The XCalibur1000 is targeting the growing IPSec/SSL requirements in the VPN, Firewall, and Web Server markets. It's a 6U CompactPCI board supporting Broadcom's Super E-Commerce processor. Also known as the Encryption Blade, the XCalibur1000 is powered by a single or dual IBM 750FX PowerPC and supports PICMG 2.16 standards.

Broadcom's Super E-Commerce processor (BCM5821) offers encryption performance of 4,000 1024-bit RSA transactions/second and 3,000 IKE negotiations/second. Bulk SSL encryption and authentication performance is 300 Mbps, and IPsec performance is 470 Mbps.

Front-panel serial and dual Gigabit Ethernet ports are complemented by dual PCI-X PMC module sites. Designed to support high-speed I/O, these PMC sites can be populated with SCSI320, FibreChannel, or Myrinet PMC modules. For processor-intensive applications, PrPMCs can be added. Also, the XCalibur1000 auto-senses its slot location and runs in system or non-system mode.

Using technology from the high-volume PC laptop market, the XCalibur1000 provides dual SO-DIMM SDRAM sockets, supporting 128 MB to 2 GB of DDR memory running at 266 MHz.

The XCalibur1000 with a single 750FX processor, 256 MB DDR SDRAM, and BCM5821 is priced at $5,996 at 100-unit quantity.