With the CompactPCI Serial (PICMG CPCI-S.0) the CompactPCI architecture moves to high-speed serial interconnects. It can rely on 8x PCI Express® links, 8 SATA/SAS, 8 USB 2.0/3.0 and 8 Ethernet interfaces that make it possible for the system slot to support up to 8 peripheral boards without the need of additional bridges or switches. In full mesh configuration up to 9 cards can be used via Ethernet connections providing symmetrical multiprocessing for redundant and safety critical systems. The pin assignment of the system and the peripheral slot is congruent. This way it is possible to plug a system slot board into each peripheral slot to support symmetrical multiprocessing.
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