Parvus to Release Low-Cost, Low-Power, 400MHz PCI-104 Celeron CPU Module for Embedded Computer Systems.SALT LAKE CITY -- SpacePC 8500 Offers ULV ULV Ultra Low Voltage ULV University of La Verne (La Verne, CA) ULV Ultra Low Volume ULV Ultra Light Vliegtuig ULV Unmanned Launch Vehicle ULV UltraLink Viewer (Rose Electronics) Celeron Processor with Fast Ethernet, 4 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. , 2 Serial, Audio, Parallel, Floppy and LCD/VGA Controllers Parvus Corp. today announced it will soon release a PCI-104 form factor Single Board Computer (SBC (1) (SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio, TX, www.sbc.com) A large, national telecommunications company that grew from a multitude of local and regional companies, including Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell, into a single, unified brand by 2002. ), the SpacePC(R) 8500, reliably designed with an ultra low voltage 400MHz Intel(R) Celeron(R) Processor and Intel(R) 815E chipset. Offering very low power consumption, the 8500 Series 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. does not require any fan cooling and is especially suited for embedded aerospace, defense and transportation applications. Conforming to the new PCI-only architecture of the PC/104 specification (known as PCI-104), the SpacePC 8500 Series takes advantage of a high-speed PCI bus yet in a small rugged form factor. This embedded CPU module measures only 3.550" x 3.775" (90x96mm) in size and integrates a wealth of onboard peripherals. Standard features include 4 USB ports, 1 Fast Ethernet interface (10/100Mbps), 2 RS-232 Serial ports, 1 Parallel port, 1 Floppy port, 1 VGA interface, LVDS (Low Voltage Differential Signaling) A transmission method for sending digital information. LVDS sends data over data high and data low lines rather than data and ground. LCD/Flat panel interface, 1 AC97 Bus, Auxiliary Power, Keyboard and Mouse connectors and an Ultra DMA IDE controller that supports any type of IDE Flash devices (DiskonModule(R), CompactFlash(R) and Flash Disk). Like Parvus' other PC/104 and PC/104-Plus SpacePC CPU modules, the 8500 Series is compatible with Windows(R) CE, XP(R) Embedded, Linux, QNX(R) Neutrino, and VxWorks(R) operating systems. A pre-installed ROM-DOS(TM) OS kernel, along with the system BIOS, comes installed in the board's 1MB Flash EPROM to facilitate rapid customer implementation. A SODIMM (Small Outline-DIMM) A DIMM module with a thinner profile due to the use of TSOP chip packages. SODIMMs are commonly used in laptop computers. See memory module and TSOP. memory socket is installed onboard to support PC100-133 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. . PRICING AND AVAILABILITY The SpacePC(R) 8500 is expected to be in stock by late Q4 2004. Prospective customers can pre-order now. The board with 256MB of SDRAM starts at $599/each in volume orders of 100+ units. ABOUT PARVUS Parvus Corp. is a leading North American manufacturer and systems integrator of modular computer boards, enclosures, displays and embedded systems based on the PC/104 computer standard. Parvus offers rugged, Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) computing solutions ideal for avionics, military, medical, industrial, and transportation OEMs. For more information, visit www.parvus.com or call 801-483-1533. NOTE FOR EDITORS See www.parvus.com/news for high-resolution, downloadable artwork for this announcement. |
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