Adlink unveils new high-performance CompactPCI platform

Adlink Technology Inc., a developer of CompactPCI and AdvancedTCA platforms, recently introduced a new 4U high rackmount CompactPCI enclosure with 8-slot 6U backplane and redundant power supplies.

The cPCIS-6418U uses a 4U-high enclosure and is categorized as a high-availability model within the company's CompactPCI product line. This subsystem is equipped with a front access, hot-swap cooling system for effective CPU heat ventilation and high density computing. The cPCIS-6418U uses hot swappable 500W + 200W redundant power supplies with universal AC input.

According to the press release, the cPCIS-6418U is a high-performance CompactPCI platform with a 64bit 8-slot 6U backplane in a 4U-high enclosure. The 8-slot backplane dedicates one slot to the system CPU board and seven slots to peripheral boards. It also supports a PICMG 2.5 compliant H.110 CT Bus.

Recommended for the cPCIS-6418U are Adlink's cPCI-6860A and cPCI-6840 CompactPCI CPU boards, built with dual low voltage Xeon processors and the highly integrated Pentium M Processor, respectively. The company added that the cPCIS-6418U was designed not only considering overall system power loading, but also over-heating issues of multiple CPU boards within an enclosure.