SCI is the equivalent of a Processor-Memory-I/O bus and a Local Area Network, combined and made parallel to support distributed multiprocessing with very high bandwidth, very low latency, and a scalable architecture that allows building large systems out of many inexpensive massproduced building blocks.
In the commercial world, companys such as Sun, Siemens Medical, Fujitsu Siemens, and Philips Medical have embedded SCI products into there commercial solutions. These solutions range from medical imaging machines to high performance servers.
In the military world, the JAST (Joint Advanced Strike Technology-- Air Force, Navy, and Marines) adopted SCI as the unified interconnect for the Mirage and Rafale fighter jets, the Society of Automotive Engineers video/sensors group has adopted it too; the Canadian Navy is using it as the interconnect for their Signal Processor; and the Norwegian military is using SCI for advanced signal processors.
| Product | Description | Documentation |
|---|---|---|
| D350 Series | PCI Express SCI Adapter card | Data Sheet |
| D331 | PCI - SCI Adapter Card | Data Sheet |
| D352,D334 and D346 | High-Performance Parallel Clustering Solution | Data Sheet |
| D341 and D342 | CompactPCI- SCI Adapter Card | Data Sheet |
| D333 | PMC- SCI Adapter Card | Data Sheet |
| Product | Description | Documentation |
|---|---|---|
| SCI Cables | 1-10m CAbles | Data Sheet |
| Description | Documentation |
|---|---|
| SCI Interconnect Manager | Data Sheet |
| SISCI User Level API | Data Sheet |
| SISCI Developers Kit | Data Sheet |
| Interconnect Resource Manager (IRM) | Data Sheet |
| Fast File Transfer for Windows | Data Sheet |
| Reflective Memory | Data Sheet |
| SCI-MPICH2 | Data Sheet |