“ROYAL ALBATROSS” VSB2102
High-Performance, Upgradeable CPU, VME SBC
Features
Computing Features
- Up to 2.4GHz Intel® Quad Core™ i7 processor with 6MB of L2 Cache
- Up to 32GB of 1600MHz DDR3 memory with ECC
- Up to 1TB mSATA flash for OS boot (optional)
- Four Gigabit Ethernet ports with TCP/IP Offloading Engine (TOE)
- One PMC-X/16-Lane XMC compliant site with rear I/O or 2.5” SATA drive
- Four buffered SATA ports with RAID support
System I/O
- Line-in, headphone-out, and mic for voice recognition/VoIP
- One DVI-I (DVI/HD Video and VGA) to front panel and one VGA and one HD Video to rear panel
- One USB 3.0 and two USB 2.0 ports to front
- Four USB 2.0 to rear with power
- Four serial ports with RS-232/422/485 options
- Super I/O with COM port to front panel
- Sixteen buffered user I/O with interrupt capabilities
- Work Station I/O (WSI/O) for additional custom I/O (2nd VME Slot)
Additional Features
- Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x/VT-d2) and Trusted Execution Technology (TXT)
- Trusted Platform Module (TPM) for secure operation (optional)
- Up to 16MB of BIOS flash for system parameters and user data
- 2Kb of EEPROM for FRU parameters
- Real time clock (RTC) with internal or no battery operation
- Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) for system health monitoring (optional)
- CPU temperature and voltage monitoring for safe operation
- Full diagnostics and health reporting with pass/fail indicators
- VME-64/2eSST support via Tundra® Universe II
- Single +5V operation
- Support for Windows®, Linux® and VMware®
- Operates at standard temp 0°C to +55°C or extended temp -20°C to +75°C
- Available in ruggedization levels R1-R3
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Application
The Royal Albatross is designed to provide the ultimate VME SBC replacement of multiple legacy VME SBCs (x86 or PPC) with a single SBC utilizing Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x/VT-d2). Furthermore, with the Trusted Execution Technology (TXT), the SBC is secure from unauthorized boot devices and unauthorized replications of the system. It is ideal for factory automation, medical, and defense applications, where big investments have been made on a VME platform and where true, hard “real time” is required. No other bus architecture can provide this hard “real time” performance like the VME. The Royal Albatross may be ordered from the factory with operating systems such as Windows®, Linux® or VMware® pre-installed. -
General Description
The VSB2102 "Royal Albatross" is a sixth-generation VME SBC module based on GMS's upgradable CPU technology. It is designed to provide the highest level of workstation performance possible in a fully ruggedized, single-slot VME slot. It may be operated in all VME backplanes with 3-row or 5-row VME connectors with or without VME P0. The Albatross is targeted for applications where ultra-high-speed processing power is required with outstanding graphics for upgrading legacy hardware or for new applications where hard real time is required. The Albatross is the highest performance VME SBC in the market with vast I/O and upgradable CPU for extended life cycle.The Royal Albatross supports the latest Intel® fourth-generation Core™ i7 processor with up to four physical CPU cores with Hyper-Threading for a total of 8 logical cores, each operating at up to 2.4GHz with the ability to TurboBoost. To harvest this incredible CPU performance, the CPU is coupled with up to 32GB of RAM organized in two banks supporting error correcting code (ECC). The ECC RAM provides 2-bit error detection and 1-bit error correction and supports up to 1600 mega-transfers per second (MTS) between CPU and memory.The I/O subsystem for the Royal Albatross is designed to support a wide array of standard and custom I/O functions. The VS2102 standard configuration supports four Gigabit Ethernet channels with TCP/IP offloading engine (TOE), one USB 3.0 and two USB 2.0 to front panel, four USB 2.0 to rear, mSATA with write-protect and secure-erase for OS boot up to 1TB, one 2.5” SATA drive (lose PMC/XMC), one VGA port and one HD Video port to rear, one DVI-I (DVI/HD Video and VGA) to front panel, four COM ports with RS-232/422/485 options, Super I/O with COM port to the front panel, audio headset jack, and sixteen buffered general purpose I/O lines. Optional additional I/O functions are provided via the 64Bit, 66MHz PMC site or x16 lanes PCI Express XMC site. For additional high-speed I/O, the VS2102 provides two x1 and one x16 PCI Express lanes to a 2nd-slot VME board mounted directly to the Albatross for an 8HP configuration. This Workstation I/O module supports additional PMC sites and HDD/SDD or maybe a custom user I/O module. -
Technology Used
The Royal Albatross utilizes the most powerful Intel® Core™ i7 Haswell CPU, which is the newest and most powerful, efficient processor from Intel® with advanced thermal management and graphics. The Haswell Core™ i7 processor supports Hyper-Threading for a total of eight logical cores and supports 6MB of L2 cache shared among the cores. Haswell supports up to 32GB of DDR3 RAM with error correcting code (ECC) and 1600 mega-transfers per second (MTS) between the CPU and RAM. Another major improvement of the Haswell processor over the Ivy Bridge Core™ i7 is the graphics performance. The Haswell processor provides three independent video outputs and better-than-40% improvement in 3D acceleration. Haswell is also coupled with Lynx Point™ and is a fourth-generation Core™ i7 with a fully integrated memory controller for the best memory performance possible. This CPU is considered the workhorse of the workstation market with many added power-saving features and peak performance with controlled thermals, as well as security functions such as Intel’s second-generation Virtualization Technology VT-x, Trusted Execution Technology (TXT), and Active Management Technology (AMT) for remote KVM functionality. The Haswell platform also supports PCIExpress Gen3, USB 3.0 and SATA 3 for the highest performance possible on a workstation platform. -
Cooling
The Royal Albatross is equipped with GMS's patent pending RuggedCool™ technology, which is the most unique cooling system in the industry and operating up to -20°C to +75°C at full load (0°C to +55°C standard). This cooling approach provides the lowest thermal resistance to the case while providing the highest shock specifications known in the industry. -
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