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News Release from: Thales Computers | Subject: PMC-DGX
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 01 July 2003
PMC card upgrades graphics capabilities
The PMC-DGX is a multifeatured graphics acceleration PCI mezzanine card (PMC) ideal for driving SXGA displays in harsh environment console applications.
The PMC-DGX is a multifeatured graphics acceleration PCI mezzanine card (PMC) ideal for driving SXGA displays in harsh environment console applications The new PMC-DGX features dual independent display capability that can accommodate both legacy analogue CRT and DVI compliant digital video input, flat-panel displays
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 28 Jun 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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In dual view display mode, it is able to display either the same image on two displays, separate images on each display, or a single image spanning both displays.
With 4Mbyte of embedded SDRAM, the new PMC is able to support 83MHz operation (up to 664Mbyte/s frame buffer bandwidth).
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The PMC-DGX is available for convection-cooled (SA and RA class boards) or conduction-cooled (ruggedised RC class boards, operating temperature -40 to +85C) environments.
For the convection-cooled SA and RA class boards, connections are via a standard DVI-1 style front-panel connector.
The conduction-cooled (RC) version of the PMC-DGX is validated featuring CRT connections via the P4 connector.
The new single-slot graphics acceleration PMC incorporates a 66/33MHz, 32bit target interface, with 3.3V signalling (5V compliant).
A 32-pin PLCC BIOS socket can support a Flash EPROM with BIOS to enable the board's use on a Wintel platform.
The firmware release of the Thales Computers PowerEngine VME PowerPC single board computers (SBCs) supports the PMC-DGX in a terminal mode, making it unnecessary to use an external VT100 console when debugging application software, as well as during operation.
In addition to the Wintel platform, the PMC-DGX is supported by the Wind River WIND ML 3.0 application-programming interface (API) on the Thales Computers PowerEngine and PENTX product families.
Moreover, the new PMC will be supported by the Linux-ABI hard real-time operating system LynxOS release 4.0 by mid-2003.
For existing customers, the new PMC-DGX can seamlessly replace the older CPCIGx and GTX8 graphics PMC boards.
Thales Computers' commitment to open standards and system-oriented solutions allows a smooth migration of existing programs to the new product, without a single change in the application software binaries, through the use of X Windows and Wind ML APIs backed up by comprehensive SBA firmware support.
Pricing for the new PMC-DGX starts at $660.
The new board is available now.
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