News Release from: Mercury Computer Systems
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 17 January 2006
Rugged device propels network-centric warfare
The PowerBlock 200 is the first rugged device designed with the Cell BE processor.
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Mercury Computer Systems has announced the PowerBlock 200 - the first rugged device designed with the Cell BE processor. The PowerBlock 200 prototype was unveiled at the Bus and Board Conference in Long Beach, CaliforniaA. It is the third Mercury offfering based on the Cell Broadband Engine Processor.
The PowerBlock 200 processing appliance is designed to deliver the raw compute power needed to propel the vision of network-centric warfare from the research laboratory into the field.
It delivers 200GFLOPS - the processing capacity of 12-20 PowerPC processors or 45 Intel Pentium 4 processors - in a COTS-deployable ATR chassis, which is about the size of a toaster.
The PowerBlock 200 is planned for shipment in the first half of calendar 2007.
Pricing is provided on an individual basis, as customer requirements vary.
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