PowerBlock 50
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PowerBlock 50 Ultra-Compact Embedded Computing Chassis • Full-size chassis performance in 1/9 the volume of full ATR, 1/6 the volume of short ATR for SWaP-constrained applications • Six processing slots supporting up to 4,000 GFLOPS per system • State-of-the-art liquid, conduction, or convection cooling for up to 300W power • Designed for ruggedized deployments in harsh environments The PowerBlock® 50 Ultra-Compact Embedded Computing Chassis from Mercury Computer Systems is designed for systems delivering maximum performance in minimal size. It provides full ATR chassis performance in 1/9 the volume, deployable in even the most spaceconstrained aerospace/defense and commercial applications. The high-performance any-to-any PCI Express switch fabric delivers high-throughput, non-blocking, serial switching between processing and I/O nodes. External I/O can be customized to accommodate virtually any type of digital or analog I/O. Highly Configurable The PowerBlock 50 chassis is designed for rugged deployments, with features including o-ring sealing for pressure, humidity and EMI isolation, high-reliability connectors, extended temperature ranges, and module wedge locks for shock and vibration immunity. • High-performance computing modules featuring the latest FPGAs, designed to meet the most demanding application requirements for data processing and I/O • Single-board computing modules, coupled with dedicated I/O daughtercards, which monitor and manage the system and interface to external equipment over serial protocols and/or Ethernet The switched backplane provides four lanes of PCI Express® bandwidth to each of up to six plug-in modules, including: The PowerBlock 50 can be configured with a combination of modules supporting Intel® x86 processors, field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), and graphics processing units (GPUs). Fully loaded, it can deliver up to 4,000 GFLOPS of compute performance. The chassis is ultra-compact, measuring only 4.7” x 5.8” x 5.8” (120 mm x 149 mm x 148 mm). It is designed throughout to isolate its internal electronics from all external environmental and physical conditions, allowing deployments in harsh environments. Rugged Design PCI Express Switch Fabric Figure 1. PowerBlock 50 configuration capability • GPU modules that give Intel processors access to hundreds of GFLOPS of stream computing power across the PCI Express switch fabric • SATA hard disk or solid state storage drives providing ample, expandable storage

Available internal storage Standard 2.5” SATA hard-disk compatible Physical Hard-disk drive (HDD) 250-GB (HDD1250) Size (excluding connectors) Solid-state disk (SSD) 320-GB (SSD1320) 120 mm x 149 mm x 148 mm (4.7” x 5.8” x 5.8”) Weight (excluding connectors) Internal Communications No slots populated ~2.5 kg (5.5 lb) PCIe x4 switch fabric 8 Gbps full-duplex per card 6 slots populated, maximum ~4.6 kg (10 lb) Processor and I/O interconnect Module dependent Available Processor Modules Intel® x86 architecture (LDS1100) Intel Core i7-620LE (Arrandale) dual-core processor at 2.0GHz 2GB DDR3-1066...