Genesi is pleased to announce the order period for Evaluation Systems for the High Density Blade (HDB) and HDB Chassis is now open.

The HDB can be deployed in a variety of configurations. The HDB features one or paired Freescale MPC7447, MPC7447A or MPC7448 PowerPC processor(s) and the Tundra Tsi109 host bridge.

Individual Blade specifications are as follows:

• Single or Dual Freescale G4 (MPC744x) processors
• High performance Tundra Tsi109TM Northbridge
• 2 SerDes or GigE per HDB
• DDR2 RAM
• Serial ATA
• Integrated blade management unit, including one-button user interface and
• OLED display

Chassis specifications:

• 16 hot-swappable HDB modules possible per 2U chassis
• Hard drive module interchangable with HDB
• 1U power module
• Communication backplane (RS485)
• I/O Connection: FCI, AirMax VS High Speed Connector System
• Integrated chassis management unit

Pricing for evaluation systems is as follows:

• Blades are $2000 each
• 2U HDB Chassis is $2000 each
• 1U PSU Module is $1000 each