VMETRO Continues VPX Momentum
with Addition of 3U VITA 46 FPGA Processing
Engine
VMETRO, a leader in embedded computing solutions
based on standards such as VXS, VPX, XMC and FMC
that utilize multi-gigabit serial interconnects,
today announced the industry's first 3U VPX FPGA
processing engine with support for the new FPGA
Mezzanine Card (FMC/VITA 57) standard. The
FPE320 incorporates the largest available
Xilinx® Virtex®-5 FPGAs and an onboard FMC
mezzanine site. This combination of
high-performance FPGA processing and the
flexibility of FMC-based I/O in a air- or
conduction-cooled 3U VPX package is ideal for
demanding real-time applications such as
Electronic Warfare (EW) and Signal Intelligence
(SIGINT), Electronic Counter Measures (ECM), and
UAV sensor acquisition.
In 3U systems, physical board size has limited
the use of large FPGAs with larger I/O
mezzanines such as PMC/XMC. With the advent of
the FMC I/O mezzanine standard, the largest
available Virtex-5 FPGAs can be used in 3U
systems because the I/O space requirements are
minimized. The FPE320 supports Xilinx Virtex-5
SXT, LXT and FXT FPGAs in the FF1738 package and
has a single FMC (VITA 57) mezzanine site for
I/O. In addition, the FPE320 provides two banks
of DDR2 SDRAM and two banks of QDRII SRAM memory
along with four x4 high-speed serial
interconnects (16 RocketIO(TM) GTPs) to the
backplane for PCI Express®, Aurora(TM), or
Serial RapidIO(TM) and additional user-defined
I/Os to the backplane.
Development for the FPE320 is supported by
VMETRO's FusionXF FPGA development kit. FusionXF
is a collection of software and associated HDL
functions to aid customers in the development of
their FPGA algorithms and logic for VMETRO's
customer-programmable FPGA products. It is
targeted at reducing the design time and
optimizing the performance of complex embedded
real-time DSP systems comprised of multiple FPGA
and PowerPC processors. FusionXF includes a
Software Development Kit (SDK) and an HDL
Development Kit (HDK). The SDK provides host
software support for Windows, VxWorks and Linux,
including drivers for high-speed DMA access
between the XMC and host CPU, FPGA
reconfiguration and diagnostics. The HDK
contains the FPGA interface definitions and HDL
functions to build a fully functional FPGA
design. Example software and HDL are provided
for the interconnects and the external memory
with the Virtex-5 FPGA.
The FPE320 is VPX (VITA 46) compliant with .8"
pitch and is available in both air and
conduction cooled versions. It is expected to
ship in Q4 2008.
For more information on this product, please
visit http://www.vmetro.com/fpe320
Xilinx and Virtex are a registered trademarks of
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, California in the United
States and may be registered in other countries.
Aurora and RocketIO are trademarks of Xilinx,
Inc. San Jose, California in the United States
and other countries. PCI Express is a registered
trademark of the PCI SIG. Serial RapidIO is a
trademark of the RapidIO Trade Association.
VxWorks is a trademark of Wind River Systems.
About VMETRO
VMETRO provides commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS)
board- and system-level embedded computer
products from development to deployment for
applications in Aerospace & Defense, Industrial,
Communications, Medical, Enterprise Computing
and Network Storage. Our products offer the
highest levels of performance, innovation and
reliability by applying state-of-the-art
technology within the framework of well
established industry standards.
VMETRO is a leading supplier of 1) Embedded
Computing - ruggedized and commercial grade
high-performance Digital Signal Processing and
FPGA Processing solutions, Analog, Digital and
Fiber-Optic I/O, and Buffer Memory Nodes 2) Data
Recorders & Storage - ruggedized and commercial
grade real-time long-endurance recording,
playback and analysis systems for high-speed
sensor data 3) Protocol & Bus Analyzers - debug,
validation and analysis tools for testing
computer systems and 4) Network Storage devices
- solid-state non-volatile cards designed to
increase performance and maintain reliability in
server and storage appliances.
For more information, please visit
www.vmetro.com.
Public Relations Contact:
Nicole Renfro,
VMETRO Inc.
Tel: 281-584-0728 ext. 27
or email: nrenfro@vmetro.com
www.vmetro.com
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Name: VMETRO, Inc
Address: 1880 S. Dairy Ashford St.,
Suite. 400-T
City: Houston
State: TX
ZIP: 77077
Country: USA
Phone: 281-584-0728
FAX: 281-584-9034
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