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Kontron: industrial servers for complex visualization tasks

Thanks to the new PCI Express Butterfly Backplane, the long-term available Kontron Industrial Silent Server (KISS) 2U may be flexibly and cost-efficiently equipped with up to 4 PCI Express x4 cards and one PCI Express x16 card. Based on a PICMG 1.3 CPU board, the processor performance is also flexibly scalable at any time.

The highly integrated and thus space-saving 2U industrial server is especially suited for complex visualization and image processing tasks that require the independent operation of up to 8 high-definition monitors or the integration of 4 PCI Express x4 frame grabber cards for machine vision or video surveillance. The high bandwidth of up to 8 GB/s also enables graphic-intensive simulations for weather forecasting, digital mock-ups, or virtual reality for operator training. By integrating CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture)-compliant graphics cards, the KISS 2U PCIe can act as a compact supercomputer (with around 500 gigaflops), greatly accelerating complex image processing operations through parallel processing.

The KISS-2U industrial server with compact PICMG 1.3 system host boards packs scalable processor performance up to an Intel Core 2 Quad processor and up to 8 gigabytes of DDR2 dual-channel RAM. Equipped with the Kontron PCI-760, the long-term available 2U industrial servers offer up to 3x Gb Ethernet, 8x USB 2.0, 2 x RS232C, and HD audio. The integrated Intel GMA 3100 Graphics Media Accelerator provides resolutions up to QXGA (2048 x 1536) at 75 Hz via VGA. For highest data throughput, an integrated RAID (RAID 0/1/5/10) controller for SATA drives can improve speed and/or data safety. Application-specific extensions are adaptable via a Type IIA miniPCI connector. Specific Kontron extensions are available for LAN, WLAN, and SCSI. The highly integrated Kontron KISS 2U PCIe supports Linux and the complete Windows desktop and server range including the new Windows 7.

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