Sub-$4k MicroTCA system comes with Carrier Grade Linux

Performance Technologies (PT) will unveil a “ready-to-use” MicroTCA appliance at next week’s MicroTCA Summit in Chantilly, Virginia. The AMP5070 comprises PT’s six-slot MTC5070 chassis, along with a Core2 Duo-based compute module running a “trial” version of PT’s CGL-compliant NexusWare distribution.