Embedded Computing Design - OpenSystems Media

Blades
Company Name/Model No. Description Web Address
Diversified Technology
cPB-4305
www.dtims.com
A PICMG 2.16-compliant CompactPCI PSB compute blade • Optimized for use as a system master or peripheral processor in Ethernet
PSB CompactPCI platforms • Uses a low power, 1.2 GHz Mobile Intel Pentium 4 processor-M with 512 Kbytes L2 cache • Intel 845E
chipset with 400 MHz front-side bus • Up to 2 Gbytes ECC DDR200/266 SDRAM • Two 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet auto-negotiating
controllers onboard • Ultra DMA/100 IDE 2.5" hard drive or 32-bit/33 MHz PMC site • PS/2 keyboard and mouse interfaces • USB and
serial ports • Floppy interface • SVGA controller • Forsakes a CompactPCI bridge to reduce cost
cPB-4321
cPB-4610
A PICMG 2.16 compliant CompactPCI processor blade • Low power Intel 1 GHz Pentium III processor with 256 Kbytes L2 cache • Intel
440GX chipset, with 100 MHz front side bus • 512 Mbytes or 1 Gbyte ECC SDRAM • Two 10/100 Base-T Ethernet controllers • Ultra
DMA/33 IDE hard drive • 32-bit/33-MHz PMC site • PS/2 keyboard and mouse interfaces • USB and serial ports • Floppy interface
• SVGA CRT controller • Optional CD-ROM drive mezzanine card • Optional IDE-compatible CompactFlash carrier card
A PICMG 2.16-compliant, Pentium M-based processor blade • Intel Pentium M processor with 1-Mbyte L2 cache • Intel 855PM
chipset with 400-MHz FSB • 256 Mbytes to 1 Gbyte of ECC DDR SDRAM • Onboard SCSI controller • 10/100Base-T Ethernet interface
• Onboard mini IDE Flash drive and two 32-bit/33-MHz PMC sites; one PIM connection • 6U x 4HP, system processor • PICMG 2.16 and
2.1 R2.0 compliant
cPC-4325
Extreme Engineering
XCalibur1000
Interactive Circuits and Systems Ltd.
PCI Software Radio
Memory Blade
A system/peripheral processor blade • One or two Intel Pentium III processors at 933 MHz with 512 Kbytes L2 cache • ServerWorks
LE-T chipset with 133 MHz front-side bus • Up to 1 Gbyte ECC SDRAM • PCI video with 2 Mbytes SDRAM • Two Gigabit and one Fast
Ethernet interfaces • Optional onboard 2.5" Ultra DMA/33 EIDE drive or CompactFlash drive carrier • 6U x 4HP, operates as system or
peripheral processor • Optional mezzanine I/O expansion card with dual PMC and dual Fibre Channel interfaces and backplane bridge
• PICMG 2.16, 2.1 R2.0, and 2.9 R1.0 compliant
www.xes-inc.com
A 6U CompactPCI blade • Single or dual IBM 750FX processors • Supports Broadcom’s Super E-Commerce Processor, (BCM5821)
with encryption performance of 4000 1024-bit RSA transactions per second and 3000 IKE negotiations per second • 300-Mbit/sec bulk
SSL encryption • 470Mbit/sec IPsec performance • Front panel serial ports and dual Gigabit Ethernet ports • Dual PCI-X PMC module
sites • PrPMCs can be added • Runs in system or non-system mode • Dual SODIMM SDRAM sockets support 128 Mbytes to 2 Gbytes
of DDR memory at 266 MHz • VxWorks software support
www.ics-ltd.com
A software radio blade • ICS-554, ICS-564, or ICS-572 integrated with up to a 4-Gbyte memory PMC module for onboard data storage
• Over 300 Mbytes/sec sustained data storage rate • Single-slot solution • 64-bit, 66-MHz PCI host interface on the PMC modules
• Software support for Windows, Solaris, and Linux
PCI Software Radio
PowerPC DSP Blade
PCI Software Radio
TI C64 DSP Blade
A software radio blade • ICS-554, ICS-564, or ICS-572 integrated with quad 7410 PowerPC DSP • Up to two PMC modules per card
• Single-slot solution • Large onboard memory for each DSP • Direct data transfer to VME P2 user I/O from each PMC site • 64-bit,
66 MHz PCI host interface on the PMC modules • Software support for VxWorks, Linux, and Solaris • Custom coding of baseband
processing
A software radio blade • ICS-554, ICS-564, or ICS-572 integrated with quad C64 DSP module • Single-slot solution • Large onboard
memory • Direct data transfer to processor via P4 user I/O • 64-bit, 66-MHz PCI host interface on the PMC modules • Software support
for Windows, Linux, and Solaris • Custom coding of baseband processing in Xilinx FPGA
PCI Software Radio
XILINX FPGA Blade
Interphase
iNAV Series
Motorola Computer Group
CPIP5365
NEXCOM International
NexBlade HS318A
A software radio blade • ICS-554, ICS-564, or ICS-572 integrated with Virtex-II based FPGA PMC module to supplement the onboard
FPGA • Single-slot solution • Large onboard memory • Direct data transfer to processor via P4 user I/O • 64-bit, 66 MHz PCI host
interface on the PMC modules • Software support for Windows, Linux, and Solaris • Custom coding of baseband processing in Xilinx
FPGA
www.interphase.com
A series of communications blades that enable datacom gateway-on-a-slot functionality • Includes the iNAV 4000 and the iNAV 3000
• The iNAV 4000 Network Processor Blade is an application-ready module with lower-layer network protocol stacks and a variety
of the protocol interworking functions needed for broadband applications • Offers simultaneous IP routing, ATM switching, and
interworking capabilities for an array of other network protocols including PPP, Packets over SONET (POS), Inverse Multiplexing for
ATM (IMA), and more • Enables bridging of non-congruent networks • Powered by the Wintegra Winpath Packet Processor • The iNAV
3000 Telecom Carrier Blade is equipped with dual PMC/PTMC expansion sites for maximized per-slot density • Includes an eight-port
Fast Ethernet switch, a 2048 DS-0 TDM switch, and an H.110 interface
mcg.motorola.com
A peripheral slot controller • Can be customized with PMC modules to create an application-specific network blade • 850 MHz Pentium
III BGA2 processor • Intel 440GX chipset • 100 MHz FSB frequency • Up to 1 Gbyte PC100 SDRAM • Dual 10/100 Mbit Ethernet • PICMG
2.16 node-slot compliant • PICMG 2.9 support • Two USB channels • Two asynchronous serial ports • PS/2 keyboard/mouse • Real-time
clock • Watchdog timer • One bi-directional IEEE-1284 compliant parallel port • Two 32/64-bit PMC expansion slots • Optional on-board
2.5” EIDE hard drive • Software support includes Windows 2000, Linux, and VxWorks
www.nexcom.com
A series of blades • 3U, 19" rack chassis built with 9/10 or 18/20 blades • Pentium III Celeron or Pentium III; Socket 370 • Patent-pending
intelligent CF-KVM switch for CD-ROM, FDD, keyboard, VGA, mouse • Four different blades for different applications: 1-slot blade
for high density, 2-slot blade for I/O expandability, or mixed blades in the same chassis • Expandable to P4 blades • NEXCARE
server management for health monitoring and remote control through serial port or LAN • 100Base-T LANx3 or 1000Base-Tx
LANx2+100BaseTx-LANx1 per blade • CPU blades, power modules, cooling fans, and other modules are hot swappable
56 / Summer 2004 Embedded Computing Design