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News Release from: Thales Computers | Subject: PowerEngine
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 25 March 2004
PowerPC SBC runs Linux in novel naval
console
PowerEngine SBCs based on the latest IBM PowerPC 750FX processor have been selected as the processing engines for a new, integrated compact redundant naval console, the CTI 2000.
PowerEngine SBCs based on the latest IBM PowerPC 750FX processor have been selected as the processing engines for a new, integrated compact redundant naval console, the CTI 2000 Thales Computers' PowerEngine series will serve as the central processors in each of the two modules incorporated into the CTI 2000: a man machine interface (MMI) module running under BlueCat Linux and a real-time module running under LynxOS
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 27 Feb 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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The CTI 2000 will be the first system deployed as part of a $15 million upgrade of the command and control systems on two Royal Malaysian Navy Laksamana class corvettes, awarded to AMS in 2002.
The CTI 2000 is a collaborative effort between AMS (Rome, Italy), Elesia, Thales Computers, and Primagraphics (Cambridge, UK).
In addition to the PowerEngine boards provided by Thales Computers, Elesia developed the high-availability architecture and a high-availability library used in the CTI 2000, and also supplies a PMC providing enhanced I/O, and Primagraphics is supplying an advanced graphics PMC.
The engineering staffs of all four companies worked together over a two-year period to develop the first naval console based on a PowerPC running Linux.
The challenges overcome during development included the migration of the MMI feature from an AIX-based PowerPC to the PowerPC running BlueCat Linux, while simultaneously implementing a new generation of graphics board.
The collaborative project has demonstrated the feasibility of developing stable, reliable, high-performance solutions for mission-critical applications, based only on COTS components, open standards, and open-source software.
According to Robert Negre, Thales Computers' Vice President of Technology: "It's a major accomplishment to reach the deployment stage in the defence market with a Linux solution.
This effort emphasises the commitment of Thales Computers to implement Linux-based solutions on PowerPC.
And equally important, it demonstrates our ability to deliver those solutions rapidly in a collaborative relationship".
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