Date: 23/11/2009

OpenVPX-compatible graphics board from GE Fanuc for supercomputing apps

GE Fanuc has announced its high performance graphics board GRA111 with OpenVPX-compatibility is the member of CUDA-enabled products family and suitable for supercomputing applications such as radar, signals intelligence and video surveillance and interpretation in harsh environments.

"The enormous potential of the GPGPU the general purpose graphics processing unit with its massively parallel computing architecture is just beginning to become apparent to developers in the military and aerospace field," said Rob McKeel, Vice President, Embedded Systems at GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms. "What we are announcing today is an exciting first: a new compact, lightweight platform that can deliver exceptional levels of computing performance in demanding applications and challenging environments."

NVIDIA's CUDA is a general purpose parallel computing architecture that includes the CUDA Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) and the parallel compute engine of the GPU.

The 3U format GRA111 derives its performance from the 96 cores, 128-bit memory interface, 1 GByte of DDR3 video memory, 16-lane PCI Express Gen 2 interface, 540MHz graphics clock and 1,302MHz processor clock of the NVIDIA GT 240 GPU.

Optionally available as an LRM (Line Replaceable Module) with the VPX-REDI (VITA 48) standard and with a set of I/O, the advanced capabilities of the GRA111 can also be applied to the common graphics and video applications. Dual, independent channels mean that it is capable of driving RGB analog component video, digital DVI 1.0, and HDMI standards.

In addition, the GRA111's video input capability allows integration of sensor data using RS170, NTSC or PAL video formats.

For more details visit www.gefanuc.com