The SOSA (Sensor Open Systems Architecture) -compliant form factor increases performance compared to the original model, which has 20 cores.
In addition to the 32-core (160W) Intel Xeon 6543P-B processor, suitable for data-intensive applications, the Kratos PIC (plug-in card) has 256Gbyte DDR5 memory, making it suitable for server-grade applications. It is also equipped with a 40/100GBASE-KR4 Ethernet data plane and an expansion plane (up to 16 PCI Express Gen 5) for high-speed communication with adjacent PIC(s).
Target applications are mission-critical use cases where it can be used in place of lower-end rackmount servers, advised Concurrent. The company said that it enables true SWaP-C at the far edge in a compact form factor.
(The original 20-core variant has a virtual radio access network accelerator and is designed for 5G private networks for defence applications.)
Optional features are an M.2 module for storage with write/protect and Opal 2.0 compliance and a front DisplayPort and USB port. There is also optional power-on built-in test software support
The Kratos PIC supports Linux software.
