LDS6520 Mercury Computer Systems Ensemble 6000 Series OpenVPX Intel Core i7 Dual-Core Module

The Mercury Computer Systems Ensemble 6000 Series OpenVPX Intel Core i7 Dual-Core LDS6520 Module integrates a high-end Westmere-class dual-core Intel Core i7 processor, a nex-tgeneration FPGA for both fabric bridging and user-application functions, and high-bandwidth on-board and off-board communication fabrics in a single 6U OpenVPX slot. By leveraging Intel high-density Core i7 processing with on-board integrated high-performance PCI Express infrastructure and I/O mezzanine sites, the LDS6520 delivers a well-balanced and scalable computing architecture that can provide processing and I/O functionality for high-end radar, signals intelligence, and image processing applications.

The LDS6520 features the Intel 64-bit Core i7 610E Arrandale dual-core processor running at up to 2.53 GHz. This Intel Westmere-class dual-core processor can deliver approximately 40 peak GFLOPS, with two high-speed DDR3-1066 memory channels, providing up to 17 GB/s raw memory bandwidth. Up to 8 GB of DDR3 SDRAM with ECC functionality can be populated on the LDS6520. For more power-constrained applications, the LDS6520 can be configured with the low-voltage 2.0 GHz version of the Core i7 620LE. The LDS6520 makes use of the Ibex Peak HM55 Platform Controller Hub (PCH) chipset, which provides integrated graphics capabilities along with I/O bridging between the Intel processor and external devices.