Press Release
April 2010

VME/VXS Board With Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor and Dual DVI-I Graphics Available from RedLinX Embedded Solutions

RedLinX Embedded Solution has a new addition to their VME/VXS critical embedded product based on Intel’s latest dual-core processors. The VX 541/06x is a single slot 6U dual PMC/XMC VME/VXS processor board featuring the latest low power high performance dual core processor from the Intel embedded roadmap - the Intel® Core™2 Duo processor operating at 2.26 GHz or 1.86 GHz. The board supports up to 8 Gbytes soldered DDR3-1066 SDRAM. This board is supplied to RedLinX Embedded Solutions by Concurrent Technologies.

Says Wayne Kotze, field engineer at RedLinX Embedded Solutions; “A key differentiating feature of this board is that it supports dual DVI-I graphics via the front panel and dual DVI-D graphics via the rear panel.” What also makes it significant is the VXS switched serial standard - VITA 41.3 - is optionally supported to provide fast data transfer between other compatible boards in the system. Commercial and extended temperature versions are available now and a ruggedized air-cooled (to VITA 47) version will be available shortly. “This combination of high performance data processing and a wealth of I/O ensure the boards are ideal for intensive low power computing applications within the defense, security, telemetry, industrial control, scientific, and aerospace markets” comments Kotze.

The VX 541/06x board supports the 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo SP9300 or the 1.86 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo SL9400 processor; the processor is soldered for improved reliability. The processor utilizes Intel’s 45nm process technology, and offers a large last-level on-die cache (6 Mbytes), 1066 MHz Front Side Bus, Intel® Virtualization, Intel® 64 Technology, improved power management, plus new features and enhancements to the Intel® Core™ micro architecture delivering increased instructions per clock.

“Another feature of the product is that the Intel Thermal Design Power (TDP) for the 45nm 2.26 GHz dual core processor is 25W giving a much improved performance per Watt when compared to earlier generations of processors”, says Kotze. The Intel® GS45 Graphics Memory Controller Hub and Intel® ICH9M-E IO Controller Hub are used to complement the processor to achieve a low power, yet high performance core design. The board is suited for CPU intensive processing applications whereby the processor’s dual cores can access up to 8 Gbytes of soldered dual channel DDR3-1066 SDRAM, with a peak bandwidth of up to 16 Gbytes/s.

To enable easy fast transfer of data between the VX 541/06x board and other components in the system there are two networking options available: dual 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet interfaces via P2 or alternatively a VITA 41.3 interface via P0 giving dual 1000Mbps baseband IEEE 802.3 serial links onto a VXS backplane fabric. For I/O, control and data processing flexibility the VX 541/06x supports a PMC/XMC site, with front and rear I/O, supporting up to 100MHz PCI-X operation as well as a x4 PCI Express™ XMC interface. A wide range of onboard I/O is available to the user: the board supports two 10/100/1000Mps Ethernet interfaces via the front panel as well as dual USB 2.0 and dual DVI-I graphics interfaces. The rear panel supports dual DVI-D, keyboard, mouse, three USB 2.0, one RS-232 and one RS-232/422/485 port, and two SATA300 interfaces. Other features provided are a PC real-time clock, watchdog timer and long duration timer, LAN boot firmware, an on-board CompactFlash® site and options for onboard 2.5-inch or 1.8-inch SATA300 mass storage devices. Optional rear transition modules are also available. For ease of integration the VX 541/06x supports many of today’s leading operating systems, including Linux®, Windows® XP, Windows® XP Embedded, LynxOS®, Solaris™, QNX® and VxWorks®.

Note: All Products are available at RedLinX Embedded Solutions.

About RedLinX™

Systematic Designs (Pty) Ltd, now trading as RedLinX™, was created from the need to serve various market segments with Open Source Solutions, Open Systems Solutions and leading edge Embedded Systems Technologies. RedLinX™ is primarily responsible for dealing in IT, Telecoms, Transportation, Industrial, Government and the Defense market segments. The company has established itself over the last few years as a highly marketable brand name and has become well known in the industry for its provisioning and support of open source, open systems and leading edge embedded systems technology solutions.

RedLinX™ has four operating divisions, namely: Telecoms Systems, High Performance Systems, Production & Engineering and Embedded Solutions. RedLinX™ provides products and services to SME's, Corporates, Government, Parastatals and NGO's within South Africa through a strong partner network, with over 20 local partners and also operates outside the borders of South Africa in neighbouring countries, with access to most African continent states through a distribution channel. With offices in Cape Town and Pretoria, more than 50% of RedLinX™'s staff and management are PDI/HDI and engendered individuals. RedLinX™ proudly aligns itself with the ICT BEE Charter.

For further information, kindly visit http://www.redlinx.co.za

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