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News Release from: Mercury Computer Systems | Subject: VS6-210
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 25 February 2008
Dual-core module cuts power consumption
The VS6-210 employs three independent, standards-based communication fabrics for control, data movement and sensor data input, in an air-cooled VXS form factor.
Mercury Computer Systems has released its VS6-210 PA Semi Dual dual-core module The VS6-210 combines the industry-standard Power Architecture framework and serial RapidIO interconnect fabric with the PWRficient PA6T-1682M processor for low-power, high-performance processing
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 30 May 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Running at 2.0GHz, the PA Semi device dissipates 5-13W during typical operation.
Depending upon the application, this is three to four times less power consumed than similar high-performance microprocessor platforms.
The VS6-210 is suited for sensor applications including radar, sonar, communications and imaging.
It employs three independent, standards-based communication fabrics for control, data movement and sensor data input, in an air-cooled VXS form factor.
While VMEbus continues to be the technology of choice for systems requiring high-performance, longer life cycles and durability, it lacks the high bandwidth and I/O capacity necessary for next-generation applications.
VXS provides improved bandwidth, backward compatibility to previous generations of the VMEbus and increased power delivery without requiring changes in system architecture.
VXS can take advantage of the large VME ecosystem, a vendor community which provides value-add SBCs, multiprocessor, multiFPGA cards and PMC/ XMC mezzanine cards.
"The VS6-210 delivers outstanding performance per Watt - which leads to a longer product life cycle", said Steve Patterson, Product Line Manager, Embedded Performance Systems Group at Mercury Computer Systems.
"We believe that these benefits, combined with its open software architecture, will minimise our customer's development time and make their end products more robust".
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