Mercury enhances Ensemble MicroTCA and AdvancedTCA platforms

The folks at Mercury Computer Systems, a leading provider of embedded, high-performance computing solutions for image, sensor, and signal processing applications, have announced the availability of the newest member of their Ensemble product family: the MXI-205 Xilinx V5 FPGA AMC (advanced mezzanine card), a powerful FPGA-based processor and I/O module.

The MXI-205 combines a Virtex-5 FPGA compute node (CN) with switch fabric flexibility and multiple FMC (FPGA mezzanine card)-based I/O options. Configurable for a variety of high-performance, high-bandwidth, and low- latency processing and I/O needs, this versatile module uses the power of FPGA processing to reduce system size, cost, and complexity in network, telecom, industrial control, defense, and other applications. The MXI-205 is being evaluated by a broad range of clients, covering applications as diverse as telecom, image processing, and high-energy physics, and is seen as a key enabler for high-density compute and I/O intensive MicroTCA platforms.

"Our customers are currently using Ensemble AdvancedTCA solutions to address a variety of complex, high-bandwidth, low-latency computing challenges," said Greg Tiedemann, Product Line Director at Mercury Computer Systems. "The MXI-205 AMC enables these customers to access cutting-edge FPGA processing, and it can also easily integrate a wide range of proprietary and standard interfaces into those platforms, leveraging the versatile FMC modules from Mercury or other suppliers."

For more information and availability on Mercury's line of Ensemble solutions, visit www.mc.com/microtca, or contact Mercury at (866) 627-6951 or info@mc.com.