single channel, resolution up to 1600x900 at 60Hz; and one DisplayPort offering resolution up to 4096x2160 at 30Hz. The graphics-rich SBC has an advanced discrete-level GPU integrated in the processor to support high-end enhanced media and graphics capabilities. Additionally, the COM Express Compact supports hardware acceleration for DirectX 11.1, H.264, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 AVC, VC-1 and WMV, ensuring excellent graphics capability, and High Definition Audio interface.

Supporting up to 8 GB DDR3 SODIMM system memory, the SBC has an optional onboard SSD (with maximum write speeds of 30MB/s and maximum read speeds of 70MB/s) for data storage. Compliant with IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u and IEEE 802.3ab, the KB968 features an Intel WGI210AT gigabit Ethernet controller and an integrated 10/100/1000GbE transceiver. With dimensions of 95x95mm, the COM Express Compact SBC supports Windows XP Professional x86 & SP3 (32-bit), Windows XP Professional x64 & SP2 (64-bit), Windows 7 Ultimate x86 & SP1 (32-bit), Windows 7 Ultimate x64 & SP1 (64-bit), Windows 8 Enterprise x86 (32-bit) and Windows 8 Enterprise x64 (64-bit).

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