The Benefits of PICMG 1.3

Today, many system designers are suffering from inherent bandwidth limitations of parallel bus architectures, especially when they design systems using the latest high performance processors and chipsets, and high throughput I/O devices. Axiomtek's PICMG 1.3 solutions and platforms solve this problem! The PICMG 1.3 specification replaces the system host board and backplane parallel bus interfaces with high-speed PCI Express, and ensures the compatibility of systems to enable cost-effective support for previous and future industrial computing systems.

Solving Bandwidth Problems
The PICMG 1.0 and 1.2 standards have reached their performance bottleneck to overall system performance. The PICMG 1.3 specification brings features and advantages of PCI Express to industrial computing platforms, offering powerful bandwidth and throughput.

Providing Full Backward Integration with PCI and PCI-X
The PICMG 1.3 solves the compatibility problem by providing full backward integration with PICMG 1.0 and 1.2 standards, allowing PCI and PCI-X cards to co-exist in the same system with the high speed PCI Express based cards. You don't need to worry about changing chassis or mechanical design, and many previous generation components can continue to be used.

Supporting Advanced I/O Connectors
Unless high bandwidth PCI Express peripherals, the PICMG 1.3 specification also supports advanced I/O interfaces, such as Serial ATA storage devices, high-speed USB 2.0 and Gigabit Ethernet.

Supporting the Latest High Performance I/O Cards
The PICMG 1.3 specification supports a wide range of the latest high performance I/O peripheral cards, including the latest high performance PCI Express x16 graphics cards, SAS Raid Card, Gigabit LAN Card and more.

Axiomtek's Comprehensive PICMG 1.3 Solutions

Axiomtek offers today's most comprehensive family of PICMG 1.3 single board computers, SHB Express backplanes , and various industrial rackmount chassis. The PICMG 1.3 solutions are designed with compatibility and flexibility which provide customers with a wide range of solutions covering all marketing applications, such as Digital Video Recorder, Gaming Machine, Point of Service System, Video Server and Intelligent Transportation System

Comprehensive Product Lines
Axiomtek's PICMG 1.3 full-size and half-size CPU cards offer high performance PCI Express slot as interface to the backplane and improve I/O bandwidth and graphic performance from original PICMG 1.0 SBCs. Axiomtek's PICMG 1.3 backplanes are designed to meet all requirements defined by the PICMG 1.3 standard and support a variety of PCI Express (PCIe x1, x4, x8, or x16) and PCI/ PCI-X cards. Now, Axiomtek provides 2-slot, 5-slot, 8-slot and 14-slot PICMG 1.3 backplanes. They are perfect fit for Axiomtek's PICMG 1.3 SBCs. We also have various system enclosures to house the PICMG 1.3 SBCs, backplanes, and any customer's industrial integrations flexible.

PICMG 1.3 Single Board Computers

SHB Express Backplanes

System Enclosures

System Integration Services
Axiomtek provides complete PICMG 1.3 platforms and system integration services to you. Our PICMG 1.3 platforms support many of advance features including powerful computing capability, low power consumption, reliability, scalability, flexible I/O configuration, long product life support and more. Partner with Axiomtek, we guaranteed to provide you the high-grade products and services for today's most demanding industrial environments.

The PICMG 1.3 System Host Board (SHB) Interface