The Express-HL is a COM Express® COM.0 R2.1 Type 6 module supporting the 64-bit 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7/i5/3 or Celeron® processor with CPU (formerly codenamed Haswell), memory controller, and graphics processor on the same chip. Based on the latest Mobile Intel® QM87 or HM86 Express chipset, the Express-HL is specifically designed for customers who need high-level processing and graphics performance in a long product life solution.
The Express-HL features the Intel® Core™ i7/i5/i3 or Celeron® processor supporting Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology (up to 4 cores, 8 threads) and DDR3 dual-channel memory at 1333/1600 MHz to provide excellent overall performance. Intel® Flexible Display Interface and Direct Media Interface provide high speed connectivity to the Intel® QM77or HM86 Express chipset.
Integrated Intel® Generation 7.5 includes features such as OpenGL 3.1, DirectX11, Intel® Clear Video HD Technology, Advanced Scheduler 2.0, 1.0, XPDM support, and DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) support for full AVC/VC1/MPEG2 hardware decode. Graphics outputs include VGA, LVDS and three DDI ports supporting HDMI / DVI / DisplayPort. The Express-HL is specifically designed for customers with high-performance processing graphics requirements who want to outsource the custom core logic of their systems for reduced development time.
The Express-HL has dual stacked SODIMM sockets for up to 16 GB DDR3 memory. The Intel® Mobile QM87 or HM86 Express chipset integrates VGA and dual-channel 18/24-bit LVDS display output. In addition to the onboard integrated graphics, a multiplexed PCI ExpressR x16 Graphics bus is available for discrete graphics expansion or general purpose x8 or x4 PCI Express connectivity.
The Express-HL features a single onboard Gigabit Ethernet port, four USB 3.0 ports and four USB 2.0 ports, and 4 SATA 6 Gb/s ports. Support is provided for SMBus and I2C. The module is equipped with SPI AMI EFI BIOS with CMOS backup, supporting embedded features such as remote console, CMOS backup, hardware monitor, and watchdog timer.