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Nallatech is now shipping the PCIe-287N to customers working on a range of applications including network processing, cyber security and algorithm acceleration. The PCIe-287N is the industry’s first 7 Series FPGA network processing card and features two Xilinx Kintex-7 FPGAs.

“Engaging with Xilinx early in the 7 Series FPGA rollout has enabled us to get a head-start in our development and deliver cutting edge FPGA technology to our customers,” said Neil Harold, project manager at Nallatech.  “We have worked closely with key customers to ensure we met their requirements so it’s exciting to see them developing with the PCIe-287N and running applications on the two Kintex-7 FPGAs.”

“We are extremely pleased with the success of the Xilinx Kintex-7 FPGA rollout,” said Wouter Suverkropp, Xilinx’s senior product line manager for Kintex-7 FPGAs.   “Nallatech’s shipment of the PCIe-287N is evidence of both the performance and the level of maturity the Kintex-7 family has reached.”

The architecture of the PCIe-287N is well suited to a number of applications including real-time network filtering and high frequency trading.  The two Kintex-7 FPGAs are directly coupled to four SFP+ ports supporting a range of Ethernet protocols including 1 and 10GbE, SONET and OTN.  Each FPGA utilizes multiple independent banks of high-bandwidth, QDR-II+ SRAM and DDR3 SDRAM to support random access and deep storage. A third FPGA provides a PCI Express interface supporting sustained bandwidths up to 5GBytes/sec.

Demand continues to be strong for the PCIe-287N with further shipments planned this month.  A data sheet is available at www.nallatech.com/7series-network-card.  Please contact Nallatech for pricing and availability information.