| Developers: | Congatec |
| Date of the premiere of the system: | 2016/05/13 |
| Last Release Date: | 2020/07/16 |
| Branches: | Electrical equipment and microelectronics |
| Technology: | Processors |
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2020
COM Express conga-TR4 with AMD Ryzen Embedded R1000 processors
On July 16, 2020 it became known that the congatec company expanded a series of the modules COM Express conga-TR4 with processors from the AMD Ryzen Embedded R1000 series. Zen founded on the known microarchitecture, this generation of energy efficient processors provides the best performance in the class with low power consumption and is optimized for the markets sensitive to the cost of an end product. In comparison with AMD Ryzen V1000 processors the feature set of AMD Ryzen Embedded R1000 was reduced, however it nevertheless is offered a number of very attractive functions, including two multithreaded cores and, with the graphic processor AMD Radeon Vega with three computing blocks, support of three displays with the permission 4k. Thanks to TDP scaled from 24 to 12 W and clock processor rate up to 3.5 GHz (in a turborezhima), for separate flows rather high computing power is provided. Having such impressive graphic performance, modules are intended for applications in which OEM manufacturing want to emphasize quality of the end products using ultramodern graphics of high resolution with a deep water of representation.
 | Having for 16% the best capacity of the processor (1) and for 33% the best capacity of the graphic processor (2), than at his direct competitors, a high-performance system - on - a crystal (SoC) of R1606G offers OEM manufacturing decisive competitive advantages. The AMD Ryzen Embedded R1505G processor offering only not on much poorer performance is as regards graphics even more outstanding in the segment. In CineBench R15 it shows performance level of 51% (1), being one of the best, and its graphic processor in test 3DMark11, in comparison with direct competitors, reaches 91% of performance (2), - Andreas Bergbauer, COM Express product line manager in congatec company explains |  |
Target markets for the modules COM Express based on the AMD Ryzen Embedded R1000 series are included by multifunction multidisplay game systems, digital signs, medical visualization and industrial automation. One more scope are systems with remote control (headless - without monitor, the keyboard, a mouse) in which the graphic processor (GPU) is used for mass parallel processing of data. Examples of such use of computers - on - modules can be found in communication infrastructures where modules are used for applications of security or for uCPE, SD-WAN, routers, switches and UTM (Unified Threat Management - universal devices of network security, providing a powerful comprehensive protection from network threats). Thanks to modular construction of the system based on the standardized computers - on - modules, users receive benefit from lower costs of development and faster entry into the market. It is reached thanks to a computing core, already completely ready to application, flexible scalability of performance even for processor sockets and generations and also to the high employment duration and long term of availability.
A set of functionality in parts
The high-performance modules conga-TR4 with a raspinovka according to the COM Express Type 6 standard, are based on the multinuclear systems - on - a crystal of Ryzen Embedded R1505G and R1606G from AMD company. They support to 32 GB of energy saving and fast two-channel memory of DDR4 with a speed up to 2400 MT / from (megatransaction per second) and in addition ECC for the maximum data security. Impressive graphics of AMD Radeon Vega with three computing blocks supports up to three independent displays with the permission to 4k UHD and 10-bit HDR and also DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.4 for 3D - graphics. The built-in video processor provides video streaming of HEVC (H.265) with hardware acceleration in both directions. Thanks to support of HSA and OpenCL 2.0 for the graphic processor it is possible to appoint workloads of deep learning. The built-in AMD Secure Processor helps with applications, critical for security, with hardware acceleration of enciphering and decoding of RSA, SHA and AES.
conga-TR4 from congatec company provides complete implementation USB- C on a carrier payment, including USB 3.1 Gen 2 from 10 Gbps, Power Delivery and DisplayPort 1.4 which can be used, for example, for connection of external touch screens using one cable. Other interfaces focused on performance include 1x PEG 3.0 x4, 3x PCIe Gen 3 and 4x PCIe Gen 2, 3x USB 3.1 Gen 2, 1x USB 3.1 Gen 1, 8x USB 2.0, 2x SATA Gen 3 and also 1x Gbit Ethernet. Inputs and outputs for SD, SPI, LPC, I²C and also two outdated UART from CPU and High Definition Audio supplement the range of interfaces. Supported operating systems include Linux, Yocto 2.0 and Microsoft Windows 10 or optionally Windows 7.
conga-TR4 COM Express Type 6 based on the AMD Ryzen processor
On April 30, 2020 the congatec company provided the module conga-TR4 COM Express Type 6 executed on AMD processors of the Ryzen Embedded V1000 series and intended for operation with the industrial operating temperature range-40 … +85 °C. It is also available with additional thermocycling to achievement of the maximum reliability. In execution of a heavy-duty form, extremely steady against external environmental activities, in the presence of four computing cores, eight flows and eight computing blocks of the graphic processors providing the high performance of processing of video benefit exacting graphic and computing workloads from AMD Zen microarchitecture. TDP (engl. Thermal Design Power is an indicator of settlement thermal power of the processor) the offered modules is scaled within 12–25 W that allows to create optimal constructions with 4K of UHD video, and at passive cooling. Typical applications for the industrial modules COM Express can be found in high-performance computer systems with the built-in machine vision and artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, railway applications of the rolling stock, in the equipment for the oil and gas industry working in the open air, a mobile equipment for ambulance, broadcasting mobile units or in the field of security and video surveillance and also in the equipment of base stations for cellular communication of technology 5G, and these are only some of possible options.
As noted in congatec, the maximum capacity of the module conga-TR4 COM Express Type 6 depends on environmental conditions and is set with turborezhimy in the range of clock rates of 1.6-2.8 GHz of the processor in the temperature range below zero and in the range of 2-3.6 GHz at positive temperatures. High performance of conga-TR4 computers like "computer on the module" is implemented (Computer-on-Modules) with availability in real time and also provides support of a hypervisor the real-time systems necessary for deployment of virtual machines and consolidation of workloads in scenarios of boundary calculations.
According to the developer, the high-performance computer module conga-TR4 with an output of COM Express Type 6 is based on the multi-core processor AMD Ryzen Embedded V1404I. It supports up to 32 Gbytes of energy saving and fast two-channel memory of DDR4 with a speed up to 3200 million transactions / with and ECC for the maximum data security is in addition equipped. The integrated graphics of AMD Radeon Vega with eight computing blocks represents the modern built-in graphic platform. The module supports up to four independent displays with the permission to 4k UHD and 10-bit HDR and also DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.4 for 3D - graphics. The built-in video processor provides video streaming of HEVC (H.265) with hardware acceleration in both directions. Thanks to support of HSA and OpenCL 2.0 for the graphic processor it is possible to appoint workloads of deep learning. In applications, critical for security, the built-in AMD Secure Processor helps to execute enciphering and decoding of RSA, SHA and AES with hardware acceleration.
According to the statement of the producer, the module conga-TR4 of congatec company provides complete implementation USB- C on a carrier payment, including USB 3.1 Gen 2 from 10 Gbps, Power Delivery and DisplayPort 1.4 necessary, for example, for connection of external touch screens using one cable. Other interfaces focused on the increased performance contain 1× PEG 3.0 x8, 4× PCIe Gen 3 and 4× PCIe Gen 2, 3× USB 3.1 Gen 2, 1× USB 3.1 Gen 1, 8× USB 2.0, 2× SATA Gen 3 and 1× Gbit Ethernet. Besides, the module conga-TR4 with an output of COM Express Type 6 has inputs and outputs for SD, SPI, LPC, I²C and also two outdated UART from CPU and High Definition Audio which supplement the range of interfaces. Are supported operating systems Linux, Yocto 2.0 and Microsoft Windows 10 or optionally Windows 7.
As of April, 2020 the computer modules conga-TR4 COM Express of type 6 can be ordered in the following options of delivery, configurations are also available to standard temperature range.
2016: conga-TR3 with a system on a crystal of AMD a G-series
On May 13, 2016 the congatec company announced release of the modules conga-TR3, DDR4 equipped with fast memory.
In comparison with the modules of the previous generation based on the built-in systems on a crystal from G-serii AMD company, the modules conga-TR3 with the installed AMD GX-217GI processor provide performance gain in graphic applications to 30% and up to 15% of a gain of performance of all system in general. The indicator of heat release of TDP is at the regulated level of 12-15 W that is also suitable for use in solutions with passive cooling.
Because AMD processors of a G-series are completely compatible on outputs to the built-in systems to a crystal of AMD a R-series (having a trade name of Merlin Falcon) and are based on the same microarchitecture, producers of the original equipment (OEM) get additional benefit in the form of the broadest scalability. In a segment of high performance graphic applications, the modules conga-TR3 give an optimal price solution at the considerable production volumes.
Scope of modules lies with the broadest range of applications, beginning from game solutions about highly productive with graphics and the interactive signs using two external displays with the resolution of 4K, image processings and video in industrial electronic vision systems and medical devices, to the equipment of the automated sales, POS terminals and the systems of industrial automation. Other scopes include applications with increased requirements to computing resources, such as computer systems of decision making, network screens with the deep analysis of packets of DPI (engl. DPI - Deep Packet Inspection) and the analysis of Big Data. Thanks to support of HSA 1.0, computing loading can be distributed between the processor and graphic cores that provides considerable energy efficiency of calculations.
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