The Hybricon SFF-4 Small Form Factor is a baseplate conduction cooled chassis

Chassis

A chassis consists of an internal framework that supports a man-made object. It is analogous to an animal's skeleton. An example of a chassis is the underpart of a motor vehicle, consisting of the frame with the wheels and machinery.- Vehicles :In the case of vehicles, the term chassis means the...

 designed for rugged environments with airborne and ground mobile applications, extended temperature, as well as extended shock & vibration tolerance. It was developed by Hybricon Corporation

Hybricon Corporation

Hybricon Corporation is a provider of systems packaging solutions serving the Military, Aerospace, Homeland Security, Medical and high-end Industrial markets and develops embedded computing systems and solutions for war fighter critical missions using OpenVPX, VPX, VXS, VMEbus, VME64X, CompactPCI,...

 and is the first ever chassis designed to comply to OpenVPX

OpenVPX

OpenVPX is an Industry Working Group of 28 defense contractors. OpenVPX was founded by Mercury Computer Systems in January 2009. The OpenVPX Industry Working Group has provided new standards which will replace replace VME and VXS standards in future defense designs.On October 19, 2009, the OpenVPX...

, VPX

VPX

VPX, formerly known as VITA 46, is an ANSI standard that provides VMEbus-based systems with support for switched fabrics over a new high speed connector...

 and REDI draft specifications.

At MILCOM 2009, Hybricon along with Curtiss-Wright

Curtiss-Wright

The Curtiss-Wright Corporation was the largest aircraft manufacturer in the United States at the end of World War II, but has evolved to largely become a component manufacturer, specializing in actuators, aircraft controls, valves, and metalworking....

 Controls released the Hybricon SFF-4 Small Form Factor conduction-cooled chassis integrated with Curtiss-Wright Controls' small form factor 3U OpenVPX-compliant cards, including single-board computers, expansion carrier cards and graphics controller OpenVPX-compliant boards in the first display of a live OpenVPX system. The SFF-4 is designed in a supporting role for input/output for airborne and ground vehicle control applications, supporting I/O

I/O

I/O may refer to:* Input/output, a system of communication for information processing systems* Input-output model, an economic model of flow prediction between sectors...

 for Ethernet

Ethernet

Ethernet is a family of computer networking technologies for local area networks commercially introduced in 1980. Standardized in IEEE 802.3, Ethernet has largely replaced competing wired LAN technologies....

, serial

Serial communication

In telecommunication and computer science, serial communication is the process of sending data one bit at a time, sequentially, over a communication channel or computer bus. This is in contrast to parallel communication, where several bits are sent as a whole, on a link with several parallel channels...

, video

Video

Video is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion.- History :...

, 1553

MIL-STD-1553

MIL-STD-1553 is a military standard published by the United States Department of Defense that defines the mechanical, electrical, and functional characteristics of a serial data bus. It was originally designed for use with military avionics, but has also become commonly used in spacecraft on-board...

 or Canbus. The SFF-4 also can be customized to different I/O complements can be supported with a different backplane. The SFF-4 chassis is designed specifically for use for rugged environment in MIL-STD-704F aircraft and MIL-STD-1275B vehicles for airborne and ground mobile applications.