General Information
AdvancedTCA – the right solution for most high-speed computer applications
COST – optimal price-performance ratio
PERFORMANCE – the AdvancedTCA backplane supports all new fabric protocols, such as PCI-Express, Gigabit Ethernet, Infiniband and Rapid I/O. Data transfer at speeds of 10-Gbit/s and more is possible.
FLEXIBILITY – AdvancedTCA supports numerous form factors, from AdvancedMC mezzanine through embedded MicroTCA boards all the way to fully integrated AdvancedTCA configurations with 16 slots.
Requirements
Ever since 2001, the market has been demanding a flexible, reliable and scalable infrastructure to meet continually growing data traffic demands.
Telecommunications and image processing in particular require a high-performance standard to support implementation of very high data transfer rates at reasonable cost. This has resulted in the development of the AdvancedTCA standard, which stipulates an effective capacity for data transfer at up to 2.5-Tbit/s and 99.999% system availability. Furthermore, different protocols, such as Ethernet, Infiniband, Star Fabric, PCI-Express and Rapid I/O for fast interfaces, must be supported.
Applications
The AdvancedTCA standard was originally developed for applications in telecommunications. Its platformoriented concept is ideally suited to Wireless, Wireline, Voice over IP, Video on Demand and broadband platform services. Switches, routers and other network components all benefit from the standard’s extremely high data transfer rate of more than 2.5-Tbit/s.
Further advances in AdvancedMC and μTCA development result in additional areas of application in the mid- and low-end areas, where cost is a critical factor.
Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture
Due to an initiative of big board manufacturers like Intel and Motorola, the PICMG (PCI Industrial Computers Manufacturers Group) has started to develop an open standard for the previously proprietary platforms in the “carrier grade” segment.
In December of 2002, the PICMG adopted a new standard: the Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture – AdvancedTCA 3.0.
The great number of variants possible has prompted us to add these products to our comprehensive product line as part of the customized backplane range.