Hardware
4.3 SBC ‘s
EMS
have developed, tested and qualified two SBC’s for use in the VSN900/1100 range of video wall controllers providing
improvements to the BIOS and a higher performance for Windows based software applications.
4.3.1 SBC3
The Portwell ROBO 8120VG2R:
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An Intel® Xeon® processor based on PICMG 1.3 SHB with DDR3 ECC SDRAM.
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Used in the VSN990 and the VSN1190.
4.3.2 SBC4
The Portwell ROBO-8112 Q87:
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An Intel® Core i7 processor based on PICMG 1.3 SHB with DDR3 SDRAM.
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Used in the VSN970 and the VSN1170.
4.4 Backplanes
The
EMS
backplanes use advanced PCI Express switches to create a high bandwidth fabric for connecting multiple PCI
Express into a system.
4.4.1 Express9-G3
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Nine slot PCI Express backplane - 8 x 4 lane slots, 1 x 8 lane slot and 1 x PICMG 1.3 slot.
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Used in the VSN970, VSN990 and the VSN900X.
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Express9-G3
Hardware
4.4.2 Express11-G3
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Eleven slot PCI Express backplane - 11 x 8 lane PCI Express slot and one PICMG 1.3 slot.
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Used in the VSN1170, VSN1190 and VSN1100X.
