DTI provides AMD Opteron processor-based Node Board designed for next generation of telecom applications

Diversified Technology Inc. (DTI) announced the introduction of the ATC6231, a dual-core Second Generation AMD Opteron processor-based Node Board designed for the next generation of telecom applications. The board is a PICMG 3.1 compliant processor blade that combines performance for wireless access/edge, telecom fiber transport, media gateways, soft switches, and Internet IP-based applications.

Joe McDevitt, VP of technical marketing, DTI, said, "The ATC6231 using the AMD Opteron, simply put, offers freedom to the ATCA node market: The architectural freedom to test your actual application on a truly different architecture, and unique differential freedom that allows your own hardware-based innovation through the use of FPGAs connected to the node application processor. Finally, the ATC6231 offers power freedom so that you can decide how much power the AMC will use and recover all un-used AMC power in the form of application performance; un-used AMC power is not lost in a power budget done long ago when the ATCA node was first conceived."

The board was designed around the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group's (PICMG) new 3.0 specification (AdvancedTCA), which is an open industrial standard for new hardware platforms in carrier-grade networks with planned compliance to CP-TA Revision 1.0 ICD and TPM.

DTI's ATC6231 is equipped with Second-Generation AMD Opteron processor Model 2210, each with 2MB L2 cache and support for up to 8GB of memory per processor interface. It utilizes a high I/O bandwidth (HyperTransport technology link interface), Broadcom HT2100 and HT1000 server-class chipset. The ATC6231 uses a standard 2.5" SAS micro hard drive for storage.

The ATC6231 utilizes an AMI Embedded BIOS with boot from HD, USB, CD-ROM, or the network. Console redirection, PnP, and PCI auto configuration are also supported. Operating systems supported include Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SuSE, and Fedora.

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