Consortium endorses new embedded standard

The PC/104 Consortium announced today its adoption and management of the new, mid-sized EPIC standard.

The PC/104 Consortium has formalised its adoption and management of the new, mid-sized EPIC standard.

An overwhelming majority of members voted in support of EPIC, the 4.5 x 6.5in embedded single board computer format that supports PC/104 and PC/104-Plus as part of its specification.

EPIC represents the next generation of mid-sized single board computers.

The standard was developed through a combined technical effort from WinSystems, VersaLogic, Octagon Systems, Micro/sys, and Ampro Corp.

The EPIC standard represents an excellent opportunity for manufacturers to provide PC/104 technology to users in an efficient footprint and in combination with some of the latest CPU technology in the industry.

The adoption of the EPIC standard by the PC/104 Consortium follows on the footsteps of the Consortium's announcement in 2004 of the adoption of the EBX standard.

This gave a home to the EBX standard, a standard that is widely known for its implementation of PC/104 technology on a large footprint.

These actions by the Consortium represent its commitment to provide PC/104 users a broadest possible range of options for PC/104 technology.

Jeff Milde of the PC/104 Consortium said: "It has been a pleasure working with such highly committed individuals that are single-focused on promoting and spreading PC/104 in the embedded arena".

"Their vision is re-energising this technology in the marketplace".

EPIC products are being shipped by several companies who introduced EPIC boards in April 2004 at the Embedded Systems Conference in San Francisco.

The official specification is available for users to review on the consortium's website.

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