High Performance Computing Using Stratix 10 FPGA

We work with REFLEX CES to provide customers in the UK and Ireland with the latest leading-edge FPGA technologies, which now compete with CPUs and GPUs in the High Performance Computing (HPC) domain.

Their COTS boards are focused to provide the highest possible performance on the hardware side, together with the OpenCL BSP for ease-of-use on the software side.

One of the high performance computing projects REFLEX CES has been supporting is M2DC. M2DC provides significant benefits for data centres. The goal of the M2DC project is to develop a new class of low-power TCO-optimised appliances with built-in efficiency and dependability enhancements that are  easy to integrate with a broad ecosystem of management software and fully software-defined to enable optimisation for a variety of future demanding applications in a cost-effective way.

In this project, REFLEX CES developed the Stratix 10 FPGA SoC module (COMXpressSX) for acceleration (specifications, hardware development in COM Express form factor, firmware, middleware, and various Board Support Package including OpenCL), and also two types of mechanical chassis where several boards are included.

REFLEX CES product - COMXpressSX Stratix 10 board.

See more info at reflexces.com

Rugged SWaP Optimised Error-Correcting Credit Card Sized Computers

The team at VersaLogic has been very busy over lockdown, and we are excited to bring their latest offering to UK customers - a new SWaP-optimised embedded computer with error correcting (ECC) memory.

Code name “Harrier”

This brand new compact embedded computer features the latest 5^th generation Apollo Lake Atom™ processors  from Intel. Alongside error-correcting memory, the Harrier also includes a TPM 2.0 security chip, on-board power regulation, USB and Ethernet I/O ports, and Mini PCIe expansion sockets.  The soldered-on ECC RAM enhances both the reliability and ruggedness of the product, making it worthy of consideration for a range of mission critical applications.

This compact little computer is 55 x 95 x 29 mm, around the size of a credit card,  making it perfectly suited for SWaP applications such as in unmanned vehicles on land, underwater, or in the air. The Harrier is designed and tested for operation across the full industrial temperature range (-40º to +85ºC) and meets MIL-STD-202H specifications for shock and vibration. In addition, the on-board power regulation ensures reliable operation with fluctuating or noisy power sources.

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