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News Release from: SBS Technologies | Subject: Palomar 1000
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 09 December 2002
Wider operating system support boosts
PrPMCs
The Palomar 1000 line of advanced PrPMCs from SBS Technologies is now available with VxWorks, Linux and Linux SMP software support packages.
The Palomar 1000 line of advanced PrPMCs from SBS Technologies is now available with VxWorks, Linux and Linux SMP software support packages The Palomar 1000 DFX, which features two IBM PowerPC 750FX processors, uses the Linux multiprocessing software to load balance the two processors while using a single operating system image, common memory and disk I/O resources
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 19 Aug 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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The Palomar 1000 DFX with Linux SMP is ideal for any processor intensive application, such as high-capacity switches, routers or advanced analytical computing.
"SBS' Palomar 1000 line was introduced to meet the growing demand for PrPMCs as a modular approach to managing CPU horsepower, allowing system designers to add functionality incrementally without replacing expensive legacy equipment", said Dan Moore, President of SBS Technologies' Communications and Enterprise Group.
"Using Palomar DFX with Linux SMP, designers can now exponentially increase the raw processing performance of their systems while using fewer slots and effectively reducing the overall system cost per rack".
The Palomar 1000 line closely follows the IBM 750FX PowerPC processor family roadmap, with both the SFX and DFX versions of the board featuring the 750FX running at 667MHz.
Palomar 1000 boards have onboard ECC SDRAM, providing single-bit error detection and correction as well as multibit error detection.
The SDRAM is organised as two banks allowing dramatic memory bandwidth improvements over existing designs by interleaving physical and virtual memory banks.
Two 10/100BaseT Ethernet ports, as well as two serial ports, provide high-speed data throughput and are available via front or rear I/O options.
A custom engineered heatsink and thermal interface design enhance heat dissipation on the Palomar boards.
The dual DFX version uses under 15W and the SFX uses less than 10W.
Both DFX and SFX models are available with different memory configurations and other options to meet various price and performance requirements.
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