Single Board Computer offers up to 1 Gbyte SDRAM.

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Low voltage, Model VMIVME-7766 Intel® Pentium® III processor-based VME single board computer provides dual on-board Fast Ethernet controllers supporting 10BaseT and 100BaseTX interfaces, two 16550-compatible serial ports, and 2 front panel USB connections. Processor provides 512 Kbyte L2 advanced transfer cache. Unit is equipped with 2 programmable 16-bit timers, 2 programmable 32-bit timers, and 64-bit PCI SVGA controller with 4 Mbyte internal/SDRAM.



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VMIC Introduces Low Voltage Pentium® III Processor-Based VMEbus Single-Board Computer (SBC) with 1 Gbyte SDRAM



Significantly Reduces Thermal and Power Distribution Requirements while Providing High Performance

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (November 15, 2002). VMIC introduces the VMIVME-7766, a low voltage Intel® Pentium® III processor-based VME single-board computer (SBC). Highly integrated, the VMIVME-7766 provides up to 1 Gbyte SDRAM, dual on-board Fast Ethernet controllers, two high performance serial ports, and two front panel USB connections. The low voltage Pentium III processor provides 512 Kbyte L2 advanced transfer cache (ATC) delivering high bandwidth and performance.

VMIVME-7766 Features
o Low voltage Pentium III processor (up to 933 MHz) with 512 Kbyte advanced transfer cache
o ServerWorks LC chipset with 133 MHz system bus
o Up to 1 Gbyte PC-133 registered SDRAM with ECC
o Up to 1 Gbyte bootable flash on secondary IDE (optional)
o Software-selectable watchdog timer with reset
o Two programmable 16-bit timers and two programmable 32-bit timers
o 32 Kbyte NVRAM
o 64-bit PCI SVGA controller with 4 Mbyte internal/SDRAM
o Two on-board Fast Ethernet controllers supporting 1OBaseT and 100BaseTX interfaces
o On-board Ultra DMA/66 hard drive and floppy drive controllers (use VMEbus P2 for connection to IDE/floppy)
o Two high-performance 16550-compatible serial ports
o Enhanced parallel port with ECP/EPP modes supported
o 64-bit, 66 MHz PMC mezzanine expansion site (IEEE-P1386 common mezzanine card standard, 3.3 V)
o VME64 modes supported: A32/A24/D32/D16/D08(EO)/MBLT64/BLT32
o VMEbus interrupt handler, interrupter, and system controller
o Includes real-time endian conversion hardware for little-endian and big-endian data interfacing (patent no. 6,032,212)
o Remote Ethernet booting
o Supports VMEbus P2 connection to HD/floppy drive
o Enhanced bus error handling
o Passive heat sink
o Shared PS/2-style keyboard and mouse port on front panel
o Real-time clock and miniature speaker included
o Two front panel universal serial bus (USB) connections
o Operating system support available: Windows NT®, Windows® 2000, Linux, VxWorks, and QNX

VMIC, a GE Fanuc company, specializes in providing embedded computer products for open-architecture buses, including CompactPCl®, VME, PCI, PMC, and PC/104-Plus. VMIC's extensive product line includes Intel-based single-board computers, data acquisition and control products, and high-speed communications/networking products. As a global supplier for more than 16 years, VMIC provides diversified solutions for the telecommunications, medical, industrial automation, test and measurement, defense/aerospace, semiconductor, and OEM embedded product markets.

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