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News Release from: Emerson Network Power Embedded Computing | Subject: KSI8560
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 19 December 2007
Mezzanine card powers telecomms
infrastructure
The KSI8560 combines high-speed processing, versatile WAN access, integrated system management and a high-bandwidth switched fabric interface.
The KSI8560 is an Advanced Mezzanine Card for telecomms infrastructure applications Combining a PowerQUICC III controller with up to eight channelised E1/T1 spans, the new card provides carrier-class, high-speed protocol and packet processing, signalling and WAN access for MicroTCA systems, AdvancedTCA blades, and custom carrier blades equipped with AdvancedMC sites
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 16 Jan 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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"The KSI8560 combines high-speed processing, versatile WAN access, integrated system management and a high-bandwidth switched fabric interface in a flexible, easy to integrate AdvancedMC form factor", says Ben Sample, Program Manager at Emerson.
"It also provides high availability features such as dual Flash banks and persistent memory that help equipment makers achieve five nines or greater up time".
"The KSI8560 should be very attractive to telecom equipment providers who are looking to add carrier class packet processing, protocol processing, network access and signalling to their infrastructure systems".
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The Katana 750v CompactPCI packet switching backplane telecomms blade is based on IBM's PowerPC 750FX processor.
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A new PowerPC-based PCI Mezzanine Card (PMC) adds processing power to telecomms infrastructure applications.
The KSI8560 is equipped with Freescale's PowerQUICC III MPC8560.
Using a PowerPC Book E core running at speeds of up to 1GHz, the MPC8560 features a 333MHz communications processor module (CPM) that integrates an Ethernet controller, TDM ports for up to eight T1/E1 spans, ATM support, an I2C controller, and a PCIe interconnect.
The KSI8560 also features up to 256Mbyte of SDRAM, 16Mbyte of persistent memory (PSRAM), 8Mbyte of NOR boot Flash (for redundant 4Mbyte devices), 1Gbyte of NAND Flash for nonvolatile RAM and True Flash File System storage, and an additional 512Kbyte of socketed Flash.
The KSI8560 is available in compact, mid-height, and full-sise AdvancedMC form factors.
The KSI8560's high-speed AdvancedMC interface combines dual Gigabit Ethernet channels with a scalable PCIe fat pipe that provides an aggregate bandwidth of up to 8Gbit/s.
The KSI8560 also features an I2C-based Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI), which enables the module to be monitored and controlled by remote shelf management controllers.
When equipped with Emerson's SpiderWareM3UA signalling software, the KSI8560 is transformed into a scalable signalling gateway, which can provide up to 128 SS7 channels with 100% line utilisation in an ATCA environment.
This bundled solution demonstrates the true power of the KSI8560, a flexible AMC that can be used for signalling transfer points, service control points, signalling gateways and basestation controller applications.
Operating system support for the KSI8560 includes a Linux support package for Monta Vista Carrier Grade Edition 4.x and VxWorks 6.2.
The KSI8560 is RoHS/WEEE compliant.
The KSI8560 also complies with all major safety, EMC, and environmental standards, including IEC60950/EN60950, UL60950, CSA C22.2, Global IEC - CB Scheme Report IEC 60950, NEBS Telecordia GR-63, and GR1089 Level 3, FCC Part 15 (USA and Canada), and ETSI EN300386-V1.3.1.
The KSI8560 will be generally available during the first quarter of 2008.
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