OpenVPX GPU Based on Nvidia Fermi Architecture Was Released

Published:2011/7/4 4:23:00 Author:Amy From:SeekIC

Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing (CWCEC) has announced the VPX6-490 OpenVPX GPU Application Accelerator. It provides two Nvidia Fermi architecture GPU devices for 6U VPX board.

The VPX6-490 is based on industry-standard MXM modules and fitted with a pair of 240 core GPU devices. The memory of each GDDR5 is 2GB. The VPX6-490 leverages new OpenVPX profile standards to deploy the bandwidth of two 16-lane Gen2 PCI Express interfaces which is important to maximizing the performance that can be extracted from the GPUs.

VPX6-490 integrated into a High Performance Embedded Computing (HPEC) subsystem, and it serves as a co-processor and put on a host Intel-processor board. It takes advantage of the new PCIe Expansion Plane definitions in the VITA 65 OpenVPX standard to provide off the shelf backplane support for high-speed interconnection between pairs of SBC/GPU.

The combination of 2nd Generation Intel processors, gen2 PCI Express interconnect and 480 NVIDIA CUDA cores raises the performance bar for embedded High Performance Embedded Computing (HPEC) systems for demanding military digital signal processing (DSP) applications such as C4ISR, EO/IR, and SatCom.

The VPX6-490 is used with Intel processor- based SBCs, like the Curtiss-Wright VPX6-1956 2nd Generation Intel Core i7 and the CHAMP-AV8 dual 2nd Generation Intel Core i7 multiprocessor card.

The Specifications of the device is as followed: (1)6U OpenVPX form factor; (2) One or two Nvidia® Fermi architecture GPUs: 1)240-cores; 2)2 Gbytes GDDR5 memory; 3)256-bit wide memory bus; 4)80 Gbyte/s memory bandwidth; 5)16-lane Gen2 PCIe interface; (3)Dual DVI graphics outputs; (4)Temperature sensors; (5)Voltage sensor; (6)Current sensor; (7)Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) support.

Curtiss-Wright is a diversified, multinational provider of highly engineered, technologically advanced products and services. It is specialized in three segments: Motion Control, Flow Control and Metal Treatment, which support several of the largest, most vital industries in the world, including defense, commercial aerospace and energy. It has been a publicly traded company for more than 75 years and its highly engineered, innovative products are recognized for their advanced technology and unsurpassed reliability. The related integrated circuit is 07CR.

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