Once again providing evidence of the company's market-leading
commitment to developing single board computer solutions that not only
offer outstanding performance in their own right but that also provide
straightforward technology insertion opportunities for existing
customers, GE Fanuc Embedded Systems today announced the PPC9A, the
latest addition to the company's PowerXtreme family of 6U VME single
board computers.
At the heart of the PPC9A is Freescale's latest PowerPC processor,
the dual core 8641D operating at 1.3 GHz. The PPC9A - which is
2eSST-capable - supports up to 4 GBytes of DDR2 memory, and up to 1
GByte of Flash memory. Unparalleled flexibility is provided through
the provision of not only two PMC/XMC sites (PCI-X 133 MHz/8-lane PCI
Express) supporting I/O via P0 and P2, but also GE Fanuc's unique AFIX
(Additional Flexible Interface Xtension) site that allows custom
functionality to be added to the board at minimum cost and in minimum
time. Standard AFIX modules for graphics, SCSI, 1553, digital I/O and
Flash memory are also available.
"The PPC9A is the latest in a long line of products designed
specifically to provide a simple upgrade path for our existing
customers, while featuring a level of performance that will be
extremely attractive to new customers," said Richard Kirk, Product
Manager at GE Fanuc Embedded Systems. "By leveraging the high
bandwidth of PCI Express for onboard connections, it gives users the
performance benefits of serial switch fabrics, but maintains total VME
compatibility. No other single board computer surpasses it in terms of
raw performance, and it clearly leads the market in terms of
flexibility in the range of functionality it offers."
With two Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 Base-T ports, two USB 2.0
ports, and six serial ports, the PPC9A - which is available in five
air- and conduction-cooled variants - is highly specified in terms of
communications and I/O, while the provision of up to 1 GByte of
write-protectable Flash memory, 128 Kbytes of non-volatile RAM with
Autostore and a Serial ATA disk interface means that storage is
equally well catered for.
In common with an increasing number of GE Fanuc Embedded Systems
computing solutions, the PPC9A offers support for the AXIS (Advanced
Multiprocessor Integrated Software) development environment.
Performance-optimized and designed to accelerate the development and
production deployment of complex processing applications, AXIS
integrated tools and libraries include AXISFlow, AXISView and AXISLib.
The PPC9A features broad-ranging operating system (Integrity,
LynxOS and VXWorks) support together with comprehensive Deployed Test
Software (Built-In Test and Background Condition Screening) and is
RoHS-compliant.
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About GE Fanuc Embedded Systems
GE Fanuc Embedded Systems is a leading global provider of embedded
computing solutions for a wide range of industries and applications.
Featuring a comprehensive offering that includes Intel(R) and
PowerPC(R)-based Single Board Computers, sensor processing networking
products, avionics interfaces, rugged flat panel monitors and complete
computer systems, GE Fanuc Embedded Systems can support the full range
of embedded computing needs. GE Fanuc Embedded Systems is part of GE
Fanuc, a joint venture between GE and FANUC LTD of Japan. For more
information, visit www.gefanucembedded.com.
