Date: 22/08/2011

Tilera TILEPro64 chip based Gigabit ethernet video processor from GE

GE Intelligent Platforms today announced the 3U OpenVPX-REDI GFG500 Gigabit Ethernet Video Processor and the 3U OpenVPX-REDI MCP500 Processor. 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.

"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."

The 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.

GE Intelligent Platforms has also announced the daq8580 rugged streaming network appliance, a complete, standalone, application-ready solution optimized for unmanned vehicle deployment.