Evaluate VPX in a real-world environment

    Evaluate the latest VPX technologies in a pre-configured system with Linux or VxWorks environments.

    With direct access, you can:
  • Measure CPU performance and data transfer speeds.
  • Run application benchmarks for future projects.
  • Monitor the board power consumption using Kontron's CBIT technology
VPX evaluation

Accelerating innovation with SOSA-aligned solutions

The Aerospace and Defense landscape requires innovation, agility, and cost-efficiency.
The SOSA® (Sensor Open Systems Architecture) standard is transforming the industry by standardizing modular solutions and providing the following benefits:

  • Faster Deployment - Ready-to-use, standardized building blocks
  • Seamless Integration - Open standards for enhanced interoperability
  • Cost-Effective - Easy upgrades, lower lifecycle costs
  • Rugged and Reliable - Designed for Defense and Aerospace
VX307C - S3U VPX IO-Intensive Server Board

Intel® Xeon® D-1700/1800 SoCs – up to 10 cores / 20 threads with AI, DSP, and crypto acceleration

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VX307H - SOSA-aligned 3U VPX plug-in card

Intel® Xeon® D-2700 processors, 100GbE network connectivity and state-of-the-art AFT cooling

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VX3060-S2 - SOSA-aligned 3U VPX plug-in card

4-Core Intel® 11th Generation Core Processor 3U VPX SBC for AI (Artificial Intelligence), CVGIP (Computer Vision, Graphics, and Image Processing), DSP (Digital Signal Processing) workloads

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VX6096 6U VPX Intel® Xeon® D-2700/2800 Plug-in Card

High-End Computing Board - Designed for Imaging, Radar and Embedded Server Applications

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VX6011 - 6U VPX Plug-in Card with 11th Gen Intel® Core™ processor

12-28 W Quad Core™ processor, Enhanced AI, AVX-512, 32 GByte w ECC

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Video: VX307H

Kontron VX307H: A rugged 3U VPX Plug-In card with 100GbE, AFT cooling, and Intel® Xeon® D-2700, built to SOSA™ specs for high-performance defense, avionics, and transportation systems.

Video: VX3060

Kontron VX3060 takes rugged high performance processing, neural network acceleration and powerful graphics OpenVPX to next level. VX3060 addresses a wide range of demanding mission critical applications, but in the end, fitting your specific needs is all that matters.

Kontron VPX ecosystem

A comprehensive modular open systems architecture product line leveraged by key layered products

Access information on all VPX building blocks

3U Processor boards (other than SOSA)

VX3060 - Rugged Blade PC

11th Gen Intel® Core™ processor for AI, Computer Vision, Graphics, Image Processing, DSP workloads

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VX3124 - 3U VPX 16-core Arm® Cortex®-A72 Computing Node

Based on the NXP LX2160A with 16 Arm® Cortex®-A72 cores, VX3124 combines compute density, secure architecture, and high-speed I/O.

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VX3106 - 3U VPX Low Power Network Blade SBC

General Purpose ARM Computer featuring the NXP Layerscape LS1046 for Networking and Safety Applications

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6U Processor boards (other than SOSA)

VX6124 - 6U OpenVPX ARM A72 Computing Node

Ideal for applications requiring outstanding bandwidth and digital security

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Networking and Ethernet Boards

VX6940 - 6U VPX non-blocking L2/L3 40G/100G ETHERNET switch

Compliant with VITA65 / SLT6-SWH-14F16U1U15U1J-10.8.1 slot profile

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VX3940 - OpenVPX 10/40/50 Gigabit Ethernet Switch

High End L2/L3 switch Developped in alignment with the SOSA™ Technical Standard

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VX3908 - 10G Ethernet L2/L3 Network Switch

Up to 12x 10GBASE-KR ports

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IO Boards

VX3406 - Six ports 1G/2.5G Ethernet 3U VPX Card

Support for Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) and IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP)

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Layered products

SEC-Line Security Products:
System Management and Health:
  • PBIT – Power-on Built-In Test (Expert mode using Learn/Compare approach)
  • CMON-Line – Runtime Health Monitoring and Management (M2M data oriented, heavily customisable)
  • FAST BOOT – The Fast Boot development kit is used to build a complete payload based on a fast firmware stack (FSP+CoreBoot+Grub or Linux image)
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GPU Acceleration & AI Processing

    Kontron integrates EIZO Rugged Solutions’ NVIDIA® GPU technology to deliver high-performance CPU/GPU capability across its VPX portfolio and accelerate:
  • Embedded AI
  • ISR (electro-optical / infrared)
  • Radar processing
  • Signal intelligence
  • High-performance edge computing
EIZO

Use cases

With its field-proven know-how in VPX, Kontron supports its customers in designing architectures with the right balance of computing performance, power efficiency and level of security. Here are some examples within defense and transportation applications

Thales
Defense radar system

VX6090 successfully integrated and tested by Thales in a radar application

  • Deliver high performance blade computers
  • Provide rich standards-based 10 Gigabit Ethernet communication fabrics and I/O connectivity
  • Ensure high level of quality, both for the products and the long-term services
C4ISR
C4ISR Demonstrator

Herrick Technologies Labs is integrating Kontron’s new I/O Intensive VX305C-40G SBC

  • Designed specifically to meet the needs of the U.S. defense community in their drive for Open System Architecture computing platforms.
  • Developed in alignment with the SOSA™ Technical Standard
Transportation
Railway signalling program

Kontron 3U VPX computer certified by Alstom at the SIL-4 level for safe railway applications

  • Extractable Line Replacement Units (LRU) in order to provide a low maintenance time and repair (MTTR)
  • Computing unit featuring SBCs and an ethernet switch card
  • Versatility and modularity of a 3U VITA46 VPX standard architecture to offer a SIL-4 certifiable and long-term maintainable solution.

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