T8151B depends on the ability of companies to work together rather than implement them individually. As a result, the industry as a whole is quite cautious about making public announcements. Semiconductor manufacturers such as Intel have already shared the latest processor technology through early experience programs, and development departments are working hard on preliminary designs. Conqueror’s first COM-HPC module may be released this year, and by then, a new generation of embedded computers will have dawned, which will take about the same amount of time as COM Express did back in the day, and is therefore likely to materialize.

T8151B The PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group, or PICMG for short, is an alliance of more than 140 companies working together to develop patent-free standards specifications for high-performance telecommunications and industrial applications. Members of the consortium are technology pioneers with many years of development experience in their respective industries. The organization is currently developing the COM-HPC specification standard to provide an open architecture for next-generation embedded computer modules.