IC-INT-VPX6d Interface Concept Dual Intel XEON Single Board Computer

The Interface Concept IC-INT-VPX6d Dual Intel XEON Single Board Computer takes advantage of Intel's 14nm Xeon enhancements and the intercommunication capabilities provided by the OpenVPX standard. The IC-INT-VPX6d is a comprehensive dual Intel processor design for applications requiring the highest processing capabilities together with "controlled" power consumption.

The two computing nodes (A and B) are populated with XEON-D processors implementing up to twelve cores, and operate with up to 64GB DDR4/nodes offering the board an overall capability of 128GB.

For Data Plane and Expansion Plane, the IC-INT-VPX6d implements one PCIe Gen2/Gen3 switch attached to both CPUs via x8 links and to the backplane through 16 lanes (4 x4 or 2 x8) on P1 and, factory optional, 12 lanes (4 x4 or 2 x8) on P2. Optimized features of this PCIe switch (such as virtualization) allow versatile PCIe backplane configurations. Moreover, the two processors are linked together via a PCIe x4 link.

For Control Plane, the IC-INT-VPX6d implements an ultra low latency GE switch attached to each CPU and offering seven GigE ports (two of them capable of handling 2.5 Gbps). Moreover, one rear 10GigaE port is connected directly to each processor (10G KR).

An XMC site is attached to Node A (PCIe X4 / factory optional attachment to Node B PCIe X1 for custom application) and provides 20 differential I/O pairs routed from Pn6 to P6 in accordance with X12d+X8d pattern of VITA 46.9 and 9 single ended IO to P5/P6.

The IC-INT-VPX6d also takes advantage of the capabilities of this SoC solution to provide GPIOs, two USB and one SATA ports per processor. For storage, the board also features soldered SATA NAND SSD.

The IC-INT-VPX6d implements one FPGA interfaced with Node A (PCIe x4) to add Core Functions. This FPGA is connected directly to the P3/P4 connectors (SERDES/GPIOs).