Aitech Defense Systems Inc. (Chatsworth, CA) now offers a 3U VPX product family based on the low-power Intel Core i7 processor that enables extremely high computing within very compact environments. The new Core i7 features:

• 2 cores and 4 threads via Intel's hyperthreading technology.
• OpenVPX serial fabric architecture technology.
• A C870 SBC with a Core i7 dual-core processor configured to run at either 2.53 GHz for high performance, 2 GHz for low-power or at 1.33 GHz where ultra low power is required.
• On-board Intel Gen 5.75 high-performance graphics controller with 12 execution units capable of 2D-3D graphics processing, shading, and rendering.
• An on-chip 32 kB data and 32 kB instruction L1 cache and 256 kB L2 cache, with a shared 4 MB of L3 cache.
• All-soldered volatile and non-volatile memory (no connectors) to meet the highest shock and vibration conditions. 
• Up to 4 GB of DDR3 SDRAM with ECC operating at 1066 MHz, 4 MB of BIOS Flash and 8 GB of on-board SATA SSD for mass storage. 

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