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News Release from: RadiSys Corporation | Subject: Procelerant CE 945GM
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 16 February 2006
COM Express module upgrades legacy 5V
boards
The Procelerant CE 945GM is one of the industry's first COM Express modules to use the Mobile Intel 945GM Express chipset and the only module available today with 5V support.
The Procelerant CE 945GM is one of the industry's first COM Express modules to use the Mobile Intel 945GM Express chipset and the only module available today with 5V support The CE 945GM not only supports single-core Intel Pentium M and Intel Celeron M processors but also the new Intel Core Duo and offers the flexibility and small footprint designers need when developing applications such as, medical imaging and monitoring, industrial automation monitoring and control, communications, gaming, entertainment and test and measurement
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 19 Feb 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Availability of the RadiSys Procelerant CE945GM complements Intel's dual-core product architecture", said Doug Davis, Vice President, Digital Enterprise Group, General Manager Communications Infrastructure Group at Intel.
"By extending their support to include the 945GM chipset and our new dual-core processors, RadiSys is helping developers rapidly implement innovative solutions to meet the demanding performance needs of their customers".
The Procelerant CE945GM includes features vital for today's complex embedded applications that require a standard processor and memory subsystem at the core of their design.
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RadiSys offers the only COM with 5V support based on the COM-Express standard (Procelerant CE945GM).
This option provides system users a modular solution that can be used on legacy VME, CompactPCI and other 5V supply boards.
"With its modular design, the Procelerant CE 945GM makes it easier for OEMs to plan for feature changes and performance upgrades without having to redesign their products", said Wade Clowes, General Manager, Commercial Segment at RadiSys.
"This product provides our customers' leading edge embedded solutions that help them develop better products faster and more economically".
The Procelerant CE945GM is available with 2 and 1.66GHz dual-core Intel Pentium M, Celeron M and the Mobile Intel 945GM chipset.
The module is based on the standard COM Express form factor (95 x 125mm) and features eight USB ports, two SATA ports and one ATA 100 port.
Flexible PCI-Express options allow one PCI-Express x16 plus five PCI-Express x1 ports and one PCI-Express x4 plus one PCI-Express x1.
The CE945GM includes type 2 COM Express pinout functionality with one SODIMM socket that accommodates up to 2Gbyte of memory.
Dual SODIMM sockets will be available in the near future.
Additionally, the module features a Broadcom BCM5789 1000BaseTX Ethernet controller, Phoenix BIOS with ACPI 3.0 power management, Win XP/WinXP Embedded/Red Hat desktop Linux, Win CE.
Optimised passive and active heatsinks are also available.
The Procelerant CE 945GM is also RoHS compliant.
The Procelerant CE 945GM will be available in April, 2006 and pricing will start at US $586 in small quantities, depending on configuration.
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