myOPALE - Modular Building Blocks for AI on the Edge

ECRIN Systems designs and manufactures rugged VPX COTS Boards, Mil-COTS and rugged systems, and their core business is the integration of COTS building blocks from Open Standard form factors like PICMG 1.3, to achieve the best system performance at reduced cost and shortest time to market.

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One of their latest solutions is the myOPALE building block system, which provides truly disruptive technology to realise ambitious design goals for industrial computers that target size, weight, and power consumption (SWaP)-constrained operating environments.

The myOPALE modular concept is based on four key points, all inspired by open or de facto standards used in the embedded market. It eliminates the mechanical link between the CPU module and its I/O cards thanks to PCI Express Gen3-over- cable interconnection in a standard half-height 5.25-inch casing.

myOPALE datasheet

The design is based on COM Express Type 6 and integrates Embedded Low Power SKU’s with 10 years life support. In Skylake and Kaby Lake versions, Intel Core i7 or Xeon E3-1500 CPU with Chipset platforms are selected, which directly drive 24 PCIe Gen3 lanes as their expansion bus.

There are a wide range of configurations and options available. If you would like to discuss the myOPALE concept please contact us at info@sarsen.net.

ECRIN can provide a complete integrated computer with Environmental Qualification Tests passed and mandatory Certification stickers for domestic and export countries. ive 24 PCIe Gen3 lanes as their expansion bus.

ZNYX Ultra5™ ZX2000 Platform Receives 2014 INTERNET TELEPHONY Product of the Year Award

Our friends at ZNYX Networks had cause to celebrate this week, as they announced on Tuesday that the Ultra5™ ZX2000 platform has received a 2014 INTERNET TELEPHONY Product of the Year Award from Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC), the world's leading business to business and integrated marketing media company.

"It gives me great pleasure to recognize ZNYX with a 2014 Product of the Year Award for its commitment to excellence and innovation," said Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. "In the opinion of our distinguished judges, the ZX2000 has proven to be among the best communications and technology solutions on the market in 2014. I look forward to continued innovation from ZNYX Networks."

The ZX2000's unique design provides 6 payload slots in a 5U ATCA chassis, which is 50% more than the 4 payload slots offered by Kontron, Radisys, Emerson, or ADlink. The ZX2000 switching environments delivers the highest ratio of Ethernet Ingress capacity to backplane capacity in any ATCA chassis. The 10G platform provides 60G of Ethernet Ingress for a 60G backplane, and the 40G platform provides 160G of Ethernet Ingress for a 240G backplane.

The winners of the 2014 INTERNET TELEPHONY Product of the Year are featured in the January/February 2014 issue of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine and online at www.itmag.com.

New White Paper from Trenton Systems - 'Optimizing PCIe 3.0 Backplane Designs for Performance and Reliability'

As a leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance computing solutions, Trenton Systems has continued to support PCI Express, from 1.1 to 2.0 and now 3.0, also referred to as Gen3.

BPX8093 PCIe 3.0 BACKPLANE

With each generation performance has doubled. Total bandwidth for PCIe Gen3 now reaches 32GB/s, compared with just 8GB/s for PCIe 1.1.

Keen to share their knowledge with you, the team at Trenton has just released a brand new White Paper, which explores
all the issues that are critical for achieving optimal PCIe 3.0 backplane design, as well as the performance advantages and system configurability benefits that can be achieved through a proper PCIe 3.0 backplane implementation.

Topics in this whitepaper:

• PCIe 3.0 Enhanced Performance Opportunities
• High-Efficiency Encoding Scheme in PCIe 3.0
• Enhanced Transaction Layer Features
• Active Equalization Capabilities
• Active vs. Passive Approach to Design
• Jitter Control, Impedance and Signal Loss
• Real World Deployment Issues

Drawing will be held at a time TBD and the winner will be notified with their registered email address. Choice between prizes will be up to the recipient, and mailed via US postal mail.

All of the PCI Express Gen3 backplanes and single board computers designed by Trenton are made in the USA using long-life components, and carry an industry leading 5-year factory warranty.

For more information visit – www.TrentonSystems.com

See For Yourself - Introducing the TMS4702 - Rugged 4U MIL-STD Rackmount Military Computer from Trenton Systems

The TMS4702 is a 4U rackmount military computer certified to MIL-STD-810G/MIL-STD-461F, from Trenton Systems, featuring a choice of single or dual-processor SBC and a 14-slot backplane with extended PCI Express and PCI-X/PCI option card support for single system configurations.

Designed for mounting in a 19” component rack or a transit case, the TMS4702 has been certified to a number of different MIL-STD-810G and MIL-STD-461F environmental and electrical standards and test methods allowing you to deploy it with confidence in a variety of government & defense applications.

This solution utilises long-life system components in order to provide the configuration stability needed for extended project cycles common in military applications, and the wide array of small form factor (SFF) or 14-slot backplanes and robust single board computer options available with the TMS4702 offer a huge amount of flexibility and performance.

Available in the UK from Sarsen Technology - please get in touch with the team to discuss your application on +44 1672 511166 or email your details to info@sarsen.net.

In the Spotlight - Trenton Systems Medical Imaging Technology

'Medical Imaging' is the process used to create images of the human body to reveal, diagnose, or examine disease or injury. There are a variety of types, each using specific technology to generate a different image.

Sarsen Technology supplies high speed data acquisition and powerful embedded computing hardware for these kinds of applications -

• Computed Tomography (CT Scanning)
• Digital Radiography
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
• Nuclear Medicine Imaging
• Medical Image Processing
• Cardiovascular X-ray

Advances in medical imaging technology mean image quality and rendering speed are always being improved. X86 multi-core processor innovations supply increased processing power while reducing cost and size, which allows departments like Ultrasound, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Nuclear Medicine Imaging (NMI) and Cardiovascular X-ray to benefit from advances in high performance computing and image processing.

Medical system technology also has very demanding support requirements. Once stringent medical equipment approvals are in place, customers rely on their suppliers for long-term product supply and support.

To meet the needs of the medical industry, Trenton Systems designs products with longevity and reliability in mind, using processors with 7 year availability and offering a 5 year factory warranty on single board computers, backplanes and embedded motherboards. Using dual Intel multi-core processors in conjunction with PCI Express Gen 2 bus technology means these platforms can easily satisfy high-bandwidth medical imaging applications.

For more information on the work that Trenton are doing in the medical technology market place please get in touch, either by phone +44 1672 511166 or email us - info@sarsen.net

It's Tuesday, and the Spotlight is on Trenton Systems....

Trenton Systems was established in 1977, and has become a global leader in the design and manufacture of board level products and fully integrated computer systems that address the critical needs of industries such as defense, test and measurement and financial trading.

Trenton Systems board level manufacturing facilities are located in Utica, New York, and the system integration, sales and engineering teams are located at the Trenton headquarters in Gainesville, Georgia.

Trenton delivered some of the first single board computers with advanced dual-processor architectures. They are also one of the founding member companies of the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group® (PICMG®), and played a key leadership role with regard to writing and publishing industry standards such as PICMG 1.0 and PICMG 1.3.

The financial trading industry is an exciting, fast moving environment, which requires high performance products, expandability and long-life cycles – not to mention enclosure customisations that satisfy environmental variables!
Perfect then, that Trenton offer exactly that!

There are some significant advantages to choosing a Trenton Systems Single Board Computer, Backplane or Embedded Motherboard -

• Customer-driven computing solutions satisfy the most demanding requirements
• Board-level products designed, manufactured and supported in the United States
• Total BIOS control allows modifications that support complex integrated systems
• Backplane designs allow unique ISA, PCI, PCI Express 1.0 and 2.0 configurations
• Five-year factory warranty on all SBCs, backplanes & embedded motherboards
• Board-level products utilize long-life components for 7+ year product availability
• Manufacturing and computer integration facilities are ISO 9001:2008 Certified

For more information on the benefits of using a Trenton Systems product in your application, please call the sales team on +44 1672 511166, or email us! We look forward to hearing from you.

Conduant's 'Big River NTX16' in the Sarsen Spotlight

This week we're sharing all our trade secrets about the Big River NTX16 PCI Express Recorder from Conduant Corp!

Conduant Corp. designs and manufactures real-time, long-duration digital recording and playback disk systems. But unlike traditional general purpose disk storage, Conduant’s products ensure reliable, guaranteed and sustained performance in increments of 800 MB/s. Now thats something you don't see every day.....

The key to Conduant’s technology is the innovative way data is recorded; directly from a third party source, bypassing the bottlenecks that can occur in traditional recording systems.

The Big River™ NTX16 recording system provides up to 800 MB/s recording and playback performance in a 3U rack mount chassis. The system can operate independently from a host computer with command and control performed over a network connection. Control can be automated from a software application using the StreamStor® software API from a network connected computer.

A cabled PCI Express interface provides high speed connectivity to a host computer for command and control or data access, and can be used to connect to nearly any computing architecture, such as PCI Express, XMC, VME, VPX, VXS, AMC or other mezzanine / backplane environments.

Solutions are even available for connection to notebook computers!

Features include:

• Peer-to-peer PCI Express recording and playback capability
• Performance independent of host load
• Standalone capable operation with network command/control
• Sustained recording and playback at up to 800 MB/s
• Rear PCI Express cabling
• 3U chassis at only 21” deep
• Scalable data storage capacities up to 48TB
• Solid-state or magnetic disk drive media
• Cabled PCI Express (x8) for full speed data access

For even more information on the digital recording and playback systems from Conduant please get in touch with us here at Sarsen. There are 9 different ways... pick any one. But we'll have to whisper it.....!!

Things that have interested the Sarsen Team this week....

In no particular order -

Cake.
Fancy dress parties Something beginning with ‘F’ anyone?
Old money 12p = a shilling = 5p. Hmmm. 
Cockney Rhyming Slang

The XPedite7470 from Extreme Engineering (X-ES).

The XPedite7470 is a high-performance, low-power, 3U VPX-REDI, single board computer. It's based on the 2nd generation Intel® Core™i7 processor or 3rd generation Intel Core i7 processor and Intel QM67 chipset, and can be used in either the system slot or peripheral slot of a VPX backplane. Floating-point-intensive applications such as radar, image processing, and signals intelligence will benefit from the performance boost provided by the Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (Intel® AVX) incorporated into the 2nd generation Intel Core™i7 processor. 

XPedite7470 from Extreme Engineering Solutions, Inc (X-ES)

This board has caught the attention of many design engineers and developers, because it’s ideal for the high-bandwidth and processing-intensive demands of today's military and avionics applications. 

Please contact Sarsen Technology for full details of the air-cooled and conduction-cooled variants of the XPedite7470 available. 
T +44 1672 511166      E - info@sarsen.net

The Sarsen Team would also like to congratulate Dan at BittWare on his upcoming nuptials this weekend. Best wishes to Dan from all of us! 

In safe hands....

It’s been a funny old week for the folks at Sarsen Technology.

Car troubles, email issues and ‘ghost’ phone calls have made us think about how much technology we use every day, and how much it can affect us when said technology doesn’t work exactly how it should.

Fortunately, we represent 10 manufacturers who know how important it is that their products are reliable, and perform exactly how they should when you need them to.

Trenton Systems,  GA, offer an impressive 5 year warranty on all of their Embedded Motherboards, PICMG® 1.3 System Host Boards, PICMG® 1.3 backplanes and PICMG® AMC.0 (AdvancedMC) products. Trenton products are used in a wide variety of applications, such as industrial automation, military & aerospace, medical, telecom, professional video & graphics and data storage, and they have developed what is arguably the most reliable array of products in the field, moving them to the forefront of industrial PC-compatible equipment suppliers.

Trenton board and system products are built tough to survive and thrive in demanding industrial computing environments, and they offer "designed to meet" rugged system solutions as well as mil-certified products to standards such as MIL-STD-810.

If you would like more information on the Trenton Systems range, or any of our other manufacturers, please give us a call on +44 1672 511166, or drop us an email with your requirement to info@sarsen.net

Have a great weekend!

Friday 13th. Unlucky for some?

Paraskevidekatriaphobia, or the morbid, irrational fear of Friday 13th, affects as many as 21 million people across the world. Fortunately the fear of a date, and it's lucky or unlucky effect, doesn't affect educated, sophisticated business professionals.
. . . . . . Or does it?

Not at Sarsen Technology! Friday 13th July is the day that culminates a great week for the team. And there's not a black cat in sight!

This week we have had the pleasure of hosting Dwight Justice - VP Sales at Trenton Technology. We have taken him all over the country, talking to customers about the fantastic Trenton product range. We've spoken to a range of markets, including Communications, Displays, High Speed Finance and Military. Trenton have released some brand new products, check them out here - Newsletter.


It's the Marlborough Jazz Festival this weekend. It kicks off tonight with performances from the fantastically named The Filthy Six, and Brewin Dolphin Newcomer nominee the Jessica Mary York Quintet. Saturday sees performances from a Sarsen Technology favourite Eduardo Niebla Trio, and The Jive Aces, fresh from the finals of Britains Got Talent. You can buy tickets here - Tickets

With another full week of appointments coming up, we are all looking forward to a well deserved rest this weekend.


Have a good one!
 

High Density x16 PCIe 2.0 Graphics Backplane

New from Trenton Technology is the BPG8032 high density x16 PCI Express 2.0 graphics backplane. It is ideal for video display wall controllers and GPU computing applications and the BPG8032 supports up to 17 high-end video and graphics processing cards with high-speed & low-latency x16 PCIe 2.0 links. It is designed to enable complete video display wall and data solutions using Matrox™ Mura MPX Series cards & Trenton high-performance system host boards.

Please visit our web site for more details: Trenton Technology BPG8032