Mercury Computer Systems, a provider of ISR subsystems, has launched the Ensemble 6000 Series 6U OpenVPX Intel Core i7 LDS6520 Module, which is an embedded computing product combining Intel’s Core i7 processor family with the POET fabric interconnect.
The company said that the new offering along with Protocol Offload Engine Technology (POET), enables new levels of subsystem application performance for ISR applications.
ISR subsystems utilising multiple Mercury LDS6520 modules benefit from fast and low latency data communications between Intel Core i7 devices.
Additionally, the LDS6520 enables a serial RapidIO or low latency 10 Gigabit Ethernet data plane to connect a number of Intel Core i7 processors and FPGAs.
The company said that the embedded POET capability on the LDS6520 module facilitates high speed data connections and system scaling for Intel devices in defense applications, thereby delivering ISR subsystem performance.
In addition, the LDS6520 is one of the OpenVPX Intel products which provides communication links to general purpose GPU modules (GPGPU), providing a 10x gain in system performance for many ISR applications.
The Intel Core i7 based LDS6520 module is designed to simplify ISR subsystem architectures and accelerate development utilising fully validated and tested XMC products, such as 10 Gigabit Ethernet sensor interfaces for radar and the Echotek Series of FPGA-based digital receivers and transceivers for signals intelligence/electronic warfare applications, the company said.
Further, the LDS6520 supports 2 XMCs and a dual-core Intel Core i7 Processor and is available in air-cooled and conduction-cooled rugged versions. The initial configurations of the LDS6520 support both serial RapidIO 1.3 and serial RapidIO 2.1 to the backplane, the company said.
