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LASERBLADE
To ensure maximum video throughput, Cubix has separated the PCI Express (PCIe) graphics adapter channels
from the other devices such as sound, USB, etc. One fiber channel handles the PCI devices and up to four
fiber channels support the PCIe video adapters.
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Space Savings
The fiber adapter that installs in the LaserBlade is capable of supporting 4 PCIe video channels and one
channel for sound. Thus, there are two fiber channels minimally required for video and sound.
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Digital Graphics
The PCIe channels for the video support can be 1, 2, or 4 fiber pairs. The raw throughput is 5 Gbps per channel,
10Gbps or 20 Gbps respectively. At maximum throughput (20 Gbps), the configuration would use 5 fiber pairs for
the connection between the LaserBlade and the PCIe LaserCube.
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Cool and quiet
As compared with the current single channel PCI version that shares one fiber pair between the video controller and
other PCI devices, the new technology dedicates 1-4 channels just for the PCI Express graphics devices and one
channel for lower bandwidth PCI devices.
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Cool and quiet
The operating environment will determine the number of channels that will be needed. If more bandwidth is
needed to support the graphics environment, add more channels for the video throughput.
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The SVB architecture
One PCIe channel is approximately 5 times faster than one PCI channel so in the vast majority of office
environments, one video channel will be more than sufficient. In heavy graphics environments such as
CAD/global mapping, etc, more channels can be added to increase the throughput.
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LASERCUBE
The initial release of the LaserCube is at the high end of the configuration options.
It supports two 16X PCIe graphics adapters plus a USB adapter plus an adapter for sound.
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Cool and quiet
For secure environments, instead of USB ports, a PS/2 keyboard and mouse ONLY version is available.
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Regarding the PCIe LaserCube box:
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PCIe graphics adapters use more power than PCI adapters so PCIe LaserCube has a dedicated power
supply within to handle the load.
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We are using a larger but extremely quiet fan to cool the more powerful PCIe graphics adapters
within the PCIe LaserCube.
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This release features support for 2 PCIe graphics adapters plus a Cubix PCI adapter that supports
sound/4 channel USB/PS2 keyboard & mouse and an optional PCI slot for various customer supplied PCI
controllers. We are planning smaller footprint versions in the future.
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The SVB architecture
Cubix is testing and certifying specific adapter offerings.
The first include dual headed graphics adapters. Quad headed configurations consist of two dual adapters.
The photo diagram below illustrates the phenomenal scalability of the Secure Visualization Blade design.
The LaserBlade processing engine is on the left; the LaseCube graphics engine is on the right.
