While Intel and AMD are competing for their share of the processor market, GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms was smart enough to combine the duo’s wares – and increase processing performance, reduce power consumption, and provide advanced graphics capabilities in one fell swoop. The result: GE’s new V7812 6U VMEbus SBC. The V7812 features Intel’s Quad- or Dual-Core LV Xeon at up to 2.13 GHz to boost performance and reduce power consumption. Meanwhile, Intel’s new 5100 Memory Controller Hub (MCH) chipset offers six PCI Express connections onboard, resulting in high bandwidth. And the V7812’s 4 MB L2 cache doesn’t hurt anything either.
As for AMD, the V7812 – well-suited for graphics-rich applications such as flight simulation control, data encryption, and video compression apps – includes the AMD ATI Radeon M72 graphics module. Since the M72 incorporates 65 nm technology, it too helps keep power consumption low and performance high. M72 also kicks graphics horsepower into high gear with its ATI Radeon E2400 graphics processing unit for HD decoding and high-quality display. V7812’s other features include support for six USB 2.0 ports and up to 4 GB DDR2 ECC SDRAM. As if that weren’t enough, the SBC is also available in VXS (VITA 41).
