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Mil/Aero COTS single board computer hosts dual-core PowerPC

Further extends life of VME systems, allows legacy system upgrades

30th April 2007 – Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing has announced a Power-PC-based rugged VME64x, 6U-high, single board computer based on the PowerPC architecture that you can use for new COTS systems and for upgrading legacy systems. The SVME/DMV-184 comes in air-colled or conduction-cooled configurations and uses the Freescale 8641 dual-core 1 GHz PowerPC chip: it is a general-purpose 2eSST “VME320”-capable board. The product is designed, as is Curtiss-Wright’s complete range, for use in demanding aerospace and military environments: the company describes its boards as rugged not ruggedised – they are designed from the outset for use in harsh environments. This SBC has 2Gbytes of on-board DDR2 SDRAM, accessed via dual 64-bit memory controllers, and has two PMC sites, one with VITA 42.3 XMC capability, one personality module site, and one CompactFlash site for mass storage. It has an 8-lane PCI express between the its XMC-capable mezzanine site and the 8641. External interfacing capability includes three Gigabit Ethernet ports. The compnay describes it as the most powerful and I/O-rich VME card it has produced to date.