Unitronix 6U OpenVPX single board computer

Unitronix has announced a 6U OpenVPX single board computer to complement its range of embedded processor boards.

Based around the Intel Core i7 32 nm embedded processor and mobile QM57 express chipset, the VR 737/08x offers high performance with low power dissipation delivering good performance per watt.

Depending on bandwidth requirements a choice of processors is available: VR 737/080 is an Intel Core i7-660UE 1.33 GHz (800 MHz FSB), the VR 737/082 is a Core i7-620LE 2.0 GHz (1066 MHz FSB) and the VR 737/083 is a Core i7-610E 2.53 GHz (1066 MHz FSB).

The VR 737/08x is a 6U VPX high-performance board, fully compliant with VITA 46.x standard, supporting up to 8 Gb of soldered DDR3 ECC SDRAM, 3x gigabit ethernet ports, dual 1000Base-BX channels, 4x PCI Express x8 lanes (supporting Gen 1 and Gen 2 data rates), dual SATA300 disk interfaces, DVI-D and DVI-I graphics interfaces, 6x serial UART ports, 5x USB 2.0, 8x GPIO and support for 2x PMC/XMC I/O modules all in a rugged 6U VPX 0.8″ slot form factor.

With support for VITA 46.6 ethernet control plane, VITA 46.4 PCI Express data plane and VITA 65 PCI Express expansion plane, the VR 737/08x SBC offers all the features demanded by rugged serial switched fabrics, serial differential signal transmissions, high transaction and aggregate services, all while maintaining lower link latency and increased scalability.

The Core i7 processor features direct media interface technology and flexible display interfaces to provide simultaneous high-speed graphic and non-graphic traffic. The processor also features hyperthreading to allow multiple simultaneous execution threads in each core.

For ease of integration, the VR 737/08x supports many operating systems, including Linux, Windows, Solaris, VxWorks and QNX.