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New CHAMP-AV8 6U OpenVPX™ DSP Engine Brings Next-Generation Quad-Core Intel® Core™ i7 Processors and sRIO Support to Demanding Military Signal Processing Applications
ASHBURN, VA – December 3, 2010 — Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, a a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and manufacturer of rugged deployed commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX, OpenVPX™, VXS and CompactPCI products for the Aerospace and Defense (A&D) market, has introduced the CHAMP-AV8, its first rugged, high performance OpenVPX DSP (digital signal processing) engine based on Intel’s next-generation quad-core processor technology. The new CHAMP-AV8 is also Curtiss-Wright Controls’ first DSP engine to offer IDT’s upcoming Gen2 PCIe-to-Serial RapidIO® sRIO protocol conversion bridging semiconductor product, which bring the performance and bandwidth advantages of sRIO switch fabrics to Intel based embedded computing for the first time.
“The combination of Core™ i7 architecture performance, with Intel’s Embedded and Communications Group’s commitment to long life-cycle supply has propelled Intel to being the best technology choice for our signal processing product line.” said Lynn Bamford, vice president and general manager of Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing. “We look forward to many future product generations that will harness Intel’s multi-core processor roadmap.”
Available in a full range of air- and conduction-cooled configurations, the rugged CHAMP-AV8 combines the significantly improved floating-point performance of the latest Intel® Core™ i7 processors, with the substantial bandwidth and system-enabling features of the 6U OpenVPX™ form factor.
Supporting the DSP engine’s floating-point performance is a 21 GB/s (peak) DDR3 memory sub-system that provides ample bandwidth to simultaneously serve CPU access and streaming I/O from its sRIO and PCIe interfaces.
The CHAMP-AV8 incorporates the enhancements of the OpenVPX (VITA 65) standard with a complete suite of data plane, expansion plane, control plane interfaces. With up to 32 GB/s of fabric performance the CHAMP-AV8 has the bandwidth required to effectively harness the power of the processors and drive high-performance I/O devices including GPGPU boards.
The CHAMP-AV8 is the multi-processing component of Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing’s High-Performance Embedded Computing (HPEC) solution set that also includes Xilinx® Virtex®-6 FPGA processing, FMC and XMC signal acquisition, sRIO switches, buffer memory and single board computers (SBC).
About the CHAMP-AV8
The CHAMP-AV8 multi-processing board brings the floating-point performance of the Intel® Core i7 architecture to the OpenVPX form factor standard. Utilizing a pair of quad-core Core i7 processors, the CHAMP-AV8 delivers performance rated at over 250 GFLOPs. With a 21GB/s (peak) DDR3 memory subsystem connected directly to the processor, the Core i7 is able to maximize the throughput and process larger vectors at peak rates significantly greater than previously available.
The CHAMP-AV8 features a high-bandwidth PCI Express® (PCIe) architecture, with on-board PCIe connections between the processors and the XMC site. With 8GB of Flash and up to 16GB of SDRAM, the CHAMP-AV8 is designed for applications with demanding storage, data logging and sensor processing requirements.
CHAMP-AV8 Key Features:
· High-performance floating-point processing for digital signal processing
· (DSP) and general purpose applications
· 6U OpenVPX™ compliant
· Two Intel® Quad-core processors
· >250 GFLOPs peak computing performance
· Up to 8 Gbytes DDR3 SDRAM with ECC per processor
· Gen2 Serial RapidIO® (sRIO) data plane interface
· Gen2 PCI Express® (PCIe) expansion plane interface
· DMA offload engines
· One XMC mezzanine site
· Power management features
· VxWorks® BSP and driver suite
· Red Hat® and Wind River® Linux®
· Rugged air-cooled and conduction-cooled versions
Extensive Software Support
The CHAMP-AV8 is supported with an extensive suite of software including support for Wind River VxWorks and Linux operating environments. Additional software support includes Inter-processor communications (IPC) and Curtiss-Wright Controls’ Continuum Vector AVX-optimized signal processing library.
The CHAMP-AV8 is the latest addition to Curtiss-Wright Controls’ broad family of high density multi-processors. It complements Curtiss-Wright Controls’s wide range of Network Switches/Routers, Digital Signal Processors, Graphics and Communications and I/O products. For more information on the CHAMP-AV8, please visit www.cwembedded.com.
Editorial inquiries: regarding Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing products or services, contact John Wranovics, public relations director, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, Tel: (925) 640-6402; email. [email protected].
Inquiries: Please forward all Sales and reader service inquiries to Jerri-Lynne Charbonneau, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, Tel: (613) 254-5112; Fax: (613) 599-7777; e-mail: [email protected].
Pricing for the CHAMP-AV8 starts at $19,900. Availability is Q2 2011.
About Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing is the industry’s most comprehensive and experienced single source for embedded solutions, ranging from Processing, Subsystems, Data Communication, DSP, and Video & Graphics to the most advanced board level components and fully integrated custom systems. The Embedded Computing group serves the defense, aerospace, commercial and industrial markets and is part of Curtiss-Wright Controls Inc. For more information about Curtiss-Wright visit www.cwcembedded.com.
About Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc.
Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Curtiss-Wright Controls is the motion control segment of Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW). With manufacturing facilities around the world, Curtiss-Wright Controls is a leading technology-based organization providing niche motion control products, subsystems and services internationally for the aerospace and defense markets. For more information, visit www.cwcontrols.com.