Cavium's OCTEON based Computer-On-Module for mil/aerospace

Cavium is now targeting industrial and aerospace embedded systems market by offering COM Express and Qseven computer modules powered by the OCTEON III CN70XX/71XX multi-core processors. Initially Cavium is offering modules in three form factors: COM Express Compact (95mm x 95mm), COM Express Mini (84mm x 55mm), and Qseven (70mm x 70mm) targeting wider range of use. Both commercial temperature and industrial temperature grade boards all designed which are compatible with a stand-alone development board along with the support of Cavium OCTEON SDK and Monta Vista carrier-grade Linux. The targeted market also includes control-plane applications in networking, telecom/datacom and wireless infrastructure. OCTEON III CN7130 with four powerful 64-bit MIPS CPU cores are designed to offer high packet processing throughput and higher security in a compact and low-power footprint. The COM Express Compact module supports Type 5 and Type 6 pin outs, and comes with up to 8 GB of DDR3 memory and eMMC onboard storage. The Type 5 interface supports a total of eight USB 2.0 ports, while Type 6 supports four USB 2.0 ports along with an additional four USB 3.0 ports. Two PCI Express 2.0 lanes and two SATA interfaces operating at up to 6 Gb/s, low speed control interface such as SPI, CANbus, I2C and LPC are supported. The COM Express Mini Type 10 and Qseven modules are designed for more...