This category covers high-bandwidth 3U OpenVPX / SOSA™-aligned Switch Modules built on the Altera Agilex™ 7 F-Series SoC FPGA in the R24C package (supporting AGF006 up to AGF027 variants).
While payload profile cards handle direct sensor processing, Agilex 7 Switch Modules serve as the high-throughput communication hub, network routing engine, and inline packet processing center of a rugged VPX chassis. By leveraging up to 2.7 million logic elements and high-speed transceivers, these cards function as intelligent, software-programmable Layer 2/3 network switches and data plane routers.
Key Highlights
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High-Density Silicon Architecture:
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FPGA Fabric: Up to 2.7 million Logic Elements with high-throughput DSP engines for real-time packet processing and line-rate encryption.
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Hard Processor System (HPS): Quad-core Arm® Cortex®-A53 (up to 1.5 GHz) running embedded Linux network management stacks, routing tables, and security protocols.
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High-Speed Transceivers & Backplane I/O:
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Multi-Gigabit Ethernet: High-speed FGT transceivers configured for 10G/40G/100G Ethernet backplane links (such as 10GBASE-KR and 40GBASE-KR4).
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PCIe Expansion: Multi-lane PCIe routing across backplane expansion planes.
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Optical Apertures: Optional VITA 66.5 / VITA 67.3 MT Ferrule apertures (supporting 12-channel FireFly transceivers) for high-speed fiber routing off-board or to other chassis.
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Memory & Storage: Dedicated 8GB DDR4 with ECC for the HPS, 8GB DDR4 for the FPGA fabric, and dual 144Mb QDR-IV SRAM banks for rapid network lookup tables and FIFO buffering.
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SOSA™ Alignment & Health: Aligned with standardized VITA 65 3U switch slot profiles (e.g.,
SLT3-SWH-*) and integrated with a Tier-3 VITA 46.11 Board Management Controller (IPMC).
Please find the detailed product information here:
Agilex™ 7 (R24C) SOSA-aligned 3U VPX Plug-in Module