VPX6-1959

Rugged, high-performance 6U OpenVPX Intel Core i7 Broadwell Single Board Computer (SBC) excels in harsh environments, making it ideal for architecting high-performance computing and processing systems.

VPX6-1959 Single Board Computer

Overview

The VPX6-1959 Single Board Computer (SBC) is a rugged, high-performance 6U Open VPX unit that combines Intel’s powerful Core i7 processor with the power and flexibility of the VPX platform’s high-speed fabric interconnects. The 6U Open VPX Single Board Computer, VPX6-1959 supports Intel’s 5th Gen Core i7 processor. Utilizing this advanced quad-core CPU and Curtiss-Wright’s proven ruggedization technology, the VPX6-1959 excels in harsh environments, making it ideal for architecting high-performance computing and processing systems utilizing DSP, GPGPU and FPGA modules, and/or multiple SBC processors.

With a high-speed, dual-channel DDR3 memory subsystem connected directly to the processor supporting up to 32 GB SDRAM, the VPX6-1959 Single Board Computer can maximize the performance of the multiple processing and GPU cores and AVX2 floating-point processing units of the Core i7 processor. The VPX6-1959 SBC, a 6U Open VPX Single Board Computer, features dual mezzanine sites that support versatile mezzanine daughter cards, including two XMC or one PMC and one XMC module.

The 6U VPX SBC supports a host of standard I/O including four independent Gigabit Ethernet ports, multiple RS-232, RS-422, SATA, and USB ports, discrete DIO, DVI, and dual-mode DisplayPort and VGA, and analog audio ports. A wide range of popular Operating Systems are supported, including Linux (Fedora and RHEL), VxWorks, Microsoft Windows Embedded Standard, and LynxOS.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

  • Intel Core i7 Broadwell 5th Gen processor
  • Up to 32 GB DDR3L at 1600 MT/s supporting 25.6 GB/s
  • Up to 128 GB SATA NAND flash
  • Supports two PMC/XMC expansion mezzanines
  • Available in air-cooled and conduction-cooled versions
  • Supports Linux (Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)), VxWorks, Microsoft Windows Embedded and LynxOS
  • Applications: High Performance Embedded Computing (HPEC) systems , General computing and mission processing, Multi-SBC systems for advanced processing and ISR applications