3U VPX VPX systems implement 3U and 6U board computing and offer enormous bandwidth potential on the backplane thanks to a new multigig connector. PCIe, GETH traffic on the VPX backplane can be found today. Soon VPX will also include 10GETH, RapidIO, and high speed inter FPGA I/Os. Kontron offers the essential building blocs to create efficient and economical VPX embedded computers.

PowerStream 7000 - Processor Module The PowerStream 7000 processor module is based on Freescale MPC7447A PowerPC processors with AltiVecTM  technology and the RapidIO communications fabric, offering a performance density of 40 GFLOPS per 4U slot. Fitting more processing power into tight spaces enables full signal and image processing closer to the sensor in mobile platforms.

ETSerdes - Embedded SerDes Test The explosive adoption of high speed serial data links and the proliferation of multi-lane SerDes channels have created a new set of challenges for semiconductor design and test teams. These multi-Gbps low voltage differential signaling (LVDS) channels are proliferating in many standard forms, including PCI express, Gbit Ethernet, Serial ATA, RapidIO, Fiber Channel and Infiniband to name just a few.

MM-6171 - 4GB DDR2 SDRAM Buffer Memory XMC The MM-6171 XMC is a Buffer Memory XMC with support for Serial RapidIO x4 or PCI Express x8. Equipped with 2-4 GB of DDR2 SDRAM, the card provides high-speed buffering capabilities for DSP systems. The XMCs have a variety of uses, such as high-speed temporary storage, expanded system memory, interleaving, or for use with data aggregation and warehousing. The DDR2 SDRAM provides superior performance with low latency, while the bus interface with it?s full-featured DMA engine allows transactions to occur without host intervention.

VPX3-127 - 3U VPX MPC8640D Single Board Computer 3U VPX SBC based on the Freescale Power Architecture MPC8640D processor (1.0GHz dual-core). Up to 2GB DDR2 SDRAM, I/O including Ethernet, Serial, USB 2.0, PCI Express, TTL, etc. XMC site, two x4 PCI Express ports or 1 4x PCI Express and one 4x serial RapidIO port, VxWorkds, Linux GPP, GreenHills Integrity and LynxOS. air and conduction cooled rugged versions

Continuum IPC - Inter-Processor Communications The Interprocessor Communication (Continuum IPC) Library provides all the capabilities needed to control applications running on multiple processors having data movement requirements. The software hides the hardware architectural details from the application designer. For example, message passing functions send messages using the same application interface and parameters, whether the destination task resides on the same processor, same board, or any other board within the fabric. The hardware abstraction provided by Continuum IPC ensures that applications programs written for current generation processors and fabrics will be easily portable to next generation processors and fabrics. Currently supported fabrics and interconnects include PCI, StarFabric, Serial RapidIO and PCI Express (PCIe).