The Qseven architecture, explained
The 70 mm square Computer-on-Module: 230-pin edge connector, single 5 V supply, power around 12 W. The middle road between SMARC and COM Express, governed by SGET.
What Qseven is: the 70-millimetre square
Qseven is a compact Computer-on-Module: 70×70 millimetres, a 230-pin edge connector, a single 5 V supply and a typical power envelope around 12 W.
Like every COM, the Qseven module concentrates CPU, memory and chipset and plugs into an application carrier board: the connector is an MXM2-style edge, and the low height (around 12 mm) suits slim systems. The specification allows low-power x86 — typically Intel Atom — and ARM SoCs; typical operating systems are Windows, Linux, QNX and WEC.
Alongside the full format there is the 70×40 millimetre µQ7, for the tightest footprints. The standard is governed by SGET, the same group as SMARC: the two families split the low-power field — SMARC leaning towards ARM and mobile interfaces, Qseven historically more x86.
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What the specification says
The family, item by item
Two formats and a governance shared with the rest of the COM world.3 entries
Q7
70 × 70 mm
The full format: the square's area is enough for low-power x86 SoCs with soldered memory and complete interfaces — PCIe, USB, SATA, GbE, display.
µQ7
70 × 40 mm
The short half of the square, for systems where footprint rules: same connector, a subset of interfaces.
SGET
The governance
Born from a manufacturers' consortium, Qseven is now maintained by SGET alongside SMARC: open specifications, multivendor modules, carriers reusable across module generations.
Where Qseven works
Compact, slim systems, where 12 W is enough and footprint rules.
Nearby architectures
The Computer-on-Module family, from low power to server class.
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