Though the OpenVPX Industry Working Group propelled VPX (VITA 46) and OpenVPX (VITA 65) into the limelight with unprecedented momentum, sister standard VXS (VITA 41) is still getting its share of attention. Case in point: Concurrent Technologies’ VXZ 541/06x, a dual VXS/VME PMC/XMC processor board in a single-slot 6U style. (Coincidentally, Concurrent Technologies also served as a member of the OpenVPX Industry Working Group.) The VX541/06x sports a speedy, soldered-for-more-reliability 2.26 (SP9300) or 1.86 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (SL9400) processor featuring 45 nm technology. [Intel’s Thermal Design Power (TDP) for the SP9300 reduces power to a mere 25 W while heightening performance.] Additionally, the board’s 8 GB DDR3-1066 SDRAM offers a maximum 16 GBps bandwidth.
What really caught our eye about the VX 541/06x, though, were things like its unique graphics setup, delivering rear-panel dual DVI-D graphics and front-panel dual DVI-I graphics. Meanwhile, support for the VITA 41.3 VXS switches serial specification is also optionally afforded. And this board stands up to rigorous environments, with extended (and commercial) temp flavors in its present and a VITA 47 air-cooled, ruggedized version in its future. Other notable accouterments among myriad others are rear-panel RS-232 and RS-232/422/485 ports, in addition to support for Windows XP and XP Embedded, Linux, QNX, LynxOS, and others.