<s>
ETX	B-Device
,	O
standing	O
for	O
Embedded	O
Technology	O
eXtended	O
,	O
is	O
an	O
integrated	O
and	O
compact	O
computer-on-module	B-Application
(	O
COM	O
)	O
form	O
factor	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
a	O
design	O
application	O
much	O
like	O
an	O
integrated	O
circuit	O
component	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
ETX	B-Device
COM	O
integrates	O
core	O
CPU	B-Device
and	O
memory	O
functionality	O
,	O
the	O
common	O
I/O	O
of	O
a	O
PC/AT	O
(	O
serial	O
,	O
parallel	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
)	O
,	O
USB	B-Protocol
,	O
audio	O
,	O
graphics	O
,	O
and	O
Ethernet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
I/O	O
signals	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
full	O
implementation	O
of	O
ISA	B-Architecture
and	O
PCI	B-Protocol
buses	O
are	O
mapped	O
to	O
four	O
high-density	O
,	O
low-profile	O
connectors	O
on	O
the	O
bottom	O
side	O
of	O
the	O
module	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ETX	B-Device
boards	O
are	O
available	O
with	O
AMD	B-Device
Geode	I-Device
,	O
VIA	O
,	O
Intel	B-Device
Atom	I-Device
,	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
,	O
Celeron	B-Device
and	O
Core	O
Duo	O
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XTX	B-Device
offers	O
a	O
75%	O
pin-compatible	O
upgrade	O
path	O
to	O
ETX	B-Device
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XTX	B-Device
drops	O
the	O
ISA	B-Architecture
bus	I-Architecture
and	O
adds	O
PCI-Express	O
,	O
SATA	O
,	O
and	O
LPC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
COM	B-Device
Express	I-Device
was	O
released	O
in	O
2005	O
from	O
PICMG	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Embedded	O
Technology	O
eXtended	O
(	O
ETX	B-Device
)	O
specification	O
,	O
first	O
developed	O
by	O
Kontron	O
(	O
formerly	O
*	O
JUMPtec	O
)	O
in	O
early	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2006	O
,	O
the	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
ETX	B-Device
Industrial	O
Group	O
released	O
the	O
next	O
generation	O
of	O
the	O
ETX	B-Device
3.0	I-Device
specification	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ETX	B-Device
Industrial	O
Group	O
is	O
an	O
independent	O
association	O
of	O
companies	O
that	O
work	O
to	O
exchange	O
knowledge	O
about	O
ETX	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Membership	O
is	O
open	O
to	O
companies	O
which	O
develop	O
and	O
produce	O
ETX	B-Device
modules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ETX	B-Device
3.0	I-Device
Specification	I-Device
is	O
compact	O
form	O
factor	O
,	O
95	O
×	O
114mm	O
(	O
3.7	O
×	O
4.4	O
inches	O
)	O
in	O
size	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
extends	O
the	O
original	O
ETX	B-Device
standard	O
and	O
adds	O
two	O
Serial	O
ATA	O
(	O
SATA	O
)	O
interfaces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
done	O
without	O
changing	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
ETX	B-Device
pin	O
designations	O
,	O
making	O
new	O
modules	O
pin-to-pin	O
compatible	O
with	O
previous	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Modules	O
designed	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
ETX	B-Device
3.0	I-Device
specification	I-Device
integrate	O
two	O
SATA	O
ports	O
via	O
two	O
slim	O
line	O
connectors	O
designed	O
onto	O
the	O
top	O
side	O
of	O
the	O
CPU	B-Device
Module	O
in	O
the	O
vicinity	O
of	O
X4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
module	O
or	O
carrier	O
board	O
ETX	B-Device
connectors	O
do	O
not	O
require	O
any	O
changes	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
faster	O
SATA	O
hard	O
drives	O
.	O
</s>
