Kontron 4U backplane xPB-13E9P3 for PICMG 1.3-based system

The 4U backplane xPB-13E9P3 for PICMG 1.3-based system designs has PCI and PCI Express Gen 2 support for full-height 4U systems. With 32 PCIe lanes backplane tackles bandwidth-intensive applications with its densely packed design for use with standard PCIe and PCI extension cards.

The 16 PCI express lanes from the system host board to the four PCIe x4 Gen 2 slots and the PEG slot on the backplane. The switch is configurable via software, allowing each of the x4 slots to be individually populated with x1, x2 or x4 I/O cards.

The PCIe bandwidth can also be routed directly to dedicated ports without disturbing the CPU board. The three PCI slots allow OEMs to use existing PCI extension cards.

Designed for highest throughput (5.0 GT/s per PCI express lane) with the latest frame grabbers, graphics and network cards, the full-size backplane was developed for markets such as medical, digital signage, gaming and infotainment applications, as well as multi-monitor solutions for surveillance and industrial engineering.

It also provides resources for applications where multiple video cards are required, such as in test and measurement, digital mock-up and simulation.

This makes the backplane a suitable host for a GPGPU system, for high-performance embedded computing tasks.