Motorola Computer Group Announces VME Single-Board Computers Offered in Both Commercial, Extended Temperature Ranges.

TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 2, 1999--

MVME5100 Series Provides Supercomputing Levels of Performance with

Choice of PowerPC Processors, Dual PMC Sites and 1GB

of Memory in a Single VME Slot

Motorola Computer Group, the leading provider of embedded computing platforms for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), today announced the MVME5100 Series, Motorola's family of VME single-board computers offered in both commercial and extended temperature ranges.

Available in two models, the MVME5100 features a choice of Motorola's MPC7400 PowerPC(R) microprocessor with the highly anticipated AltiVec technology for algorithmic-intensive computations or the PowerPC 750 processors at speeds of 450 MHz and beyond.

These features, along with support for dual PCI mezzanine cards (PMCs) and up to 1GB of memory, make the MVME5100 ideal for a variety of military, aerospace and industrial automation applications that require supercomputing levels of performance.

Motorola will offer the MVME5100 at commercial operating temperatures of 0 to 55 degrees C and industrial operating temperatures of minus 20 to 71 degrees C.

Motorola has also worked closely with Aitech Defense Systems Inc., a worldwide leader in rugged VME bus defense solutions, who will sell the MVME5100 as C5100 at military operating temperatures--conduction or air cooled, with varying levels of environmental ruggedness.

"We chose to work with Motorola because they are the industry leader in VME single-board computers, the open architecture of choice in military and aerospace commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) applications," Daniel Kord, general manager, Aitech.

"We know we can count on Motorola's committed support across the life cycle of their products. Motorola recognizes that product revision management, product reliability and longevity are critical to customers purchasing off-the-shelf embedded computing platforms."

Chau Pham, director of advanced product development, Cross Industry Business Unit, Motorola Computer Group, said, "The MVME5100 is intended to be the flagship product in Motorola's line of PowerPC VME boards.

"We've combined the best features of our previous generation products and added support for the latest and greatest PowerPC processors and bridging technology.

"In addition, we've assured that the board will be available in varying degrees of environmental ruggedness so the same product is re-usable through a wide variety of applications, which allows for re-use of software and technical expertise. It's an unbeatable combination that will support even the most demanding applications."

Based on Motorola's PowerPlus II Architecture, the MVME5100 features a highly optimized local PCI interface and memory controller enabling up to 582MB memory read bandwidth and 640MB burst write bandwidth. Optimization of the memory bus is as important as optimization of the system bus for maximum system performance.

The PowerPlus II Architecture supports full PCI throughput of 264MB without starving the CPU of its memory. Additional features of the MVME5100 include dual Ethernet ports, dual serial ports and up to 16MB of Flash.

In addition to providing front I/O, the MVME5100 processor board has two P2 I/O modes--PMC mode and 761 mode. In PMC mode, 110 P2 I/O pins are available for PMC open standard customized rear I/O. This open standard PMC I/O is fully backward compatible with previous generation products, MVME2300 and MVME2400.

In 761 mode, the MVME5100 is backward compatible with Motorola's MVME761 transition board, originated for use with previous generation products, MVME2600 and MVME2700. MVME761 compatibility is accomplished with the addition of the IPMC761, an optional add-on PMC card.

The IPMC761 provides rear I/O support for one single-ended ultra-wide SCSI, one parallel port, four serial ports-two sync and two async/sync-and I2C.This multi-function PMC card is offered with the MVME5100 as a factory bundled configuration.

The MVME5100 plans to be available in the first half of 2000. The single-unit list price for the commercial grade version of the MVME5100 with the 450MHz PowerPC is estimated to start at $2,595.

About Motorola

Motorola Computer Group (MCG), headquartered in Tempe, Ariz., is the leading supplier of embedded computing platforms to OEMs for use in telecommunications, imaging and industrial automation applications worldwide.

MCG provides best-in-class solutions by combining its advanced design engineering capability with responsive, world-class manufacturing operations. Additional information about MCG is available on the World Wide Web at www.mcg.mot.com

MCG is part of Motorola's Integrated Electronics Systems Sector (IESS), a division of Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT). IESS is a leading provider of electronic systems for customers who integrate them into their products. The five businesses of IESS deliver high-value embedded electronic solutions that enable customers to differentiate their products and lead their markets.

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