Rugged GPU processing cards featuring for machine learning and artificial intelligence
For systems requiring enhanced situational awareness or using deep learning frameworks for artificial intelligence applications, these highly engineered modules provide a field-proven hardware foundation. Answering the growing demand for (AI) and high-performance processing in deployed EW and ISR applications, our 3U VPX GPU modules are designed to deliver advanced capabilities in a highly rugged, SWaP-optimized board. These processing powerhouses leverage the latest GPU advancements from NVIDIA for machine learning and artificial intelligence applications. Equipped with NVIDIA CUDA and Tensor machine learning cores, our 3U VPX GPU boards offer TFLOPS processing capability alongside maximum memory bandwidth for the most compute-intensive tasks.
3U VPX GPU processor cards
| Product Image | Product Name | Generation | Memory | Memory Bandwidth | Features | PCIe Configuration | Safety Certifiable | Data Sheet |
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VPX3-4940 | NVIDIA RTX 2000 (AD107) GPU with 3072 CUDA cores, 96 Tensor cores, and 24 RT cores | 8 GB GDDR6 DRAM | 256 GB/s | Up to 3 DisplayPort outputs, options for DVI/HDMI | PCIe Gen 4 switch | N/A | |
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VPX3-4938 | NVIDIA RTX 5000 (AD103) GPU with 9728 CUDA cores, 304 Tensor cores, and 76 RT cores | 16 GB GDDR6 DRAM | 576 GB/s | Up to 3 DisplayPort outputs and 1 DVI output | PCIe Gen5 configurable switch | N/A | |
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VPX3-4937 | NVIDIA RTX™ 5000 (AD103) GPU with 9728 CUDA cores, 304 Tensor cores, and 76 RT cores | 16 GB GDDR6 DRAM | 576 GB/s | Up to 3 DisplayPort outputs and 1 DVI output | x16 Gen 4 | N/A | |
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VPX3-4935 | NVIDIA Quadro Turing RTX5000E (3072 CUDA cores, 384 Tensor cores) | 16 GB GDDR6 DRAM | 448 GB/s | 4 Video Ports out (DP, DVI, or HDMI) | x16 Gen 3 | N/A | |
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VPX3-719 | AMD E8860 | 2 GB GDDR5 DRAM | 72 GB/s | Inputs: 2 HD-SDI/analog (NTSC/PAL/STANAG 3350/RGBHV), Outputs: 4 DVI & 1 Analog RGBHV & 1 NTSC/PAL/STANAG 3350/RGBHV & 2 HD-SDI | x8 Gen 2 | N/A | |
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VPX3-717 & V3-717 | AMD E8860 | 2 GB GDDR5 | 72 GB/s | 6 DVI & 1 Analog RGBHV outputs | x8 Gen 2 | DO-254 DAL C/DO-178C DAL A | |
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VPX3-716 | AMD E8860 | 2 GB GDDR5 DRAM | 72 GB/s | 2 DVI & 2 DisplayPort outputs | x8 Gen 2 | N/A | |
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Graphics Software Suite | Supports AMD E8860 & E4690 | - | - | DO-254/DO-178 | |||
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VPX3-493 | NVIDIA Turing | 4 GB GDDR6 DRAM | x16 Gen 3 | N/A |
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