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Quad-core embedded processor

PowerPC engine and single board computer in 6U VPX format

VMetro has announced two new 6U VPX-REDI products. MPE730 is a 6U VITA 46/48 Quad-Core PowerPC Multi-Processing Engine with dual Freescale single or dual core 1.0/1.33/1.5GHz Power Architecture MPC8641D processors and Serial RapidIO fabric connectivity. The SBC731 is a 6U VPX-REDI Single Board Computer (SBC) with a single MPC8641D processor and the Serial RapidIO fabric. The MPE730 supports up to 1 GB of DDR2 memory per processor core for a total of up to 4 Gbytes of memory. The SBC731 also supports a single or dual core 1.0/1.33/1.5GHz MPC8641D processor with up to 1 GB of DDR2 memory per processor core. Both boards incorporate PCI Express and Serial RapidIO switches for on-board interconnects as well as backplane communication with support for Serial RapidIO on the P1 fabric connector and a single x8 or dual x4 PCI Express (PCIe) connection(s) to the P3 connector, providing for multi-processing systems and expansion I/O. There are two XMC/PMC sites on both the MPE730 and SBC731. Each site supports PCI/PCI-X up to 64-bit/133MHz, PCIe x4/x8, and Serial RapidIO x4. Each XMC/PMC site also supports VITA 46.9 I/O connections through the Jn4/6 connectors, providing maximum I/O density and flexibility in a 6U form factor.
Additionally, both boards provide access to commonly required I/O such as Gigabit Ethernet and RS-232/422 serial. To provide interoperability with legacy VME boards, the boards provide VME 2eSST interfaces. For system control and chassis management, the boards utilise a Xilinx Virtex-5 LX FPGA known as the System Control Node (SCN) that controls power and temperature monitoring, bit stream encryption, and routing of I/O. The boards will be available in a number of environmental build options ranging from air-cooled commercial to rugged conduction-cooled.