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Momentum Series VPA-200 Dual PowerPC 7448 to Meet VITA-41 (VXS) Specification with RapidIO Fabric or PCI Express Backplane CHELMSFORD, Mass., Sept. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRCY) announced the industry's first VME host board to support dual PowerPC(R) 7448 processors and the RapidIO(R) fabric (VITA 41.2), or a PCI Express(TM) interconnect (VITA 41.4) on the VXS multi-gigabit P0 backplane fabric connector. Delivering tremendous configuration flexibility to system designers, the Momentum(TM) Series VPA-200 will combine host, signal processing, and I/O carrier functionality in a single slot. The VPA-200 provides a flexible, multi-function feature set for price-sensitive, entry- level military embedded applications, and paves the way for higher-end implementations that require high-speed backplane interconnects made available by the new VXS standard. The VPA-200 is the newest member of the Mercury Momentum Series embedded products. The series comprises more than 20 modular, open-standard, commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) board solutions for the VME, AdvancedTCA(R), and CompactPCI(R) platforms, as well as other mainstream board and mezzanine form factors targeted at military, communications, industrial, image processing, graphics, and storage merchant board markets. "This board has extreme performance in three dimensions," said Harry White, vice president and general manager, Modular Products and Services, Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. "First, there is fabric bandwidth -- up to 5 Gbytes/s with the RapidIO option. Next is processing power -- up to 20 GFLOPS. In addition, the VPA-200 is configured with substantial I/O capability: two PMC sites, Gigabit Ethernet to the P0 pins, Gigabit Ethernet and RS-232 to the front panel, plus a 2eSST backplane connection. Calling it 'flexible' is more of an understatement." Mercury's Modular Products and Services Group draws upon a diverse array of intellectual property that provides customers with unprecedented flexibility in customizing solutions for specific application requirements: -- Processor Designs: PowerPC 440, 750, 970, 7447, 7448; PowerQUICC; The Momentum Series VPA-200 will support dual Freescale PowerPC(R) 7448 processors at 1.267 GHz, delivering 10 GFLOPS each for floating-point operations. The high-speed backplane interface is based upon the Xilinx Virtex(TM) family FPGA, which can be configured with different IP cores to support either RapidIO for distributed computing applications that require true fabric functionality, or PCI Express for bridged I/O and processing clusters. VME 2eSST support running faster than 300 MB/sec will be provided by the Tundra TSi148(TM) VME bridge chip. Off-the-shelf PCI mezzanine cards may be configured on two PMC sites. Each PowerPC 7448 processor will support up to 1 Gigabyte of DDR SDRAM running at 400 MHz. Software choices include off-the-shelf Linux and VxWorks operating systems, which will enable access to a wide ecosystem of stacks, middleware, libraries, and tools. The VPA-200 may also be integrated into VME64 RACE++ multicomputers using a Mercury Echotek(TM) Series RW++-PMC interface module. Mercury co-sponsored VITA 41, the VME Switched Serial (VXS) standard in order to offer VME customers a pin-compatible VME road map upgrade, which can also take advantage of high-speed serial fabrics. Eric Yu, Mercury's Director of Hardware Development, edited the VITA 41.2 standard that provides the VXS base system with the necessary fabric extensions to support serial RapidIO. Mercury co-developed RapidIO with Freescale Semiconductor (formerly Motorola SPS), and subsequently co-founded the RapidIO Trade Association. RapidIO is deployed in a wide variety of military and industrial applications. Mercury introduced its first serial RapidIO system in the AdvancedTCA form factor more than a year ago. The 6U Momentum Series VPA-200 will be integrated as a supported AAA host in Mercury's forthcoming VME VXS RapidIO multicomputer, which is designed to include radio frequency (RF), mixed signal, FPGA processing, an AltiVec(TM) compute node, and I/O solutions integrated together in a high-performance multicomputer optimized for military applications. The Momentum Series VPA-200 is expected to be available in the fourth quarter of calendar 2005 for US $7,000 in OEM quantities. For more information on the VPA-200 and other Mercury embedded computing solutions, visit Booth #992 at Defence Systems and Equipment International (DSEI) in London, England September 13-16. Visit www.mc.com/VPA-200 for more information on available standard Momentum Series products, e-mail your requirements to webinfo@mc.com, or call Mercury at (866) 627-6951. About Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRCY) is the leading provider of high-performance embedded, real-time digital signal and image processing solutions. Mercury's solutions play a critical role in a wide range of applications, transforming sensor data to information for analysis and interpretation. In military reconnaissance and surveillance platforms the Company's systems process real-time radar, sonar, and signals intelligence data. Mercury's systems are also used in state-of-the-art medical diagnostic imaging devices including MRI, PET, and digital X-ray, and in semiconductor imaging applications including photomask generation and wafer inspection. Mercury provides advanced 3D image processing and visualization software and optimized systems to diverse end markets including life sciences, geosciences, and simulation. The Company also provides radio frequency (RF) products for enhanced communications capabilities in military and commercial applications. Based in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, Mercury serves customers in North America, Europe and Asia through its direct sales force and a network of subsidiaries and distributors. Visit Mercury on the web at www.mc.com. Forward-Looking Safe Harbor Statement This press release contains certain forward-looking statements, as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including those relating to Momentum Series VPA-200 boards. You can identify these statements by our use of the words "may," "will," "should," "plans," "expects," "anticipates," "continue," "estimate," "project," "intend," and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or anticipated. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, general economic and business conditions, effects of continued geo-political unrest and regional conflicts, competition, changes in technology, delays in completing engineering and manufacturing programs, continued success in technological advances and delivering technological innovations, continued funding of defense programs and the timing of such funding, market acceptance of the Company's products, shortages in components, production delays due to performance quality issues with outsourced components, and as a U.S. Government contractor, the effect of procurement rules and regulations and the possible imposition of fines and penalties or the termination of the Company's contracts if the Company were to violate specific laws or regulations. These risks and uncertainties also include such additional risk factors as are discussed in the Company's recent filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2005. The Company cautions readers not to place undue reliance upon any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such statement is made. Echotek and Momentum are trademarks, and RACE++ is a registered trademark of Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. Product and company names mentioned may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Source: Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. Web site: http://www.mc.com/
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