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Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) is Now Shipping XPand1300 and XPand1200: 3U VPX / cPCI Air-Cooled and Conduction-Cooled Module Development Systems

November 5th, 2009 — News

Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) is the first to ship OpenVPX™ compliant 3U development systems: XPand1200, a development platform for conduction-cooled modules, and XPand1300, a development platform for air-cooled modules. Both are designed to support a minimum of ten 0.8 in. or 1.0 in. pitch slots and built in accordance with OpenVPX™ design principles. XPand1200: Conduction-Cooled Development System…

OpenVPX™ Draft Specification – V0.9.4 Completed

September 24th, 2009 — News

OpenVPX™ interoperability specification leverages military and telecom system level experience with guidance from key industry system developers. MILCOM OpenVPX™ Press Conference Announced. Scottsdale, AZ, September 24, 2009 – The OpenVPX™ Industry Working Group (www.openvpx.org), an alliance of VITA member defense and aerospace prime contractors and embedded computing systems suppliers focused on addressing VPX (VITA 46) system-level interoperability…

Extreme Engineering Solutions, Inc. (X-ES) Announces XCalibur1501: A 6U CompactPCI SBC Featuring NXP MPC8572E Processor

August 18th, 2009 — News

Extreme Engineering Solutions is shipping XCalibur1501, the first MPC8572E based 6U CompactPCI board that scales from commercial to full-blown military (conduction-cooled) applications. Targeting NXP’s (formerly Freescale) dual-core PowerQUICC™ III MPC8572E processor, XCalibur1501 is being adopted by commercial, industrial and military system architects demanding high processing performance with low power consumption. XCalibur1501 is a powerful solution for the…

Extreme Engineering Solutions, Inc. (X-ES) Announces XCalibur1331: A 6U VME Module Featuring NXP MPC8640D Processor

August 12th, 2009 — News

Extreme Engineering Solutions is shipping XCalibur1331, a high-performance, conduction- or air-cooled, 6U VME solution featuring NXP’s (formerly Freescale) dual-core MPC8640D processor. The XCalibur1331 is ideal for ruggedized systems requiring high bandwidth processing and low power consumption. The MPC8640D delivers enhanced performance with AltiVec™ technology and IEEE dual-precision Floating-Point. XCalibur1331 features include: NXP (formerly Freescale) MPC8640D processor…

Extreme Engineering Solutions, Inc. (X-ES) Introduces XPedite7130: A Low Power Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor in 3U CompactPCI Form Factor

June 30th, 2009 — News

Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) is shipping XPedite7130, a new 3U CompactPCI single board computer based on Intel® Core™2 Duo (SL9380) processor. A full range of convection- or conduction-cooled configurations are available to satisfy the widest range of telecommunications to military applications. XPedite7130 also provides an XMC/PMC site with Ethernet and the traditional PCI bus (PMC) or…

Extreme Engineering Solutions, Inc. (X-ES) Designing NXP’s Multicore QorIQ P4080 into Eight Unique Form Factors

June 23rd, 2009 — News

Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) is pleased to announce a commitment to deliver NXP’s (formerly Freescale) QorIQ P4080 in eight unique form factors covering the entire embedded product market. Hosting eight e500 cores based on Power Architecture® technology with IEEE 754 compliant double-precision Floating-Point Unit support and running each core up to 1.5 GHz, the P4080 delivers enhanced…

Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) Presents XPm2000: An Innovative 3U Power Supply

June 8th, 2009 — News

Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) introduces XPm2000, a 3U power supply taking in a MIL-STD-704 28 V DC input voltage and providing up to 200 W on 3.3 V, 5 V, and 12 V at 90% efficiency. This card also provides a MIL-STD-461E compliant EMI filtering. XPm2000 redefines the rules on what can be done with a 3U power supply and also…

Extreme Engineering Solutions, Inc. (X-ES) Introduces XPort4100: A Rugged Graphics XMC/PMC Module

May 19th, 2009 — News

Extreme Engineering Solutions is shipping XPort4100, a conduction- or air-cooled XMC/PMC solution featuring AMD Radeon E2400 graphics processor supporting two independent displays. XPort4100 is a low power and high performance module and includes: AMD Radeon E2400 graphics processor 128 MB GDDR3 SDRAM 2D/3D graphics Dual independent displays UXGA 1600 x 1200 DVI resolution PCI Express…

Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) Presents XPand3200: ½ ATR Compliant, Conduction-Cooled System Targeting Avionics, UAVs, AUVs, and Vetronics Requirements

April 20th, 2009 — News

Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) introduces XPand3200 Series, a sub-½ ATR, conduction-cooled system solution targeting dual-core Intel® and NXP (formerly Freescale) CPU cards plus optional 32 – 64 GB of removable “shirt pocket” storage. This fully ruggedized system redefines the limits of Size, Weight and Power (SWaP) in today’s avionics and vetronics environments and supports VPX and/or…

Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) Presents XPedite7201: First XMC/PrPMC Module Targeting Intel® Atom™ Processor

March 25th, 2009 — News

Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) introduces XPedite7201, a conduction- or air-cooled XMC/PrPMC module targeting the Intel® Atom™ processor running at up to 1.6 GHz at under 10 W. This card comes with PCI Express or PCI interconnect and a Gigabit Ethernet port with integrated magnetics. XPedite7201 is ideal for high-bandwidth data-processing applications and includes: Up to 1 GB…