X-ES XCalibur4646 single-board computer

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The XCalibur4646, from X-ES, is a secure, high-performance, 6U OpenVPX single-board computer based on the Intel Xeon D-1500 family of processors.

The processor can provide up to 16 Xeon-class cores for high-bandwidth processing and I/O applications. The integrated SecureCOTS technology can protect critical data from being modified or observed and provides a suitable solution where stringent security capabilities are required.

The product includes a customisable Microsemi SmartFusion2 security SoC with 1 GB of ECC DDR3 to implement the SecureCOTS features. It can host many types of custom functions, such as data encryption, and additionally supports the ability to control, intercept and monitor the Xeon D subsystem, implement penalties and interface to the system through I/O directly connected to the VPX backplane. Circuit board enhancements and optional, optimised two-level maintenance (2LM) metalwork provides added protection to the physical hardware.

The SBC optimises network performance and power efficiency with two 10GBASE-KR Ethernet interfaces direct from the CPU and two 1000BASE-T Ethernet interfaces to the VPX backplane. It accommodates up to 32 GB of DDR4-2133 ECC SDRAM in two channels and up to 64 GB of SLC SATA NAND flash in addition to other I/O ports, including USB, SATA and four configurable RS232/422/485 serial ports through the backplane connectors. It supports additional expansion from two XMC sites.

The product is a powerful, feature-rich SBC for the next generation of compute-intensive embedded applications. Wind River VxWorks and X-ES Enterprise Linux (XEL) BSPs are available. The device uses coreboot to provide fast boot times and simplify code traceability over legacy BIOS implementations.