The XPedite5170 is a high-performance 3U VPX-REDI single board computer based on the Freescale MPC8640D processor. With dual PowerPC e600 cores running at up to 1.25 GHz, the MPC8640D delivers enhanced performance with AltiVec technology and IEEE 754 Dual-Precision Floating-Point and efficiency for today’s network information processing and other embedded computing applications.The XPedite5170 supports two separate channels of up to 2 GB each of up to DDR2-533 ECC SDRAM, as well as up to 4 GB of NAND flash and up to 256 MB of NOR flash (with redundancy). The XPedite5170 provides the option of utilizing a PCI Express or Serial RapidIO Fat Pipe P1 interconnect, as well as two SerDes Gigabit Ethernet Thin Pipe P1 fabric interconnects. The XPedite5170 also supports dual Gigabit Ethernet, GPIO, I²C, XMC I/O, PMC I/O, and up to two RS-232/422/485 serial ports through the P2 connector.The XPedite5170 provides a ruggedized, high-performance, feature-rich solution to support the next generation of rugged embedded applications. Linux, Wind River VxWorks, QNX Neutrino, and Green Hills INTEGRITY Board Support Package (BSPs) are available.