CoreExpress

CoreExpress modules are complete <a href="/facts/Computer-on-module/k4TlVLyo">computer-on-module</a> (COM) highly integrated, compact computers that can be used in an embedded computer board design, much like an integrated circuit component. COMs integrate <a href="/facts/Central_processing_unit/Jxp1bqMV">CPU</a>, memory, graphics, and <a href="/facts/BIOS/AYYPUogS">BIOS</a>, and common I/O interfaces. The interfaces are modern, using only digital buses such as <a href="/facts/PCI_Express/ADhsLCUK">PCI Express</a>, <a href="/facts/Serial_ATA/dW8yAMm8">Serial ATA</a>, <a href="/facts/Ethernet/nMfhU8tU">Ethernet</a>, <a href="/facts/Universal_Serial_Bus/XcIKWLyg">USB</a>, and HD audio (<a href="/facts/Intel_High_Definition_Audio/k9YwTCDu">Intel High Definition Audio</a>). All signals are accessible on a high-density, high-speed, 220-pin connector. Although most implementations use <a href="/facts/Intel/SMF0gJJX">Intel</a> processors, the specification is open for different CPU modules.
CoreExpress modules are mounted on a custom carrier board, containing the peripherals required for the specific application. In this way, small but highly specialized computer systems can be built.
The CoreExpress form factor was originally developed by <a href="/facts/LiPPERT_Embedded_Computers/9RHfUQ4f">LiPPERT Embedded Computers</a> and standardized by the <a href="/facts/Small_Form_Factor_Special_Interest_Group/Bg8a9V9t">Small Form Factor Special Interest Group</a> (SFF-SIG) in March 2010. It was competing with other standards like <a href="/facts/COM_Express/H3HHmCMK">COM Express</a> or <a href="/facts/Qseven/BJruqoCq">Qseven</a>. Initially adopted by the German LiPPERT and the Swiss company <a href="/facts/DIGITAL-LOGIC/kHjngLh6">DIGITAL-LOGIC</a> (which has meanwhile been bought by <a href="/facts/Kontron/kHjngLh6">Kontron</a>), it was later backed up by more than eight vendors including Syslogic.

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