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cell. 2-bit MLC flash with Hyperstone hymap
firmware are a good compromise for some
applications, whereas SLC flash offers the
ultimate in reliability and life expectancy.
At the chip level, manufacturers need to
know which objectives they are pursuing. If
the goal is to save costs or achieve high write
speeds, as in the case in most consumer-grade
flash products, durability, MTBF, electric
stability, or power consumption are not as
important. Since Hyperstone has commit-
ted itself to industrial-grade designs, its goals
are long-lasting availability, reliability, data
integrity after power failures, and low power
consumption. These attributes require addi-
tional resources and intelligent capabilities in
the controller. The patented hymap firmware
manages internal controller functionality,
such as early acknowledgement, in an indus-
try-ready manner to ensure that no data is lost
when the power supply is disrupted.
Many embedded devices are tiny and use
every last bit of available space. However,
most embedded systems include flash mem-
ory storage for applications and other data. If
this original flash memory card is replaced
with a CmDongle with integrated flash mem-
ory, the same form factor and same number
of interfaces now comes supercharged with
maximum security. The smallest version
of CmDongle with flash memory comes as
a microSD card. At only 11mm × 15mm ×
0.7mm in size, it fits even the tiniest devices
– a great opportunity for making the control-
lers, sensors, and engines of the Industrie 4.0
world more secure. The new CmStick/BMC
16GB uses the latest SiP (System-in-Package)
technologies with die stack in the SiP module
to accommodate the smallest form factor with
USB interfaces, highest reliability, humidity
and shock resistance.
Industry and legislators are responding to the
increasing threats of cybercrime with new
regulations or changes to the old rulebooks.
This is happening in Europe, Asia, the United
States and the rest of the world. One recent
example is the US Cybersecurity Improve-
ment Act of 2017. Technical protection mea-
sures are already required by law for medical
devices. New devices have begun to include
security by design, but many legacy devices
will remain in use until they are eventually
replaced by newer machines. These devices
can now benefit from the ability to retrofit
security technology in an easy and stream-
lined manner. Security measures can be added
whenever normal smart card connections
are available. The existing hardware remains
untouched, and only the software needs to be
adjusted for the new security functions. Little
effort is needed to bring old technology up to
the newest standards of security.
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Figure 3. The new CmStick/BMC 16GB uses the latest SiP (System-in-Package) technologies with
die stack in the SiP module
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EKF: CompactPCI Serial 7th gen XEON E3
v6 processor CPU card
EKF presents the SC5-FESTIVAL, a rich fea-
tured high performance CompactPCI Serial
CPU board, equipped with an Intel Xeon E3
mobile workstation processor for demanding
applications. For scalability, the SC5-FESTI-
VAL is also available with a 7th Generation
Intel Core processor. The SC5-FESTIVAL
front panel is provided with two each GbE,
USB 3.0, and DisplayPort connectors. As an
option, two USB 3.1 Type-C front receptacles
are available in addition, one including also
DP ALT Mode support.
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CommAgility: processing module adds
flexible RapidIO to increase bandwidth
CommAgility announced the AMC-4C6678-
SRIO, a high performance DSP processing
module in the compact Advanced Mezzanine
Card form factor. The new board is an update
of CommAgility’s previous AMC-4C6678,
and adds 20Gbps Gen2 RapidIO (SRIO) to
an AMC.4 compliant backplane, to increase
bandwidth and flexibility. RapidIO com-
plements the module’s full Gigabit Ethernet
infrastructure.
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Axiomtek: accelerating IoT development
with IIoT gateway
Axiomtek has announced the ICO300-83B, a
rugged DIN-rail fanless embedded system
powered by the low-power consumption
Intel Celeron processor N3350. The DIN-rail
industrial IoT gateway featuring reliable oper-
ation, sufficient storage, and rich I/O options
is an ideal solution for smart energy and smart
automation fields.
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IBASE: PICMG 1.3 full-size CPU card
powered by 7th/6th gen Xeon/Core
processors
IBASE launches its new IB990 PICMG 1.3
full-size CPU card. The board supports the
latest 7th/6th Generation Intel Xeon/Core i7/
i5/i3 processors with speeds up to 4.0GHz.
Based on the chipset family formerly known
as Skylake, Intel C236 and Q170 Express
chipsets, the high-performance IB990 SBC
is built with two DIMM sockets to support
DDR4 2133 MHz memory modules with up
to 32GB in total and six superfast SATA III
ports featuring RAID 0/1/5/10 and 6 Gb/s
speed.
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Concurrent: rugged 3U VPX processor
with 10G Ethernet
Concurrent Technologies latest product com-
bines high performance processing with mul-
tiple 10 Gigabit connections for deployment
in computer applications requiring higher
bandwidth local area network connectivity.
The single slot BA 1TR/501 features a 4-core
Intel Xeon processor E3-1505M v5 with 16GB
of DDR4 ECC DRAM and a rich assortment
of I/O interfaces including dual 10 Gigabit
and dual Gigabit Ethernet connections.
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