Using a Xilinx™ Spartan™-6 FPGA to support a high performance PCI Express interface and large I/O count Lamachan2 offers an extreme I/O solution for High Performance Computing (HPC) systems.  It is also capable of forming the basis of a low cost processing accelerator or even a combined I/O / accelerator processing solution.

Lamachan2 supports I/O solutions up to and including 266 I/O. Plugging in standard DIL modules, available directly from Enterpoint, allows the rapid construction of a wide range of I/O, communications, and processing solutions. Typically systems formed this way could include 256 200KHz ADC channels, communication interfaces up to 8 gigabit Ethernet interfaces, or even systems based on up to four XC6SLX150 X2 Coprocessors for low cost, high performance, algorithm processing solutions.

Lamachan2 can also be used as a support board to systems based on Enterpoint’s high performance Merrick3 boards and other future products in this product range. A high speed expansion interface, with high bandwidth capability, allows high speed, low latency, connections to adjacent Merrick3 boards without using a host motherboard for data routing. The expansion interface can also be used to link together multiple Lamachan2 boards to form extended I/O or communication interfaces.

‘Lamachan2 brings offers an I/O capability previously unobtainable with standard I/O capture products. The enormous logic capability of the Xilinx™ Spartan™-6 FPGA, used at the heart of Lamachan2, not only allows us to offer a standard product with enormous potential but also allows low cost semi-custom solutions with extended high performance features.’ says John Adair CEO of Enterpoint. 

Lamachan2 will be showing at SC11, November 15th to 17th, in Seattle USA and is available to order immediately. 

For further information, please contact boardsales@enterpoint.co.uk