Springfield, Va. — January 15, 2007 — Cornet Technology Communications (CTC), the network communications solutions division of Cornet Technology, Inc. (CTI), introduced its Celero CVME-7448M product, the first VME-based PCI Express multi-processing solution on the market, today at the Bus&Board Conference 2007. The Celero CVME-7448M is an embedded computing platform geared towards image, radar and laser processing applications used in state of the art intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) military equipment. The platform is capable of collecting, analyzing and disseminating a high volume of real-time data.
Interested parties are invited to meet with Cornet Technology representatives at the show, January 15 and 16, 2007 at the Hyatt Regency, Long Beach, California. Cornet Technology will be exhibiting at booth #23.
The Celero CVME-7448M is powered by a multi-processing engine consisting of four Freescale PowerPC MPC7448 processors, each running at a clock speed of 1.267 GHz. The processing engine and two PMC/XMC high speed I/O sites are linked in a PCI Express switched fabric interconnect interface via the VME Switched standard (VXS, VITA-41/VITA-41.4), which allows the routing of up to 16 lanes of 2.5 Gbps traffic, both within and outside the VME board. To maintain legacy compatibility, the four processors and the two PMC/XMC sites are linked in a ring topology through a PCI-X local bus, running at 64-bit/100 MHz.
Manville Chan, program manager, Cornet Technology Communications division, said, “The Celero CVME-7448M was designed to address the growing interest in using PCI Express as a switched interconnect interface among military designers. Combining PCI Express and the multi-processing architecture, CVME-7448M provides a powerful solution to satisfy the enormous amounts of intelligence gathered in sophisticated military ISR equipment.”
The Celero CVME-7448M includes board support packages (BSP) for VxWorks® 6.x operating systems, allowing the seamless integration of application codes into a real-time operating system environment.
Cornet Technology has over 15 years experience working with the United States Department of Defense. The company’s communications products and services are found in multiple classes of U.S. Navy ships, on U.S. Army bases, on U.S. Air Force bases and in airborne communication centers.
Pricing and Availability
The Celero CVME-7448M will be available for shipping early second quarter 2007 at a starting price of $25,000. Please visit www.cornet.com or call 703-658-3400 for additional information.
In addition, Cornet Technology has produced a white paper, in collaboration with PLX Technology, for distribution at the show.
About Cornet Technology, Inc.
Cornet Technology, Inc. (CTI) is a manufacturing and professional services company consisting of four divisions: Cornet Technology Communications designs and manufactures data, voice and video network switching products and provides integration services for federal and commercial markets; Video Convergence provides video products and comprehensive integration services to the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and strategic security markets; Anami Communications provides information technology consulting and services to federal, state and local governments, and corporations worldwide; and Optim Systems develops and integrates audio, video and Web conferencing solutions for government and commercial organizations. Founded in 1989, CTI is headquartered near Washington, D.C. For more information, visit CTI at www.cornet.com.
