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Releases : V158
General Micro Systems Announces 1-GHz Pentium III VMEbus
Single Board Computer with up to Five PMC Slots Industry’s
Highest Performance Single-Processor Board is Now Available with
Celeron or Coppermine-256 CPUs
January 15, 2001
Bus and Boards Show, San Diego, CA
General Micro Systems announced today the Mariner II V158, GMS’
third-generation Pentium III VMEbus single-board computer. Featuring
a peak performance of 1 GHz, the Mariner II provides up to five
PMC expansion slots and targets high-performance industrial and
military applications.
Mariner II is available with three processor options: Celeron,
Coppermine-128, and Coppermine-256. The Celeron, equipped with 128
Kbytes of on-chip cache, operates at speeds of up to 500 MHz, providing
an excellent low-cost option for embedded applications that require
a balance of high performance, and low power consumption. The Coppermine-128
and Coppermine-256, available with up to 256 Kbytes of on-chip cache,
operate at speeds of up to 1 GHz, providing the ultimate in high-performance
Pentium III processing.
“The Mariner II is the most versatile VMEbus single-board
computer on the market today,” said Ben Sharfi, president
of GMS. “Mariner’s Celeron and Coppermine processors
provide a range of price, performance, and power consumption options
to choose from. And its five PMC slots make it easy to equip with
a broad range of I/O, networking, graphics, and mass storage options.”
The Mariner II provides up to 256 Kbytes of on-die L2 cache, 512
Mbytes of field upgradeable SODIMM main memory, a 10/100Base-Tx
Ethernet interface (with Wake-On-Line), and dual Ultra DMA-33 IDE
hard driver interfaces. The Mariner also provides a pair of USB
ports, two comm ports, a printer port, a floppy port, mouse/keyboard
interfaces, and up to 144 Mbytes of Disk-On-Chip flash, which can
be configured as a bootable drive for diskless systems.
The Mariner II’s five PMC slots provide an inexpensive means
of adding plug-and-play communications, graphics, mass storage,
and industrial I/O options. Two of the slots are mounted directly
on the card. Three more slots can be added by plugging a three-slot
module into a PMC expansion connector.
The Mariner’s PMC slots can accept any industry standard
PMC module. GMS’ Angelo module, for example, provides a plug-and-play
option for adding high-performance AGP graphics. The module, equipped
with 8 Mbytes of memory, provides 32-bit color with resolutions
of up to 1600 x 1200. GMS also offers a variety of PMC mass storage
options, including a field replaceable, 2.5-inch, 6.4-Gbyte IDE
hard drive, and a 1-Gbyte IDE flash disk.
The Mariner's external I/O connectors are available via the front
panel, which is ideal for applications like telecom that have tight
space constraints. The Mariner also provides an 80-mm transition
I/O module to support rear-panel I/O, which is ideal for applications
requiring unimpeded front panel access (i.e., for service personnel).
The Mariner's external I/O connectors are available via the front
panel, which is ideal for applications like telecom that have tight
space constraints. The Mariner also provides an 80-mm transition
I/O module to support rear-panel I/O, which is ideal for applications
requiring unimpeded front panel access (i.e., for service personnel).
To ensure safe and reliable operation, the Mariner II provides
a System Health Monitor (SHM), which reports critical operating
parameters such as the processor temperature, on-board voltages,
and fan speed to the operating system. The V158 also provides Power-On-Self-Test
(POST) diagnostics with dual binary LEDs, which convey the status
of 50 tests that are performed each time power is applied to the
board.
Software support for the V158 includes Windows NT 4.0/2000, VxWorks,
Linux, Solaris and QNX. The
Mariner also provides 100% Power On-Self-Test (POST) diagnostics,
which includes monitoring of all on board voltages, temperature,
fan speed, and other critical parameters. Two binary LED displays
on the front panel are used to indicate test results and error codes.
For more information on the V158, such as price and availability,
please contact General Micro Systems, Inc. at 8358 Maple Place,
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730. Phone: 1-800-307-4863 or (909) 980-4863.
Fax: (909) 987-4863. E-mail: sales@gms4sbc.com. World Wide Web site:
www.gms4sbc.com
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