First Look: Xilinx UltraScale+ PCIe FPGA Boards Now Shipping

BittWare has started shipping the first of their FPGA board families to feature one of the industry's highest performance Xilinx UltraScale+ FPGAs.

The Xilinx UltraScale+ FPGAs are built on 16 nm process technology that extends Moore's law by using 16FF+ FinFET 3D transistors to offer higher performance per watt than previous generations.

These new ¾-length and low-profile PCIe boards support 10/25/40/100 GbE and up to 256 GBytes of memory.

Bay Trail: Compact and rugged X86 Embedded Computer

VersaLogic has announced Raven - a compact and rugged embedded computer built around the Intel Bay Trail processor. 

This is VersaLogic's fourth product released in the Embedded Processing Unit (EPU) format. EPU's combine processor, memory, video, and system I/O into an extremely compact full function embedded computer.

The Raven is covered by a 5+ year availability guarantee and a 5 year product warranty.

100TB Storage: 48 Hot Swap 2.5” Drive Bays in 5U Chassis

The TSS5201 is a Trenton Rackmount Storage Server with integrated RAID controllers. The system has been preconfigured to deliver maximum high-performance storage capacity in a standard, 5U 19” rackmount chassis.

Available with a variety of PICMG 1.3 Single Board Computers and Backplanes, the TSS5201 also offers additional PCIe expansion capability to allow the TSS5201 to be precisely configured to meet your application requirements.

App Note: Using WiFi-Bluetooth Combo Plugin with i.MX6 SBC Lynx

The SBC Lynx from DAVE Embedded Systems provides a native wired network interface alongside a Bluetooth unit, which allows this i.MX6 UL module to communicate with other devices that support this standard.

DAVE Embedded Systems has published a new Appllication Note that describes how to enable these interfaces when working with the SBC Lynx Embedded Linux Kit. The SBC Lynx is available now. Please contact Sarsen for more information.

NMI events always provide an excellent opportunity to meet with like-minded engineers and end users. This particular FPGA software focussed event was no exception.

Chad Hamilton from BittWare presented a paper giving an in-depth look at their new FPGA Development Kit. We were also very pleased to have Manuele Papais from DAVE Embedded Systems with us, showcasing their Xilinx Zynq based System on Modules.

If you're interested in joining the NMI please take a look at their website. We look forward to seeing you at the next event!

Super Compute 2016, held in Salt Lake City, Utah, is the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis.

This year BittWare will be taking part, meeting with visitors to talk about the very latest FPGA technology from Altera and industry-standard COTS form factors including PCIe, VPX / OpenVPX, AMC, XMC and FMC (VITA 57). 

If you're planning to be at this event, and would like to meet with the BittWare team to discuss your application, please stop by booth 3763 or get in touch and we will help arrange a meeting time.