Synergy Now Shipping 1-GHz PowerPC 7455 SBC Featuring On-board Graphics Capability.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 12, 2003 Synergy Microsystems Inc. (Synergy), a leading developer of board-level solutions for real-time embedded applications, announced today it is shipping the Raptor GX, a high-performance, COTS board offering high-speed video and graphic display capability designed specifically to meet the DoD's emerging "smart platform" requirements. "The ever-increasing demand by the military for performance combined with functionality has resulted in a new generation of COTS board," noted Synergy CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Thomas Powell. "With the Raptor GX, Synergy has broken the 1 GHz 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. performance barrier, backed that performance with more I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output support than any other 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. on the market, and met the need for 2D graphics and video display capability, all in a single-slot, 6U VME single-board computer." The Raptor GX is one in a family of Raptor Series boards that provide high performance and extensive I/O in a range of ruggedization levels, meeting up to 10Gs of random vibration and 30Gs of shock. The GX is the first SBC, however, to offer an on-board graphic display. "That capability was previously provided by an optional PMC card," said Powell. "Putting it on-board frees up a PMC, allowing customers to maximize slot usage and minimize overall system cost." Ultra-fast Processing Speed Equipped with the PowerPC G4+ 7455 CPU operating at clock speeds up to 1 GHz, an enhanced 3-level cache system, and the 133-MHz Discovery advanced memory/system controller, the Raptor GX is a performance and integration breakthrough for the military marketplace. The result is a cost-effective SBC that provides a range of functions and interfaces previously attainable only through multi-board configurations. On-board GUI Support The Raptor GX offers full X-Windows video graphics support, using a proven graphics accelerator with a standard Digital Visual Interface “DVI” redirects here. For other uses, see DVI (disambiguation). The Digital Visual Interface (DVI) is a video interface standard designed to maximize the visual quality of digital display devices such as flat panel LCD computer displays and digital (DVI) connector to provide operators with a recognizable, intuitive interface. The graphics accelerator combines 4 MB of high-performance embedded 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. with flat-panel control capabilities and advanced power management. "We've in effect provided a highly integrated graphics workstation in a single-slot VME SBC. This reduces system slot usage and power requirements, lowers per board cost, and greatly reduces inventory requirements, for both in-use and spare boards," Powell added. Richest I/O Set Available The Raptor GX also provides more on-board I/O devices than any other SBC in the COTS industry, including video, SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. , Ethernet, four synchronous and/or asynchronous Refers to events that are not synchronized, or coordinated, in time. The following are considered asynchronous operations. The interval between transmitting A and B is not the same as between B and C. The ability to initiate a transmission at either end. serial ports, dual-channel IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 1394 (FireWire(R)), and dual 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. sites. In addition to this extensive on-board I/O, designers can meet their own specialized I/O requirements with two on-board, 64-bit/66 MHz PMC sites. Software Support Synergy offers complete board-support packages for VxWorks and Linux. The Raptor GX ships with S.T.A.R./ASTRix, Synergy's system monitor, configuration and diagnostic firmware with power-up and initiated Built-in Test (BIT). For DSP applications, Synergy offers one of the industry's fastest hand-optimized math libraries, which contains hundreds of common DSP functions, as well as supports the Vector Signal and Image Processing (VSIPL VSIPL Vector, Signal, and Image Processing Library VSIPL Vector Signal and Image Processing Library ) standard. This library is optimized for the PowerPC and AltiVec platforms, and supports both VxWorks and Linux operating systems. The Raptor GX is now shipping with pricing starting at $4,595.00 per board. About Synergy Synergy Microsystems Inc. (www.synergymicro.com) specializes in the design, manufacture and integration of single- and multi-processor, single-board computers for VME and CompactPCI systems to meet the needs of demanding real-time applications in military, aerospace, DSP and industrial/commercial markets. Synergy has a long track record of extracting the highest possible performance from current and emerging SBC technologies, then supporting these technologies through extended product lifecycles. In business since 1985 under the original ownership, the corporation is privately held, with facilities in San Diego and Tucson, Ariz. |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion