Extreme Engineering Solution’s (X-ES) XCalibur4840 6U VPX-REDI Module, is a new single board computer (SBC) sporting an intel D-2700 series, which was formerly an Ice Lake-D chip, series of processors. These SBCs are focused on computational heavy applications requiring maximum data and information protection. It is applicable in the areas of command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR), radar, and many other mission-critical defense systems.
Intel in the heart of the XCalibur4840
The Intel Xeon D-2700 processors are power-efficient System on Chip (SoC) packages with integrated 40 Gigabit Ethernet for high-speed connectivity. Significant improvements over the existing line of Xeon D chips, in terms of sheer processing power and memory density, make the Ice Lake-D the ideal solution for computationally heavy applications.
The Xeon D-02700 series products have as many as 20 cores and four memory channels to provide maximum processing capability in a high-performance computing environment. These new processors come with full support from Intel’s Internet of Things Group (IOTG). The Xeon D-2700 processors have Intel’s commitment to 15-year availability. This is an added benefit and increases the reliability of this family of processors.
More speed, yes, please
The XCalibur4840 is equipped with extremely fast connectivity access. It holds two 40GBASE-KR4, two 1000BASE-X, and two 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet ports. It can handle up to 64GB of DDR4 ECC SDRAM in four channels, and also 32GB of onboards SLC NAND flash in addition to the many I/O ports, including
- USB2.0
- PCIe
- RS-232/422/485 serial through the backplane
The SBC comes with additional expansion through two integrated XMC/PMC sites. These two sites include an x8 PCIe connection to the Xeon D Processor and X12d+X8d I/O mapped directly to the VPX backplane connectors.
Each mezzanine site offers a single PMC connector, which provides the build option for the P64s, or X38s to the VPX backplane connectors.
It’s all about security
The XCalibur4840 has an integrated SecureCOTS technology integration with a Microsemi PolarFire FPGA for hosting custom functions, to protect data from outside modification or observation and provides the ideal solution for when the strictest security measures are required.
Other features include
- SKU available with native extended temperature support
- VITA 65 OpenVPX slot profiles compatible
- Per VITA 48 Ruggedized Enhanced Design Implementation (REDI)
- One x16 PCIe Gen 3, and one x4 PCIe Gen2 interfaces
- 2x USB2.0
- Wind River VxWorks BSP
- X-ES Enterprise Linux (XEL) BSP
- SATA or PCIe Gen 4 availability contact the factory
- For availability of Green Hills INTEGRITY, QNX Neutrino, LynuxWorks, LynxOS BSP, and also Microsoft Windows drivers, contact the factory.
The XCalibur4840 product page can be found here and the company website can be found here.
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