Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. announced availability of its VS6-210 P.A. Semi Dual Dual-Core Module. The VS6-210 combines the industry-standard Power Architecture framework and serial RapidIO interconnect fabric with the very powerful PWRficient PA6T-1682M processor for low-power, high-performance processing. The P.A. Semi device redefines power, cost, and throughput efficiency, delivering high performance with phenomenally low power consumption.

    "The VS6-210 delivers outstanding performance per watt - which leads to a longer product life cycle," stated Steve Patterson, Product Line Manager, Embedded Performance Systems Group at Mercury Computer Systems. "We believe that these benefits, combined with its open software architecture, will minimize our customer's development time and make their end products more robust."

    While VMEbus continues to be the technology of choice for systems requiring high-performance, longer life cycles, and durability, it lacks the high bandwidth and I/O capacity necessary for next-generation applications. VXS is an evolution that provides improved bandwidth, backward compatibility to previous generations of the VMEbus, and increased power delivery in a fashion that does not require revolutionary change in system architecture. Additionally, VXS can leverage the large VME ecosystem, a vendor community which provides value-add SBCs, multiprocessor, multi-FPGA cards, and PMC/ XMC mezzanine cards.

    Ideally suited for sensor applications including radar, sonar, communications and imaging, the VS6-210 employs three independent, standards- based communication fabrics for control, data movement, and sensor data input, in an air-cooled VXS form factor. For example, running at 2.0 GHz, the P.A. Semi device dissipates just 5-13W during typical operations. Depending upon the application, this is three to four times less power consumed than similar high-performance microprocessor platforms.

    With a strong commitment to innovation, our expertise in algorithm optimization, systems development, and silicon design is blended with software application knowledge and industry-standard technologies to solve unique computing challenges. Mercury Computer Systems provides high-performance computing systems and software specially designed for complex computing applications in embedded commercial, defense, and HPC markets.

    The VS6-210 P.A. Semi Dual Dual-Core Module combines low-power Power Architecture technology with serial RapidIO for best-in-class size, weight, and power optimized VITA 41 systems. This is the first platform for creating and evaluating applications with serial RapidIO on the PWRficient PA6T-1682M 64-bit dual-core processor. This P.A. Semi processor redefines power, cost, and throughput efficiency, delivering the industry’s highest performance VME processor board.