Advanced Mezzanine Card Invades TCA Platforms

Compatible with AdvancedTCA, MicroTCA, and proprietary platforms, the PR AMC/33x single-width, full-height Advanced Mezzanine Card processor module supports a 2-GHz Pentium M processor and an E7520 server chipset. The chipset interfaces up to 2 GB of DDR2-400 ECC memory to provide a peak memory bandwidth of 3.2 GB/s. The card complies with AMC.0 including full hot swap and IPMI capabilities, AMC.1 Type 8 (PCI Express x8), AMC.2 Type E2 (2x Gigabit Ethernet), and AMC.3 Type S2 (2x Serial ATA150 ports). Other features include two USB 2.0 ports, two RS-232 ports, and 1 MB of flash memory. Operating-system support includes Linux, Windows 2000/Server 2003/XP/XP Embedded, QNX, and VxWorks. Price starts at $1,735 each. CONCURRENT TECHNOLOGIES INC., Ann Arbor, MI. (734) 971-6309.