Widely applicable from video streaming, encoding, and video surveillance to industrial computing

Artesyn Embedded Technologies has announced a new compact compute and acceleration platform. This platform can be used for a wide range of applications, from small cell baseband processing, scalable video streaming and encoding, video surveillance, and bump-in-the-wire monitoring to industrial computing.

MaxCore Micro features a cost-effective enterprise-class chassis with an integrated host server card and is equipped with an additional slot for PCI Express add-in cards. These add-in cards can be supplied by Artesyn. Additionally, customers can utilize third-party off-the-shelf cards to provide functionality specialized for individual applications and build a complete application platform.

The MaxCore Micro is a complete system that can be used as a standalone unit, but its internal form factor allows three chassis to be mounted side-by-side in a 19-inch rack. This platform can be deployed in a variety of environments, ranging from 19-inch racks to wall mounts. With a power budget of 150 watts per slot, it is possible to build a system containing up to 48 Intel® Xeon D-core processors in a compact chassis. It also uses two 12-core dual processors equipped with add-in cards such as Artesyn's SharpServer PCIE-7410.

Dan Leih, Product Manager at Artesyn Embedded Technologies, stated, “We have developed a diverse range of use cases for MaxCore Micro in collaboration with leading customers, ranging from small cell VRAN digital baseband units (BBUs) to HEVC video capture and encoder systems. This once again demonstrates the versatility of the MaxCore Micro platform. The platform supports switchless PCIe connectivity between slots up to 50 Gbps and the extensive availability of off-the-shelf PCIe add-in cards.”