Kontron AdvancedMC Modules

For you who want to get the latest information about design and manufacturers embededd computer system, I’ll introduce you with Kontron. Kontron is manufactures embedded computer systems at locations in Europe (Southern Germany), North America (Montreal, Pittsburgh, San Diego) and Asia (Taipei). Kontron is a world market leader Founded in 1962. Kontron helps leading OEMs and systems integrators to significantly reduce their time-to-market to gain a competitive edge. Kontron designs and manufactures innovative building blocks capable of supporting numerous applications for today‘s networked infrastructure.

There are two product that I’ll describe here, one is AdvancedMC AMC (AdvancedMC) is the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group's specification (PICMG AMC.0 , AMC.1, AMC.2, AMC.3 and AMC.4 respectively) for hot-swappable and field-replaceable mezzanine cards. The product for AdvanceMC is AM4901



AM4901
Cost optimized MCH (MicroTCA Carrier Hub)
Cost optimized design by focusing to essential requirements
System management + Ethernet Switching
Supports up to 12 AMCs, 2 cooling units and 4 power modules
Front panel GbE uplink and management port

MicroTCA Carrier Hub (MCH)
The MCH is the central management and data switching device in a MicroTCA system. Kontron offers MCHs integrated in open platforms according the MicroTCA specification.



Second is AdvancedTCA, AdvancedTCA (ATCA) is the new standard for telecom applications bringing the features of proprietary architectures and the CompactPCI standard with his high packing density and RAS (reliability, availability, serviceability) together.