AM4100 AdvancedMC with four Gigabit Ethernet and 128-Bit Vector Processing Unit - Kontron

Kontron announced its new AdvancedMC (Advanced Mezzanine Card), the Kontron AM4100 at the NXTcomm 2007 Chicago. Kontron AM4100 AdvancedMC  is based on the 1.5 GHz Dual Core Freescale PowerPC MPC8641D, delivering up to 2.3 MIPS/MHz computing performance.

Kontron AM4100 AdvancedMC

The integrated Altivec , which also replaces DSPs, makes the Kontron AM4100 a perfect design fit for telecommunication equipment manufacturers (TEMs) and enterprise datacoms. Its four Gigabit Ethernet interfaces have advanced capabilities for TCP and UDP checksum acceleration, QoS support, and packet header manipulation.

The Kontron AM4100 includes up to 2GB of soldered DDR2-SDRAM, 4 MB bootable redundant NOR Flash, up to 4GB NAND Flash, and EEPROM for user and configuration data. Two of the GbE interfaces can be routed to AMC connector or to RJ45 connectors on the front panel. Additionally, the Kontron AM4100 supports PCIe x4 or Serial RapidIO x4 as a fat pipe fabric.

About Kontron
Kontron designs and manufactures standard-based and custom embedded and mobile rugged solutions for OEMs, systems integrators, and application providers in a variety of markets. Kontron's diverse product portfolio includes: Computer-on-Modules, SBCs/blades, open-modular platforms and systems, HMIs, mobile rugged workstations, and custom capabilities. 

The Kontron AM4100 is fully hot-swappable, which makes it possible to replace the module without shutting down the AdvancedTCA carrier board or the MicroTCA system. A dedicated Module Management Controller (MMC) is used to manage the board and support Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) commands and PICMG (ATCA/AMC) command extensions, which enable operators to detect and eliminate faults faster at the module level.

Samples of Kontron AM4100 AdvancedMC is available on request. Volume production will start in September 2007.

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