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Announcing the Kontron COMe-bBD6

Augsburg, GERMANY, November 25th, 2015 – Kontron, a leading global provider of embedded computing technology (ECT), adds more power to its Computer on Module family with the introduction of the latest Intel® Xeon® processor D-1500 product family on COM ExpressTM. The COMe-bBD6 has the basic form factor and offers up to 32 GB DDR4 SODIMM with ECC memory and members of the Intel® Xeon® processor D-1500 family with up to eight cores.

This COM Express module was designed for high processing power in a small form factor. Software support includes Linux, Windows and VMware with security based on TPM 2.0, AMI UEFI BIOS, and optional Intel® vProTM technology.

The Kontron COMe-bBD6 module meets the needs of the communications and industrial automation markets, specifically with applications such as edge analytics, gateways powerful motion control or headless inspection, and data packet analysis systems.

Vice President of Kontron R&D Product Management, Reiner Grübmeyer explains that, “This is the most powerful and yet smallest module in its class on the market today. Regardless of whether you need to build a CPU-intensive analytics solution or you need to crush massive amounts of network traffic, this module is the right choice.”

Samples are available now with full production planned for Q1 2016.

Intel, Xeon, and vPro are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States and other countries.

About Kontron

Kontron, a global leader in embedded computing technology and trusted advisor in IoT, works closely with its customers, allowing them to focus on their core competencies by offering a complete and integrated portfolio of hardware, software and services designed to help them make the most of their applications.
With a significant percentage of employees in research and development, Kontron creates many of the standards that drive the world’s embedded computing platforms; bringing to life numerous technologies and applications that touch millions of lives. The result is an accelerated time-to-market, reduced total-cost-of-ownership, product longevity and the best possible overall application with leading-edge, highest reliability embedded technology.

Kontron is a listed company. Its shares are traded in the Prime Standard segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and on other exchanges under the symbol “KBC”.
For more information, please visit: www.kontron.com