C6040 expands the ultra-compact industrial PC series

By OEM Update Editorial April 17, 2023 6:44 pm IST

Ultra-compact industrial PCs set a new benchmark for power density.
The addition of the C6040, which brings even more power to the table as the latest member of the ultra-compact C60xx Industrial PC series from Beckhoff, is opening up a whole new world of application possibilities for users. One of the many ways it achieves unprecedented power density is by implementing the 12th generation Intel® Core™ processors featuring up to 16 cores.

The 12th generation distinguishes between classic performance and efficiency cores depending on the processor type. As with previous processor generations, the 12th generation of Intel® Celeron®, Pentium®, and Core™ i3 and i5 are equipped exclusively with classic performance cores. However, the special feature of the Intel® Core™ i7 and i9 processors used in the C6040 is that they are the first to be installed in a hybrid architecture. This means four efficiency cores are added to the Core™ i7 and eight to the Core™ i9 processors. This combination of performance and efficiency cores allows applications to be implemented on 12 or 16 processor cores.
While performance cores are primarily suitable for high-performance, single-thread applications, many additional threads can be executed in real-time or in user mode on the additional efficiency cores. Moreover, each core can be configured individually via the clock frequency. The additional power supply integrated into the motherboard developed and produced in-house in Verl offers sufficient power reserves to utilize the available computing power of the processors fully. In terms of its size, the C6040 measures just 132 x 202 x 76 mm. The versatile new industrial PC is particularly suited to sophisticated axis controls, complex HMI applications, extremely short cycle times, and machine learning and machine vision applications.