New VPX Boards with Freescale and Intel Cores

XCalibur4341: Intel® Core™i7 6U VPX-REDI Board
Intel® Core™i7 Processor-Based 3U Conduction- or Air-Cooled VPX-REDI Module

XCalibur1541: 6U VPX Module features MPC8572E
Freescale MPC8572E PowerQUICC™ III 6U Conduction- or Air-Cooled VPX Module

XMC Module with Intel® Core™i7 Processor and FPGA
March 17, 2010: Extreme Engineering Solutions, Inc. (X-ES) announces availability of the XPedite7302, a high-performance XMC module featuring the Intel® Core™i7 processor and SecureCOTS™. With its SecureCOTS capabilities, the XPedite7302 can provide data encryption and decryption and enables developers to address a program’s protection requirements.

MPC8572E PowerQUICC™ III Processor on 6U VME Board
January 25, 2010: Extreme Engineering Solutions announces the availability of XCalibur1531, a high-performance 6U VME solution with Freescale Semiconductor’s dual-core MPC8572E PowerQUICC™ III processor. XCalibur1531 delivers enhanced performance and efficiency for today’s commercial, industrial and defense embedded computing applications.

A 6U CompactPCI Board based on Intel® Core™2 Duo
December 7, 2009: Extreme Engineering Solutions is now shipping XCalibur4101, 6U CompactPCI single-board computer featuring the Intel® Core™2 Duo processor and a ruggedized, conduction- or air-cooled design, making it ideal for today's rugged embedded computing applications.

3U VPX Air-Cooled Development System
December 4, 2009: Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) is now shipping XPand1300 an OpenVPX™ compliant 3U development system for air-cooled modules. XPand1300 is designed to support up to twelve 1” or up to fifteen 0.8” pitch air-cooled VPX (VITA 48.1) and cPCI (PICMG 2.0) modules.

6U VPX Board with MPC8752E air-/ conduction-cooled
December 03, 2009: XCalibur1541 is a MPC8572E based 6U VPX board that ranges from commercial to full blown conduction-cooled applications.

PrPMC/XMC Module Targeting Dual-Core QorIQ™ P2020
November 20, 2009: Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) announces the availability of XPedite5501, the first conduction-cooled PMC/XMC single-board computer based on Freescale Semiconductor’s dual-core QorIQ™ P2020 processor.

XMC/PrPMC Module features Intel® Core™2 Duo
November 17, 2009: Electronic Tools is pleased to introduce XPedite7101, a conduction- or air-cooled PrPMC / XMC module targeting the Intel® Core™2 Duo processor running at up to 1.8 GHz.

3U VPX Conduction-Cooled Development System
November 05, 2009: Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) is the first to ship an OpenVPX™ compliant 3U development system. XPand1200 supports up to ten 1” or 0.8” pitch conduction-cooled VPX (VITA 48.2) modules.

OpenVPX™ Draft Specification – V0.9.4 Completed
September 24, 2009: The OpenVPX™ Industry Working Group (www.openvpx.org), an alliance of VITA member defense and aerospace prime contractors and embedded computing systems suppliers focused on addressing VPX (VITA 46) system-level interoperability issues, has announced the completion of the OpenVPX draft V0.9.4 specification.

6U cPCI Board features MPC8572E PowerQUICC™ III
August 18, 2009: Extreme Engineering Solutions is shipping XCalibur1501, the first MPC8572E based 6U CompactPCI board that scales from commercial to full blown defense (conduction-cooled) applications. Targeting Freescale Semiconductor’s dual-core MPC 8572E PowerQUICC™ III processor, XCalibur1501 is being adopted by commercial, industrial and defense system architects demanding high processing performance with low power consumption.

VME Board features MPC8640D with AltiVec™ unit
August 12, 2009: XCalibur1331 is a high-performance, conduction- or air-cooled, 6U VME solution featuring Freescale Semiconductor’s dual-core MPC8640D processor. The XCalibur1331 is ideal for ruggedized systems requiring high bandwidth processing and low power consumption. The 8640D delivers enhanced performance with AltiVec™ technology and IEEE dual-precision floating point.

3U cPCI Board features Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor
June 30, 2009: Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) is shipping XPedite7130, a new 3U CompactPCI single-board computer based on Intel® Core™2 Duo (SL9380) processor.

An Innovative 3U Power Supply for 3U VPX and cPCI
June 08, 2009: Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) introduces XPm2000, a 3U power supply taking in a MIL-STD-704 28V-DC input voltage and providing up to 200W on 3.3V, 5V and 12V at 90% efficiency. This card also provides a MIL-STD-461E compliant EMI filtering.

½ ATR Compliant, Conduction-Cooled System
April 20, 2009: Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) introduces XPand3200, a sub-½ ATR, conduction-cooled system solution targeting dual-core Intel and Freescale CPU cards plus optional 32 – 64 GB of removable “shirt pocket” storage. This fully ruggedized system redefines the limits of Size, Weight and Power (SWaP) in today’s avionics and vetronics environments and supports VPX and/or cPCI architectures. Additionally, the XPand3200 can be configured to meet custom I/O requirements with various conduction-cooled PMC / XMC or 3rd party modules.

Intel® Atom™ Processor on XMC/PrPMC Module
March 25, 2009 – Electronic Tools introduces XPedite7201, a conduction- or air-cooled PrPMC / XMC module targeting the Intel® Atom™ processor running at up to 1.6 GHz at under 10W.

VPX Board features AltiVec performance of MPC8640D
March 02, 2009: XPedite5170 is a feature-rich 3U VPX (VITA 46) solution targeting Freescale Semiconductor’s dual-core MPC8640D processor. The XPedite5170 delivers enhanced PowerPC performance with AltiVec technology and power efficiency for today’s customers requiring high performance in small form factors.

XMC/PMC Module with MPC8572E PowerQUICC™ III
February 9, 2009: Electronic Tools is pleased to introduce XPedite5301, the first conduction-cooled PrPMC/XMC single-board computer based on Freescale Semiconductor’s dual core MPC8572E PowerQUICC® III processor.

3U cPCI Board features MPC8572E PowerQUICC™ III
November 17, 2008: Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) is pleased to introduce XPedite5330, a new 3U CompactPCI single-board computer based on Freescale Semiconductor’s MPC8572E PowerQUICC® III processor. In addition to the MPC 8572E dual-core processor, XPedite5330 provides a PMC/XMC site along with Gigabit Ethernet and the traditional PCI bus.

Low-Power 3U VPX Board with Intel® Core™2 Duo
September 09, 2008: XPedite7170 sets a new standard for high-performance computing by leveraging the latest in low-power Intel CPU technology. Utilizing the SU9300 (1.2 GHz) and SL9400 (1.86 GHz) Intel® Core™2 Duo processors, the XPedite7170 provides system designers with the optimum high-performance, low-power solution.

3U VPX Card Targets PowerQUICC III MPC8752E
July 21, 2008: The new XPedite5370 is a VITA 46 3U single-board computer based on Freescale Semiconductor’s MPC8572E PowerQUICC® III processor. In addition to the MPC8572E dual-core processor, the XPedite5370 provides a PMC/XMC site along with I/O interconnect supporting PCI Express, Serial Rapid I/O, and Gigabit Ethernet. The XPedite5370 is available in convection- or conduction-cooled configurations and is fully VPX-REDI (VITA 48) compliant.

Freescale MPC8548E Processor-Based PrPMC/XMC Board
July 1, 2008: XPedite5200, a PrPMC that supports legacy PCI-based systems and newer serial fabric-based requirements. The XPedite5200 is centered around the Freescale MPC8548E PowerQUICC III device. The card comes standard with PCI-X support, and may optionally be configured for PCI Express or Serial Rapid I/O support via an XMC connector.

6U CompactPCI Board features Intel® Core™2 Duo
June 11, 2008: The XCalibur4100 combines the low-power Intel® Core™2 Duo processor with industry standard USB, SATA, Gigabit Ethernet, Serial (RS-232 / RS-422), and DVI-I (Analog and Digital Graphics) interfaces. Up to 8 GB of DDR2 SDRAM puts “wind in the sails” of any memory intensive application.