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nVent SCHROFF has announced the launch of its next-generation MTCA.4 Crate, designed to support128 Gbits bandwidth per slot with PCIe Gen 5. The 9 U, 12 Slot Crate features enhanced cooling with improved rear card cage cooling and a new Cooling Unit Manager design. The new cooling units incorporate a new Cooling Unit Manager based on the STM32 controller from STMicroelectronics, replacing the previous, discontinued Renesas H8S controller. The upgraded power budgets for MCH and Cooling Units ensure optimal performance of the Hub at those higher data transfer speeds.
The MTCA.4 Crate is downward compatible, allowing for a mix and match of legacy and new chassis and cooling units. It supports PCIe Gen 4/5 and 100 GbE, in line with the recently released Revision 3.0 of the MTCA.0 standard. The new backplane design ensures the highest data bandwidth by using low loss backplane material and SMD MTCA connectors, making the MTCA.4 Crate a future-proof solution for high-performance applications.
