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News Release from: Thales Computers | Subject: PowerMP4-60
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 26 August 2005
Embedded system combines PowerPC and
Pentium
The PowerMP4-60 is billed as the first serial RapidIO system entry into the embedded computing marketplace.
New from Thales is the PowerMP4-60, the first serial RapidIO system entry into the embedded computing marketplace The PowerMP4-60 system combines PowerPC and Intel Pentium-M technology and takes advantage of outstanding compute power to power dissipation ratio of the PowerPC technology as well as the wide spectrum of software tools available on PC platforms
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 28 Jun 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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The PowerMP4-60's serial RapidIO switch fabric has an aggregate bandwidth of 2.4Gbyte/s, a feature that makes it possible to interconnect in all possible directions to sustain the maximum throughput between all processors.
The PowerPC nodes are interconnected through a low latency, high bandwidth RapidIO network, which can be routed either through the backplane using P0 or through font panel connectors depending on customer preference.
The system's FPDP stage can perform data acquisition at 100Mbyte/s.
The PowerMP4-60 includes MPI communications plus SNMP control and monitoring.
The development tool set includes Spyker, Totalview and VSIPRO, among others.
The Intel boards will operate under Linux 2.4.
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A wide range of fully integrated development tools (compilers, configuration management, debuggers, trace tools etc) are also part of the PowerMP software package.
The new PowerMP4-60 system is the new member of PowerMP4 systems developed for each design phase - from application development and integration to deployment and support.
For each phase of a program, PowerMP4 systems provide superior performance and software productivity.
Rugged versions of these high-performance embedded computer (HPEC) systems are ideal for radar, sonar, image computing and electronic warfare applications.
Pricing for the PowerMP family of systems starts at $18,000 subject to specifications and includes one year of Hotline support.
The PowerMP4-60 will be available later this year as a Fast Track product.
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