CompactPCI® Serial is a new bus standard by the PICMG. It supplements the parallel CompactPCI® 2.0 by additional fast serial point-to-point connections. The higher signal density and higher transmission frequency of 12 Gb/s and more is realized using a new connector concept. The new CompactPCI® Serial standard also leads PCI Express®, SATA, USB and Ethernet to the backplane of the system, while being consistently based on the CompactPCI® 2.0 mechanics. This way, a cost-effective and fast migration from CompactPCI® to CompactPCI® Serial is possible, as the user can keep existing 19″ systems.

The PICMG will officially release the CompactPCI® Serial standard during the Embedded World 2011 in Nuremberg. There are some products already on the market, however. MEN will present its complete CompactPCI® Serial product range at the Embedded World. This includes the single-board computer G20, several peripheral boards, a hybrid system or a complete CompactPCI® Serial rack.

In addition, the PICMG will have a joint booth with several members, where there will be two special presentations a day about CompactPCI® Serial.

MEN booth Hall 12, booth number 545

PICMG booth Hall 9, booth number 202 (Presentations about CompactPCI® every day 10:00 to 11:00 am and 1:30 to 2:30 pm.)