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GE Launches Three Rugged Computers Based On Intel Third Gen Processors

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GE Intelligent Platforms has unveiled three new rugged single board computers (SBCs) based on 3rd Generation Intel Core processors. The SBC625, XVR15 and XCR15 bring increased processing power, graphics capability, I/O bandwidth and functional density to customers developing and deploying industrial and mil/aero applications. These include command/control, ISR (intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance), radar/sonar and signal processing.

The SBC625, XCR15 and XVR15 – designed for 6U VPX, CompactPCI and VME systems respectively – are available in five build levels, from benign (air cooled) to fully rugged (conduction cooled). The SBC625, XVR15 and XCR15 are offered initially with the 2.3GHz Intel Core i7-3615QE processor featuring Intel Advanced Vector Extensions (Intel AVX), up to 16GBytes of DDR3 memory and a solid state disk drive of 16GBytes capacity. I/O options including Gigabit Ethernet, SATA, DVI, VGA and audio. Supported operating systems include Windows 7, Open Linux, Wind River Linux and VxWorks.

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