VMETRO (News - Alert), a provider of embedded computing solutions based on standards such as VXS, VPX, XMC, has introduced 6U VPX buffer memory board. The MFC700 is a 6U VPX-REDI buffer memory node with support for up to 16GB of memory on the baseboard, dual XMC mezzanine sites and support for Serial RapidIO (News - Alert) (sRIO) fabric.

Ideal for applications that buffer a large amount of high-speed data, the MFC700 can be utilized in signal and image processing applications, as well as data recording subsystems. The MFC700 supports up to 32GB DDR2 SDRAM memory in a single slot with 4-16GB on the MFC700 and two 2-8GB on VMETRO MM-6171 buffer memory node XMC modules.

 

The board supports four x4 high-speed sRIO links to the VPX P1 connector via an 8-port sRIO switch and additional I/Os to the backplane. Dual Xilinx (News - Alert) Virtex-5 FPGAs serve as the memory controllers for the DDR2 SDRAM with ECC memory. The MFC700 provides additional RocketIO connections between FPGAs and the backplane to give developers flexibility and performance in their data movement.

 

In addition to supporting high-throughput backplane I/O, data may be brought into the MFC700 via onboard XMC sites. With dual XMC sites, the MFC700 enables I/O to be tightly coupled with a large system memory resource.

 

The board is useful for what is referred to as rate buffering of high throughput data (i.e., controlling the rate of flow of data through a system). Incoming data from an XMC can be temporarily stored on the MFC700 and then passed to processing or recording nodes at a rate that does not overrun their capabilities.

 

VMETRO offers 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.