New Many Core Processor Platforms from GE Offer Outstanding Video- and Network Processing Performance

3U OpenVPX-REDI MCP500 and GFG500 offer faster time to market, flexibility

GE Intelligent Platforms is an experienced high-performance technology company and a global provider of software, hardware, services, and expertise in automation and embedded computing. We offer a unique foundation of agile and reliable technology providing customers a sustainable competitive advantage in the industries they serve, including energy, oil & gas water, consumer packaged goods, government & defense, and telecommunications. GE Intelligent Platforms is headquartered in Charlottesville, VA. For more information, visit www.ge-ip.com.“As unmanned vehicles – especially unmanned aerial vehicles – assume greater significance in the gathering and communication of intelligence, so the requirement to capture, process and distribute highly detailed video information is becoming an absolute requirement,” said Chris Jobling, Product Manager, GE Intelligent Platforms. “The GFG500 and MCP500 respond to this requirement by delivering outstanding video and networking performance within the compact, lightweight footprint of the 3U VPX format – while their ruggedness means that they can be deployed in the harshest of environments.”About GE Intelligent PlatformsFor more information: http://defense.ge-ip.com/products/family/video-tracking-and-image-processingHigh resolution images to illustrate this release can be found at:www.genewscenter.com/imagelibrary/detail.asp?MediaDetailsID=3996A high resolution image to illustrate this release can be found at:http://defense.ge-ip.com/products/3608For more technical information: http://defense.ge-ip.com/products/3607GE Intelligent Platforms is an experienced high-performance technology company and a global provider of software, hardware, services, and expertise in automation and embedded computing. We offer a unique foundation of agile and reliable technology providing customers a sustainable competitive advantage in the industries they serve, including energy, oil & gas water, consumer packaged goods, government & defense, and telecommunications. GE Intelligent Platforms is headquartered in Charlottesville, VA. For more information, visit www.ge-ip.com.“The MIP3ES extends still further the broadening range of image processing and video processing solutions that GE can offer,” said Chris Jobling, Product Manager, GE Intelligent Platforms. “All are characterized by outstanding price/performance, rugged construction and ease of implementation, allowing our customers to implement them in a wide range of environments and providing advanced system capabilities with faster deployment.”For more information: http://defense.ge-ip.com/products/family/video-tracking-and-image-processingThe Tilera TILEPro64 700MHz processor at the heart of the GFG500 and MCP500 features an 8 x 8 grid of 64 general purpose processor cores for compute-intensive applications. This processor delivers very high performance processing for demanding applications in image processing and networking by exploiting the natural parallelism inherent in applications such as video (pixel and frame parallel), network (session and packet parallel), and wireless (channel parallel). Both also include four banks of 512MBytes DDR2 800 SDRAM together with two 10 Gigabit Ethernet XAUI interfaces and two 4-lane PCI Express interfaces – to enable the building of complex systems - which can be configured as either root complex or end point mode.CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- GE Intelligent Platforms today announced the 3U OpenVPX-REDI GFG500 Gigabit Ethernet Video Processor and the 3U OpenVPX-REDI MCP500 Processor at AUVSI (Washington DC, August 16 – 19). Using the Tilera® TILEPro64™ many-core processor, these rugged boards are designed for demanding video and network processing applications that will be deployed in harsh environments, such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and ground vehicles.

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