The DRAM is actually the most important issue. We use all the available DRAM DIMMs on the motherboard, so no system resources are wasted. This is a very nasty problem for plug boards to deal with.
An HTX Card? How do you get 30 Watts of power to it? How do you cool the FPGA? Where do you put the 8GBytes of DRAM available to the Opteron socket? How do build a single board that will fit in the form factor available in most Opteron systems? Tough questions.
And then there are places like ATCA systems that have no plug in slots at all. XtremeData's XD1000 fits in all dual Opteron systems.
Gary
Hardware Architect
XtremeData Inc
www.xtremedatainc.com
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The DRAM is actually the most important issue. We use all the available DRAM DIMMs on the motherboard, so no system resources are wasted. This is a very nasty problem for plug boards to deal with.
An HTX Card? How do you get 30 Watts of power to it? How do you cool the FPGA? Where do you put the 8GBytes of DRAM available to the Opteron socket? How do build a single board that will fit in the form factor available in most Opteron systems? Tough questions. And then there are places like ATCA systems that have no plug in slots at all. XtremeData's XD1000 fits in all dual Opteron systems. Gary Hardware Architect XtremeData Inc www.xtremedatainc.com