Stand-alone image-processing device is based on the PowerXCell multi-core processor
Germany's Matrix Vision GmbH is offering a stand-alone image-processing system that is based on the PowerXCell processor.
At the heart of the mvXCellBox system is a mvXCell-8i accelerator board containing nine cores (running at 2.8 GHz), 4 GB RAM and two external Gigabit Ethernet interfaces. The board is capable of a processing power of 90 Gflops/s (double precision) and has an energy efficiency of 0.78 Gflops/s per watt. Both these values are considerably better than those associated with x86 systems, says the company.
The mvXCellBox has one PCI Express x16 slot, which can be used to a add a frame grabber, or another interface board, to the system. Furthermore, the Gigabit Ethernet interfaces can be used to connect GigE cameras, for example, the mvBlueCOUGAR series, to the system.
Beside the image processing, the power of the multi-core processor also can be used to accelerate applications, which have to process a huge amount of floating-point, integer and pixel data. Because the system is able to process data significantly faster than a standard PC, the mvXCellBox is not only ideal for industrial customers with image- processing requirements, or are involved in medical and video technology, but it will also find application in research and scientific environments, says the firm.
Contact:
Matrix Vision GmbH
Talstrasse 16
DE-71570 Oppenweiler
Germany
Phone: +49-7191-9432-0
Fax: +49-7191-9432-88
Email: info@matrix-vision.de
Web: http://www.matrix-vision.de
At the heart of the mvXCellBox system is a mvXCell-8i accelerator board containing nine cores (running at 2.8 GHz), 4 GB RAM and two external Gigabit Ethernet interfaces. The board is capable of a processing power of 90 Gflops/s (double precision) and has an energy efficiency of 0.78 Gflops/s per watt. Both these values are considerably better than those associated with x86 systems, says the company.
The mvXCellBox has one PCI Express x16 slot, which can be used to a add a frame grabber, or another interface board, to the system. Furthermore, the Gigabit Ethernet interfaces can be used to connect GigE cameras, for example, the mvBlueCOUGAR series, to the system.
Beside the image processing, the power of the multi-core processor also can be used to accelerate applications, which have to process a huge amount of floating-point, integer and pixel data. Because the system is able to process data significantly faster than a standard PC, the mvXCellBox is not only ideal for industrial customers with image- processing requirements, or are involved in medical and video technology, but it will also find application in research and scientific environments, says the firm.
Contact:
Matrix Vision GmbH
Talstrasse 16
DE-71570 Oppenweiler
Germany
Phone: +49-7191-9432-0
Fax: +49-7191-9432-88
Email: info@matrix-vision.de
Web: http://www.matrix-vision.de
