Force Computers Adds Two Members to the Flexor PICMG PCI/ISA Family of Single Board Computers.Business Editors SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 22, 2000 High-Performance and Cost-Sensitive SBCs for Industrial and Deeply Embedded Computing Force Computers, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Solectron Corporation's technology solutions business unit (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :SLR (1) (Scalable Linear Recording) A line of magnetic tape drives from Tandberg Data that evolved from the QIC Data Cartridge format. See QIC. (2) (Single Lens Reflex) A camera that uses the same lens for viewing and shooting. ) and a leader in embedded computing, today announced the addition of two new single board computers (SBCs) to its Flexor(tm) PICMG PCI/ISA family of products. The SBCs are targeted at telecommunications, transportation, manufacturing, medical and satellite broadcast applications. The Flexor IP3S370/600 is a Pentium(r) III processor-based SBC for industrial and embedded computing applications with high-performance requirements such as real-time databases, Internet kiosks, vision systems and graphics-intensive man-machine interfaces. The Flexor ICS (1) (Internet Connection Sharing) A Windows feature that enables two or more computers to share one Internet connection. First introduced in Windows 98 Second Edition, sharing is accomplished with network address translation (NAT), which is the common method. 370/566 is a Celeron(r) processor-based SBC for applications where value coupled with performance is a requirement, including remote telemetry, CNC or PLC controllers, and multi-axis controllers in Medical MRI 1. (application) MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2. MRI - Measurement Requirements and Interface. or X-ray systems. Both products comply with the PICMG PCI/ISA passive backplane standard to provide the flexibility and modularity necessary to configure products to suit changing needs and to lower development and product lifetime costs. "These SBCs are key additions to the Force Flexor PCI/ISA product family and reflect the purpose of the product line in providing flexible and scalable systems at a lower cost with long product lifetimes," said Graham McKenzie, systems marketing manager for Force Computers. "As a charter member of the Intel Applied Computing Platform Program, Force is following Intel's embedded roadmap to ensure customers have longevity of design availability coupled with the advantages of the Intel architecture--a wide range of stable operating systems and applications, development tools for new applications, drivers and supporting software for a wide range of PCI/ISA products." The Flexor IP3S370/600 includes the Pentium III FC-PGA processor running at 600 MHz. The Flexor ICS370/566 uses a Celeron processor at 566MHz. Both SBCs feature their Intel processors in a socket 370 design and with the Intel 440BX chipset. On-board memory is available in 64 MByte to 768 MByte configurations. Essential on-board features included are UIDE, serial ports, USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. , AGP graphics, a watchdog timer and on-board 10/100 Ethernet. Server management features include CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. temperature and voltage monitoring and off-board monitoring for enclosure temperature, fan fail and PSU shutdown. Pricing and availability Backed by the high-quality, volume manufacturing strength of Force's parent company, Solectron, the Flexor ICS370/566 product list price starts at US$999 and the Flexor IP3S370/600 product list price starts at US$1,500. These prices are for single units, with competitive pricing for volume purchases. Both products will ship in August under Force's Early Access Unit (EAU) program, and volume shipments are scheduled for Q4 of 2000. The Flexor PICMG PCI/ISA Family Based on PICMG PCI/ISA standard compliant passive backplane technology, the Flexor product family provides a range of processors, backplanes and enclosures, which combine to create platforms that are matched to customer requirements. The PICMG passive backplane technology offers the advantages of low-cost peripherals and I/O cards from the PC market, but with flexibility and reliability that standard PCs cannot match. When combined with Force's commitment to quality and longevity, the Flexor product family offers the optimum solution for industrial and embedded computing requirements. Intel Applied Computing Platform Provider Program Force is a charter member of Intel's Applied Computing Platform Provider program. Intel Applied Computing Platform Providers is a licensed program consisting of third-party board vendors who meet Intel's strict criteria for quality assurance, manufacturing capacity, design capability, tools and support. About Force Computers Force Computers (www.forcecomputers.com) 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(r), PowerPC(tm), PowerQUICC(tm), SPARC(r), StrongARM and 68K(tm) technologies for embedded UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). (r), Linux(tm), Windows NT(r) and real-time applications. Force supports VME, CompactPCI(r), 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 (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 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, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. . Force's European headquarters is located in Munich, Germany. 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