Kontron 6U CompactPCI® boards with 2nd generation Intel® Core™ i7 processors for harsh environments

High-performance 6U CompactPCI® boards available in two rugged levels

Eching, Germany, December 23, 2011 –Today Kontron introduced two rugged 6U CompactPCI® PICMG® 2.16 compliant processor boards with 2nd generation Intel® Core™ i7 processor technology. The boards are available in two ruggedization levels, the rugged air-cooled Kontron CP6003-RA for installations that require versatile and comprehensive I/O capabilities and the rugged conduction cooled Kontron CP6003-RC, for deployment in extremely harsh environments. By offering two ruggedization levels, Kontron enables designers to choose the ideal solution for their application. Designed to bring leading-edge performance with low power consumption and low heat dissipation to a broad range of rugged applications, the Kontron 6U CompactPCI® processor boards CP6003-RA/RC are an ideal fit for military and aerospace systems.

Equipped with multicore CPU’s, including the 2.10 GHz Quad-Core Intel® Core™ i7-2715QE processor, the Kontron CP6003-RA/RC boards not only speed up vector operations required for imaging and floating-point applications via Advanced Vector Extension (Intel® AVX), but also process single-threaded tasks through Intel® Turbo Boost technology 2.0. This allows for a clock speed of up to 3.0 GHz without the need to oversize the entire system for peak loads. Compared to platforms with the previous dual core Intel® Core™ i7 processor and comparable core speed, benchmarks show a performance gain of more than 200 percent for the quad core CPU (Dhrystone Alu MIPS). Furthermore, CPU boards based on 2nd generation Intel® Core™ i5/i7 processors offer a 50 percent performance/watt ratio improvement on average, compared to designs with the previous Intel® Core™ processor architecture. This enables OEMs and system integrators to pack more performance into their systems at the same level of heat dissipation, enabling more powerful applications in the same thermal envelope.

Up to 16 GB of soldered DDR3 1333 ECC memory ensures data accuracy for demanding and safety-critical applications like radar or sonar systems. A rugged NAND Flash with up to 32 GB can be integrated via a SATA interface to host complete operating systems or application code, which substantially increases overall system speed and availability.

The Kontron 6U CompactPCI® processor boards CP6003-RA/RC support 64-bit/66 MHz PCI or PCI-X on the hot swap CompactPCI® interface. Safety and security features via an optional Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2, two redundant firmware hubs (failover) and Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) are supported as well. The XMC (via PCI Express x8) or PMC socket for mezzanine cards ensure plenty of room for application specific expansions, like the dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet network interface card Kontron XMC401. The RoHS compliant and lead free CP6003-RA/RC can be used in both, a system or peripheral slot.

Kontron CP6003-RA in brief
The Kontron 6U CompactPCI® processor board CP6003-RA meets ruggedization level EAC6 according to VITA 47. Equipped with the Intel® Core™ i7-2715QE quad-core processor it features a temperature range from -40°C to +55°C and up to +70°C with the 2.2 GHz Intel® Core™ i7-2655LE dual-core processor. The Kontron CompactPCI® processor board CP6003-RA comes with 5x SATA ports with RAID 0/1/5/10 functionality for enhanced data security, 6x USB 2.0 ports, 2x RS232 ports, VGA, dual HDMI as well as 5x Gigabit Ethernet ports for extensively networked environments.

Kontron CP6003-RC in brief
The Kontron 6U CompactPCI® processor CP6003-RC is the conduction-cooled version of the same board, suitable for integration in completely enclosed systems. It features high mechanical resistance and ideal for in-vehicle installations. Qualified to VITA 47 conduction cooled ruggedization level ECC4, the Kontron CP6003-RC supports operating temperatures of up to -40C to +85C at the card edge.

The Kontron 6U CompactPCI® processor boards CP6003-RA/RC run Linux, VxWorks, Microsoft Windows 7, Windows XP, XP embedded and Windows Server 2008 R2. Highly integrated board support packages are available to support all onboard hardware devices as well as specific features like hot swap, IPMI, power and thermal management enable effortless integration among scalable multi-CPU systems in a PICMG® 2.16 environment.

Samples of the Kontron CP6003-RA/RC are available now. Full production is scheduled for March 2012.

For more information on the Kontron 6U CompactPCI® processor boards CP6003-RA/RC please visit:
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