Munich, September 2010 – A high computing power coupled with low energy consumption characterizes DSM Computer’s Galaxy® G1-A control cabinet computer that was specially developed for the industrial automation. The box IPC is based on the performance-optimized, energy-saving D510 Intel® Atom™ Dual Core processor that runs with a clock rate of 1.66 GHz and integrates 1 MB L2 cache (each processor 512 KB). The maximum system memory capacity is 4 GB. The Intel® 801HM I/O controller (ICH8M) is used as chip set. The graphic for this new generation is integrated in the processor and, with 400 MHz is faster than the previous solution. 

The robust Galaxy®  G1-A is particularly suitable for harsh industrial conditions and can be installed flexibly in the control cabinet. The drive bays and the connections located on the front side of the industrial housing permit fast access to all components. Thanks to the sophisticated internal ventilation system with two 8-cm temperature-controlled system fans, the CPU module and the plug-in cards are optimally cooled, despite different positionings in the control cabinet. This allows the operating temperature range of the computer (0° to +50° C) to be maintained. 

Despite its compact construction of 149 x 260 x 280 mm, the control cabinet system provides four free PCI slots or three free PCI slots and one PCI Express™ x1 slot, and one internal Mini-PCI Express™ x1 slot that can accept a wide range of plug-in cards. This allows the computer to be easily expanded with all common supplementary modules for CAN bus and field bus (LON, PROFIBUS, Interbus), and with customer-specific controller cards. 

A built-in 180 W power pack with 100 – 240 V input voltage or optionally a 24 VDC power pack with 200 W rating provides the power for the box IPC. 

To save the user data, an externally accessible 3.5-inch and an internal 2.5-inch drive bay are provided. This allows two hard disks or two robust solid state disks (SSDs) to be used. The Galaxy® G1-A also has an internal Compact Flash socket.  

The control cabinet computer provides a wide range of interfaces, including eight USB 2.0 ports (six external and two internal), SATA, audio and a fast Realtek 8111DL 1000 Base-T LAN interface. Of the four COM interfaces, as standard, three are externally accessible as RS232, one of which can be switched as RS232/422/485. A VGA graphical interface with a maximum resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels is provided. 

About the DSM Computer GmbH: 

Since its establishment in 1981, DSM Computer GmbH as a provider of industry PCs and SBCs engineering has always succeeded in responding flexibly to a constantly changing market. With either individually tailored solutions or product lines with standardized versions, DSM offers qualitatively high-value computer technology for industrial applications, telecommunication systems, automation, medical engineering, renewable energy, robotics, POI/POS and measurement engineering.

Loughborough, UK – October 6th, 2010 – CommAgility announced today the AMC-V6 (http://www.commagility.com/amc-v6.php), a high performance FPGA-based interface and processing module for wireless baseband applications. For maximum processing power, the AMC-V6 incorporates a Xilinx Virtex-6 FPGA. The new module is ideal for wireless radio head interfacing applications requiring multiple CPRI links at up to a 10x (6.144Gbps) line rate.

The standard variant has an LX240T-2 FPGA, providing a cost-effective processing solution. Optionally, the board can be configured with the LX550T-2 version of the FPGA, providing over half a million logic elements and making the AMC-V6 suitable for the most demanding applications.

A broad range of high speed I/O options are provided. Serial RapidIO (SRIO) V2.1 at speeds of up to 20Gbps per port is supported by an IDT CPS-1848 SRIO switch.

The board provides three front panel SFP+ optical interfaces that provide flexible high-speed links, and are configurable as CPRI, OBSAI, Gigabit Ethernet, SRIO or other standards. Alternatively, dual mini-SAS connectors to the SRIO switch and the FPGA’s GTX ports offer up to 40Gbps of front panel I/O.

The FPGA AMC includes two banks of DDR3 SDRAM with multiple high bandwidth buses: 128Mbytes of 16-bit memory and 256Mbytes of 32-bit. 128Mbytes of Flash memory is also provided, which can be used as storage for multiple FPGA configurations and additional software. CommAgility glue logic provides board control and FPGA configuration via local SPI interfaces or SRIO, leaving the main FPGA completely free for customer application code.

Timing and synchronisation is achieved via front panel SMB or backplane clock I/O. Optionally a GPS module can be fitted, in which case no additional timing equipment is required, significantly reducing systems complexity.

Edward Young, managing director at CommAgility, said, “By including the Virtex-6 FPGA and IDT’s CPS-1848 SRIO switch, we have designed a module that meets the highest requirements for processing power and fast I/O, while giving engineers the flexibility they need. AMC-V6 is the perfect platform for LTE and LTE-Advanced test and base station development and provides a cornerstone of next generation baseband processing.”

The new module is a single-width mid-size PICMG AMC.0 R2.0 Advanced Mezzanine Card (AMC), and is tested to work with industry standard MicroTCA chassis. It can also operate standalone, with suitable power and cooling. A range of build options is available, and further customisation is possible in volume, to enable the best technical and commercial fit to a customer application to be achieved. For more information about the CommAgility AMC-V6, see www.commagility.com.

The AMC-V6 will be sampling in November 2010. For pricing information, please contact CommAgility.

About CommAgility:

CommAgility is a leading manufacturer of signal processing AMC modules for wireless baseband applications, combining flexible CPRI/OBSAI antenna interfaces, the latest TI DSPs and Xilinx FPGAs, and high bandwidth on and off-card communications using Serial RapidIO and Ethernet. Customers around the world use CommAgility products to develop high performance applications in both wireless and non-wireless spaces, and recent designs include test equipment, trial systems and base stations for a wide range of wireless standards especially WiMAX and LTE.