VPX Processor PIC
• Rugged conduction-cooled 3U VPX™ PIC based on 13th Generation Intel® Core™ Series Processor
• Compliant with one OpenVPX™ slot profile:
o SLT3-PAY-1F1U1S1S1U1U2F1H-14-6.11-0
Central Processor
• 14-core Intel® Core™ i7-13800HRE Processor
• Intel Vector Neuro Network Instructions (VNNI)
• Intel® Iris® Xe (Gen 12) Graphics Engine with up to 96 EUs
DRAM
• Gbytes soldered LPDDR5 IBECC DRAM:
o In-band ECC
o Single bit error correction
Optional XMC Site
• 1x XMC site, in a single VPX slot (VITA 42.0):
o 1x4 PCI Express® (PCIe®)
o PCIe® Gen 1, Gen 2, Gen 3 and Gen 4
• XMC connector type:
o VITA 42 XMC (black colour)
• XMC VPWR +12 V
Serial Ports
• 2x maintenance ports accessed via P1
• Maintenance ports on P1 support LVCMOS levels
• 16550 compatible UARTs
Other Peripheral Interfaces
• PC RTC, long duration timer, watchdog timer
• 1x GPIO signal via P1
• USB-C on front for development purposes
Mass Storage Interfaces
• 1x M.2 SSD site supports:
o 2242 format module
o x2 PCIe® interface (M-key)
o Opal 2.0 security encryption
o Hardware Write Protect
o NVM Express® (NVMe®) logical device interface
VPX Control Plane, Ethernet
• Configurable Control Plane (VITA 46.6)
• 1x 10GBASE-KR Ethernet port via P1:
o Supports up to 10GBASE-KR
o Implemented by Intel® Ethernet Controller E810 via x8 PCIe®
o Factory build option available to disable Control Plane
• Supports IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol
VPX Data Plane, 100 Gigabit Ethernet
• Configurable Ethernet VPX Data Plane fabric interface (VITA 46.7)
• 1x 100 Gigabit Ethernet port via P1 (VITA 46.7):
o Supports 1x 100GBASE-KR4 or 1x 25GBASE-KR or 4x 10GBASE-KR
o Additional 10GBASE-KR port supported in 4x 10GBASE-KR mode
o Implemented by Intel® Ethernet Controller E810 via x8 PCIe®
o Factory build option available to disable Data Plane
• Supports IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol
VPX Expansion Plane, PCI express®
• Configurable PCI Express® (PCIe®) VPX Expansion Plane fabric interface (VITA 46.4):
o 1x4 Gen 4 and 1 x4 Gen 3
o Factory build option available to disable Expansion Plane
Optional Built-In Test (BIT) Support
• Power-on BIT, Initiated BIT, Continuous BIT
System Management
• IPMC on board controller:
o SM0-1 and SM2-3
• VITA 46.11-2022 Tier 3 IPMC
• Option for VITA 46.11-2022 compatible Tier 1 Chassis Manager
Board Security Packages
• Trusted Platform Module (TPM 2.0)
• Supports Total Memory Encryption, ROP Attack Prevention and Advanced Crypto-Key Protection
• Option for Sanitization Utility Software Package
• Option for proprietary board-level security features
Software Support
• Supports Linux®
Firmware Support
• Dual 32 Mbyte BIOS Flash EPROMS
• UEFI boot firmware (BIOS):
o UEFI 2.7 support
o Implements Secure Boot
• Implements Intel® Boot Guard
• Optional Fast Boot solution using the Intel® Firmware Support Package (FSP)
• LAN boot firmware included
Support Safety
• PCB (PWB) manufactured with flammability rating of UL94V-0
Electrical Specification (Estimated)
• Typical current figure:
o +12 V VS1 @ 2.7 A
o +3.3 V AUX @ 0.3 A
• +12 V AUX and -12 V AUX routed to XMC site
• +5 V and +3.3 V are not connected
Environmental Specification
• Conduction-cooled (VITA 48.2)
• Operating temperature at card edge:
o VITA 47 Class CC4, -40°C to +85°C
• Non-operating temperature at card edge:
o VITA 47 Class CC4, -55°C to +105°C
• Operating altitude:
o -1,500 to 60,000 feet (-460 to 18,300 meters)
• Rapid decompression:
o From 8,000 to 60,000 feet (from 2440 to 18,300 meters)
• Relative humidity: 5% to 95%, non-condensing
Mechanical Specification
• 3U VPX form-factor (VITA 46.0, VITA 48.0)
• 3.9-inches x 6.3-inches (100 mm x 160 mm)
• Slot width (VITA 48.0):
o 1.0-inch VPX-REDI Type 1, RCR-Series, Type 1 Extended Covers Two Level Maintenance (VITA 48.2)
• Connectors to VITA 46.0 for P0 and P1
• Operating mechanical:
o Shock - VITA 47 Class OS2, 40 g
o Random vibration - VITA 47 Class V3, 0.1 g²/Hz
