Leesburg, VA, May 2006 - Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, a leading designer and manufacturer of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME and CompactPCI products, has announced the S/DCP3-1201, the industry's first 3U CompactPCI single board computer (SBC) to feature Intel's 1.67 GHz (@ 15W TDP) Core Duo processor. The Core Duo's ultra low voltage operation improves embedded system performance per Watt and is ideal for defense and aerospace platforms in which SWaP (Size, Weight, and Power) are critical. The S/DCP3-1201 can be configured with either Intel Core Duo or Core Solo CPUs, and is available in both air and conduction-cooled configurations.

"The S/DCP3-1201 combines Intel's most advanced low-power x86 technology with unmatched I/O flexibility, raising the bar for high performance space and weight constrained embedded computing applications," said Lynn Patterson, vice president and general manager of Curtiss Wright's Modular Solutions group. "Available in both ruggedized air and conduction-cooled versions, this 3U SBC delivers excellent performance per watt value. And since it's x86 based it provides a means to insert the latest technology in Windows, Linux and Solaris based embedded systems."

The S/DCP3-1201 provides one PMC expansion site, and can be configured with an additional optional 1x8 PCIe XMC site on the backside of the card. This ability to support two sites on a single 3U SBC is an embedded industry first and enables integrators to significantly reduce the volume and cost of complete subsystem solutions. With the addition of SATA, USB or Flash-based mass storage and a video PMC card, for example, the S/DCP3-1201 provides a complete compact system for either air or conduction cooled environments. Curtiss-Wright also manufactures a 64 GB Flash RAID PMC and an ATI M9 video/graphics card compatible with the S/DCP3-1201.

Performance Features
-Single slot, 3U CompactPCI SBC
-Intel Core Duo or Core Solo Processor
-1.67 GHz @ 15W (ultra low voltage)
-Single or Dual-Core CPU
-2 Mbytes L2 Advanced Transfer Cache
-Up to 1 Gigabyte ECC DDR2 SDRAM
-Up to 2 Gigabytes USB User FLASH
-PMC mezzanine expansion site
-Optional Backside XMC site (1x8 PCIe)
-2 Gigabit Ethernet Ports
-3 USB 2.0 Ports
-6 Com (RS232) ports
-2 SATA ports
-8 GPIO lines

The S/DCP3-1201 is offered in L0, L50 and L100 air-cooled and L100 and L200 conduction-cooled ruggedized levels.

Software for this new SBC includes board support packages (BSPs) for operating system environments such as Windows, Solaris and Linux. Support for real-time operating environments, such as VxWorks will be announced soon.

Volume pricing for the S/DCP3-1201 is expected to start under $4000 US. Available Summer, 2006.