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VPX-300 Reference Development Platform for OpenVPX Systems with Virtex 6 FPGA and GPGPU for High Speed Signal Processing

VPX-300 Reference Development Platform for OpenVPX Systems with Virtex 6 FPGA and GPGPU for High Speed Signal Processing
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VPX-300 Reference Platform 3U VPX Architecture Development Platform Using Front End/Back End Processing Elma’ Elma’s Target Application Prole (TAP) Concept The VPX-300 is an architecture reference platform designed to support development of systems targeted for use in compute intensive applications which are implemented by using FPGAs for Front End / Back End processing. Examples include radar signal processing, image processing, and other applications requiring high bandwidth signal processing and data communications. As a proven FPGA reference platform, the VPX-300 insures that all VPX boards in the system have been selected and tested for interoperability. If a standard OpenVPX backplane prole cannot support the needs of the end application, then a new topology or system architecture, called target application prole (TAP) must be dened and manufactured. The topology in the VPX-300 is a TAP developed by Elma to address a range of high bandwidth, compute intensive applications. It is based on an existing standard OpenVPX backplane. At Elma, we can design your TAP and deliver a complete system designed to precisely suit your application or your application development needs. Dual Cluster Architecture for Front-End/Back-End Processing • Designed around a Virtex-6 FPGA based front end processor (FEP) card • Combining data and control plane topology, the architecture supports multi-processor capability via two clusters termed front end and back end •The OpenVPX™ standard based backplane prole provides two separate star sections which are established through a data and control plane switch, handling both PCIe and Gigabit Ethernet links • All slots in the backplane include control plane interconnects. • The front end FPGA cluster performs incoming digital signal processing coupled via fabric using a Virtex-6 FPGA to a back end data cluster We’ll work with you to: • Determine the backplane topology for the required data ow – Central Switched, Star, Distributed or Full Mesh. • Determine if a standard OpenVPX backplane meets your needs Graphics and CUDA Support In addition to high bandwidth FPGA processing, the VPX-300 supports: • An NVIDIA 240T graphics processing (GPU) unit for high denition image processing and graphics acceleration. • Nvidia’s CUDA parallel computing architecture, which enables dramatic increases in computing performance by harnessing the power of the GPU If a standard backplane does not exist: • Slot proles are dened which meet the I/O requirements of the application. • Module proles are identied that match the slot proles and meet the functional needs of the application. • A TAP prole is developed based on elements of backplane proles from the VITA 65 standard and the modules selected to meet your end application system requirements. The result is a backplane based on an OpenVPX standard, guaranteeing component interoperability. ACT/Technico brand of Embedded Computing Products TM Software Ethernet Switches Elma Electronic Inc. | 215.956.1200 | sales@elma.com | www.elma.com | www.elmasystems.com

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VPX-300 Reference Platform VITA 65 Based VPX Backplane Design The backplane used in the VPX-300 is a TAP prole based on a 7-slot backplane prole listed in the VITA 65 OpenVPX standard, BKP3-CEN0715.2.3-n (Figure 1). A key element of this backplane prole is its support of Ethernet and PCIe switching capability in the data and control plane respectively. The backplane developed for the VPX-300 preserves the dual switching capability of the standard backplane while adding an expansion plane and a second compute cluster (Figure 2). This dual cluster architecture supports the front end and back...

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VPX-300 Reference Platform Elma's VPX-300 includes leading edge VPX board products as dened below. As with all Elma pre-congured system platforms, alternative payload cards are available to suit a variety of application needs. Specic chassis level requirements including ruggedization are also available. Standard VPX-300 Model Number SEFV3PXCNICXNVN Conguration Includes: • Intel Core 2 Duo SBC, model TIC-DC2-VPX3a • Freescale MPC8640 1GHz processor, Model TIC-PPC-VPX3a • Front end processor (FEP) with Xilinx Virtex 6 FPGA, model TIC-FEP-VPX3b • NVIDIA GT 240 GPU based high denition graphics...

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VPX-300 SystemPak Elma Electronic offers a wide range of embedded computing products to help you build a system capable of meeting your requirements. Consider the following options and work with one of our Embedded Computing Architects to help you build the system you need using the Custom Con guration Key on the back page. Single Board Computers • 3U and 6U VPX form factor SBCs feature the latest in Intel and Freescale processors Network Switches • 1 GbE and 10 GbE bandwidth available in copper ports or ber ports as well as PCI Express switches Storage • Wide selection VPX and XMC boards...

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