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PCI-Express Gigabit fabric switches available in VXS / OpenVPX form factors.
Concurrent Technologies announces two new fabric switch boards to complement their range of single board computers. The FR 331/306 (VPX) and FX 322/0xx (VXS) provide switching technology to enable multiple single board computers to inter-communicate effectively.
The * The FR 331/306 is a 3U OpenVPX™ (VITA 65) fabric switch offering Gigabit data transfer rates in a form factor that is fast becoming the bus architecture of choice for many aerospace, defense and harsh environmental deployments. The FR 331/306 supports: x4 PCI-Express™ (Gen1 or Gen2), 6 payload boards; DMA on two PCI-E ports and user configuration via RS232. The FR331/306 is designed to complement the TR 501/36x Core™ 2 Duo VPX single board computer.
* The FX 322/0xx is a multi-channel 6U VXS fabric switch operating at multiple Gigabit transfer rates to provide higher bandwidth and lower latency for PCI Express™ architectures. The FX 322/0xx supports: x4 PCI-Express™ (Gen1 or Gen2) 6, 12 or 18 payload boards; 2 inter switch ports; 4 SERDES ports and user configuration via RS232. The FX 322/0xx is designed to complement Concurrent Technologies VX 511/06x Core™ 2 Duo VXS single board computer.
The FR 311/306 and FX 322/00x offer high bandwidth, low latency, flexible port architectures to infrastructures requiring high performance and secure connectivity for centralized switching systems, Network Centric Operations (NCO) and data management servers.