Congatec and AMD have teamed together to provide extended life cycle support for the AMD Geode, one of the world’s longest-serving x86 processors. The result is that AMD Geode processor boards from Congatec will have planned availability until the end of 2021.
According to Congatec, embedded system developers will benefit from massive life cycle and return on investment improvements for their AMD Geode based product lines. Supply until 2021 means 16 years long-term availability for the Geode LX, which was introduced by AMD in 2005. This is unique to the embedded x86 processor markets, where processors in general are available for 7 years.
In order to enable this extension, AMD has qualified a non-halogenated substrate with virtually no changes to processor form, fit or function so that all AMD qualification criteria will be met. Congatec modules with the new Geode processor samples are available now under identical product order numbers.
The following products are supported:
| Module | Form factor | Processor | RAM | Power consumption |
| conga-XLX | XTX | AMD Geode LX 800 |
1 GB DDR3/PC2700 | 5 W (typical) |
| conga-ELX | ETX | AMD Geode LX 800 |
1 GB PC2700 | 5 W (typical) |
| conga-ELXeco | ETX | AMD Geode LX 800 |
256 MB DRAM | 5 W (typical) |
Congatech | www.congatec.com
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