Kontron StarVX HPEC integrates highest performance VPX computing node based on advanced 8-core Intel® Xeon®-D processor

Bringing rugged server-class computing to the battlefield, StarVX offers breakthrough DSP performance and enables server consolidation

Augsburg, Germany, September 8, 2015 – Kontron, a global market leader for embedded computing technology (ECT), today introduced its next-generation StarVX high performance embedded computing (HPEC) system based on the company’s VX3058 3U VPX single board computer (SBC), the highest performance VPX computing node currently available. Leveraging the breakthrough processor performance capabilities of the advanced 8-core version Intel® Xeon® D-1540 (Broadwell DE), the StarVX packs server-class silicon and highly ruggedized technologies in a compact 3U blade footprint. Offering 10 times greater performance than currently deployed ruggedized HPEC architectures, it also meets computer footprint reduction demands through operational computers consolidation via server virtualization. Based on parallel virtual machine (VM) execution that can leverage operational efficiencies provided by isolated workloads configured to dynamically share common resources, server virtualization is now spreading outside IT rooms thanks to rugged platforms such as StarVX. These breakthrough capabilities enable a new class of compute-intensive applications such as data mining and cyber security, and also simplify military server consolidation easing logistics, installation and maintenance of complex systems. Kontron will be presenting StarVX at Defence and Security Equipment International exhibition (DSEI 2015), September 15 – 18, at the ExCeL London conference center, Kontron booth # S3-285.

“Offering a significant computing blade upgrade that can accommodate more than traditional HPEC applications, the StarVX paves the way for a new era of rugged parallel servers that can easily handle radar/sonar sensor processing as well as intensive parallel computing for cyber security in a single powerful platform. The StarVX can be used to solve hardware evolution needs such as CPU count, memory, form factor and I/O availability via virtualization from one architecture design, thereby future-proofing the investment,” said Vincent Chuffart, Product Portfolio Manager for Kontron. “Prepared for cloud computing, the StarVX offers the combined performance of the Intel Xeon-D with OpenStack, the open source cloud software...

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