FORCE INTROS STATE-OF-THE-ART PMC PROCESSOR MODULE FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE APPS.Force Computers, a Solectron company has introduced the fastest member of its family of PowerPC processor-based PCI mezzanine card (hardware) PCI Mezzanine Card - (PMC) A family of low profile mezzanine cards for VMEbus, Futurebus+, desktop computers and other computer systems with logical and electrical layers based on the Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) specification. PMC is defined in IEEE P1386. (PMC (1) See Portable Media Center. (2) (PCI Mezzanine Card) A PCI-based mezzanine card that is widely adapted to VMEbus, CompactPCI and PCI cards. ) modules--the PowerPMC-260--for telecommunications, data communications and industrial control applications that require data or control processing capability in a very small form-factor. With the latest PowerPC 750 CXe 600MHz processor and 512MBytes SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) A type of dynamic RAM (DRAM) memory chip that has been widely used since the late 1990s. SDRAM chips eliminated wait states by dividing the chip into two cell blocks and interleaving data between them. , the PowerPMC-260 module provides a high-performance microprocessing engine for third generation (3G) wireless, asynchronous transfer mode See ATM. (communications) Asynchronous Transfer Mode - (ATM, or "fast packet") A method for the dynamic allocation of bandwidth using a fixed-size packet (called a cell). See also ATM Forum, Wideband ATM. ATM acronyms. Indiana acronyms. (ATM) switches, Internet protocol (IP) Layer 3 switches, semiconductor test equipment and other demanding applications in communications and industrial control. "By upgrading to the latest PowerPC processor and doubling the amount of onboard SDRAM, the PowerPMC-260 addresses an even broader range of demanding communications and industrial control uses compared to its predecessor," said Reiner Mauthe, Force product marketing manager. "As equally robust a platform for highly available or multi-computing fiber-optic applications, this compact footprint processor module provides a scaleable, cost-effective solution based on widely adopted PMC and PowerPC technologies. Overall, it delivers 'supercomputer' performance and more than enough speed and memory for current and future embedded application requirements." As the high-end member of the PowerPMC product family, the PowerPMC-260 implements the PowerPC 750 CXe 600MHz processor together with the highly integrated Galileo GT-64260 system controller onto a very small PMC form-factor for a fast, compact embedded computing platform. Fully compatible with the VITA-32 draft standard, this intelligent processor module can operate in either monarch or non-monarch mode in a system. Long recognized in the telecom OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and community for its boards, systems and software know-how, Force Computers leverages its embedded expertise to offer developers high-quality, high-performance solutions. In addition, Force provides a worldwide engineering footprint with six design centers backed by Solectron's ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001 certified manufacturing strength. The PowerPMC-260 processor module is now available through Force's Early Access Unit (EAU) program with volume shipments scheduled for January 2002. Single-unit-quantity pricing starts at $2,495. All monetary amounts are stated in U.S. dollars. Lower power-dissipation members of the product family -- the PowerPMC-230 and PowerPMC-250 modules -- are also available. Force Computers was founded in 1981 and is a leading designer and worldwide supplier of standard and custom systems and board-level computer platforms and services for the embedded market. The processor-independent company helps its customers develop embedded applications based on Alpha, MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second) The execution speed of a computer. For example, .5 MIPS is 500,000 instructions per second; 100 MIPS is a hundred million instructions per second. , Pentium, PowerPC, PowerQUICC, SPARC (Scalable Performance ARChitecture) A family of RISC CPUs from Sun that runs mostly under Sun's Solaris, but also under Linux and BSD operating systems. After development began in the mid-1980s by David Patterson of the University of California at Berkeley and Bill , StrongARM and 68K technologies for embedded Linux, Solaris, Windows NT and real-time operating systems. Force supports VME, CompactPCI, PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). , PCI/ISA and PMC bus architectures as well as custom form-factors. An ISO 9001 certified company, Force Computers practices Total Quality Management principles in all phases of the company's global operations. The company, along with its parent company, Solectron Corporation, is the 1997 winner of the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is given by the United States National Institute of Standards and Technology. Through the actions of the National Productivity Advisory Committee chaired by Jack Grayson, it was established by the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality for manufacturing. Force's corporate headquarters and Asia Pacific headquarters is located in San Jose, Calif. Force's European headquarters is located in Munich, Germany. |
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