PIXUS TECHNOLOGIES 40G AdvancedTCA (ATCA) backplanes in the 6-slot and 14-slot sizes are designed to PICMG 3.0 Rev 3.0 specifications. 6 slot version provides dual pluggable shelf manager/switch connections. By combining the shelf managers and switches, users get a full 6 payload slots versus 4 payload slots when switches occupy two board slots. The result is the user gets 50% more computing density in addition to a 400% increase of data rates from previous 10G AdvancedTCA shelves. 14-slot 40G backplane comes with pluggable PEM (power entry module) options.
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