Mercury Systems has released the Ensemble HDS8613 dual Intel Xeon server-class processor blade and the Ensemble SFM8104 40Gb/s Ethernet/InfiniBand switch, which it calls the first two building blocks of its next generation of secure AdvancedTCA ecosystem.
“Mercury is a pioneer in both the SWaP-focused OpenVPX and performance-driven ATCA domains,” said Didier Thibaud, president of Mercury’s Commercial Electronics business unit. “Expanding upon our extensive ATCA history, our next generation of secure ATCA building blocks is the seamless union of the best ATCA commercial technology and our dense OpenVPX processing and systems integrity technologies.”
The products are made in America, “an important criterion in defense electronics where the provenance and integrity of the supply chain are paramount,” he added.
The products have built-in security features to address DoD’s requirements for trusted computing, he said.




