6U CompactPCI processor board from Dedicated Systems Australia
CP6014 6U CompactPCI processor board
Kontron has released CP6014, a 6U CompactPCI processor board featuring two 45 nanometer quad-core Intel Xeon L5408 processors complemented by the power-optimised Intel 5100 Memory Controller Hub (MCH) chipset & Intel I/O Controller Hub 9R.
The power of eight processor cores on one board provides new and existing CompactPCI customers with tremendous system upgrade opportunities.
The CP6014 CompactPCI processor board targets storage, wireless infrastructure, security, voice and the medical market segments. Taken in conjunction with the advantages of virtualisation software, the CP6014 can now address new data-intensive applications such as video recognition and medical imaging.
With the dense design of the energy efficient 45nm Intel processors, the Kontron CP6014 unlocks new potential applications. As an example, a CompactPCI 2.16 platform with 10 CPCI single core, single-slot boards could possibly be reduced – depending on the application – to one, dual-slot quad-core board. Conversely, clients may configure a super computer with up to 7 quad-core processor boards for extremely data hungry applications.
The benefits of Intel quad-core processors and 45nm technology: The quad-core Intel Xeon processor L5408 interfaces to the baseboard via the 771 land socket and is based on 45nm technology, which reduces power consumption, increases switching speed, and significantly increases transistor density over the previous 65nm technology. The L5408 has a power envelope of 40W and supports a core frequency of 2.13GHz, a Front Side Bus of 1066MHz, and an on-die L2 cache of 12 MB (2x6 MB).
CP6014 overview: The CP6014 is an 8HP dual-slot solution designed with a multitude of onboard IO functionality. To eliminate the bottleneck of a parallel bus structure, the Kontron CP6014 supports a local PCI-X 64-bit/133MHz on PMC-slot or a PCIExpress X4 on the XMC.
For faster memory performance, the CP6014 supports up to 32GB DDR2 memory (4 DIMMs sockets) at 533/667MHz and Intel I/O Acceleration Technology (Intel I/OAT) DMA for fast data transfer.
Additionally there is a VGA interface and a VGA controller on a PCI-E bus ATI M72 that supports CRT. For clients to accomplish more without a comparable increase in power consumption, the CP6014 takes full advantage of the Intel 5100 MCH chipset which contains two main components; the Memory Controller Hub (MCH) for the host bridge and the Intel 82801IR I/O Controller (ICH9R) for the I/O subsystem.
Subsequently, the CP6014 uses onboard Flash, provides six SATA/SAS ports onboard (mezzanine and rear I/O), two COMs RS232 (one front and one rear I/O), three USB 2.0 ports (one front and two rear I/O), dual 1MB BIOS Flash (FWH), and support for IPMI V1.5 implementation.
The CP6014 is ROHS compliant and available from Q2 2008 through Dedicated Systems Australia. Dedicated Systems is the authorised distributor for Kontron.
9-Apr-2008