COM-HPC: 高性能エッジコンピューティング向け
新PICMGコンピュータオンモジュール

PCI産業用コンピュータメーカーグループ(PICMG)は、産業用エッジコンピューティング市場の非常にハイエンドのニーズに対応する新しいCOM-HPCコンピュータオンモジュール仕様の開発の最終段階に入っています。COM-HPC仕様は、COM Expressの成功を拡張するためのものであり、COM Expressに置き換わるものではなく、2020年の第2四半期頃にリリースされる予定です。

エッジコンピューティングは、ますます高いパフォーマンスを必要とする急成長中のセグメントです。現在および将来のハイエンド組込みマルチコアプロセッサのシステムメモリ要件は、非常に急激に増大しています。メモリ要件が128 GBまたは256 GBに近づくと、COM Expressなどの既存の一般的なフォームファクタではコスト効果の高いソリューションを提供できません。これがCOM-HPCの出番です。最大5つのサイズが定義されており、最大8つのDIMMソケットをオンボードで使用できるサーバーモジュールとして使用することを目的としています。
COM-HPC supports processors with a TDP of up to about 150W. The specification not only handles the latest high density processors offering 16 compute cores at around 110W, but also reserves 30-40W headroom for future designs that will support even more cores and may require additional power in the following decade.
The memory requirements of high-performance embedded multi core processors have greatly increased and platforms must support enough memory to achieve the expected high levels of performance. COM-HPC supports up to 8 DIMMs, allowing for a maximum of 512GB memory capacity based on the latest and most popular memory solutions. As memory technology advances, COM-HPC will be able to support even higher memory capacities.
COM-HPC supports up to 64 general purpose PCIe lanes and 1 dedicated PCIe lane for connecting to the IPMI BMC on the carrier. PCIe configurations with more wide link-width combinations than were supported by COM Express are achievable with COM-HPC, such as 4x PCIe x16 or 8x PCIe x8. Initially, PCIe Gen 4.0 is supported and PCIe Gen 5.0 support will come as a totally new high density and high speed connector is phased in. The most popular interface for peripherals, Universal Serial Bus, has also taken been taken into account. A maximum of four USB 4 ports are supported by COM-HPC to provide 20Gbit data transmission. Furthermore, Ethernet connectivity is provided by up to eight 10GbE ports or the equivalent of two 100GbE ports.
Five module sizes are defined in the COM-HPC specification. The largest is Size E, and is 200mm x160mm with room to accommodate 8 DIMMs. In contrast, the smaller board sizes are intended for use as client platforms utilizing SO-DIMMs or soldered onboard memory. Integrators can choose the size of module that best meets their application requirements.
Two different pinouts with different feature sets are supported by the specification: COM-HPC Server Type and COM-HPC Client Type. The Server Type feature set is focused on intensive data processing and connectivity, and supports a maximum of 64 general purpose PCIe lanes and 8x 10GbE ports. In contrast, the Client Type is intended for generic applications, and supports multiple display interfaces, multiple audio interfaces and even a MIPI-CSI camera interface. Both feature sets utilize two connectors, called the Primary connector (J1) and Secondary connector (J2). In order to accommodate specific use cases, especially in Client implementations not requiring the complete feature set, essential and fundamental features are allocated on the Primary connector (J1) so that the second connector can be eliminated to benefit the total cost structure.


A 400-pin 32 GT/s (PCIe Gen 5) capable connector is defined for COM-HPC. In standard implementations, each COM-HPC module has two board-to-board connectors on the underside of the module: the Primary connector (J1) and the Secondary connector (J2). The height between the module and carrier board is 10mm by default and can be changed to 5mm by selecting connectors of different heights.
ADLINKのCOM-HPCソリューション
ADLINKの概念実証用のCOM-HPCモジュールにはサーバータイプ機能セットがあり、サイズE(160mm x 200mm)で、8 DIMMの110Wプラットフォームで最大16のコンピューティングコアを提供します。 モジュールの上部にヒートスプレッダーが取り付けられており、外部の冷却装置に熱を放出します。


ADLINKは必要に応じて、COM-HPCモジュールとキャリアボード設計検証または設計サービスの両方を提供できます。また特定の要件に合わせて、ソフトウェア、ファームウェア、BIOS適合サービスも提供しています。お客様は、主要都市にあるADLINKサポートセンターのローカルネットワークおよびグローバルネットワークを利用できます。