PRESS RELEASE
AMERICAN PREDATOR LAUNCHES THE GATOR EPIC, A COMPACT, RUGGED SBC FOR EMBEDDED APPLICATIONS
MORGAN HILL, California (10/26/05) ---- American Predator Corporation today announced the release of the Gator EPIC, a low-power, mid-size single board computer (SBC) based on the Intel® Pentium® LV M/Celeron® ULV M processor and the EPIC form factor. The EPIC (Embedded Platform for Industrial Computing) standard was developed to solve the need for an industrial-quality SBC sized between the PC/104 and EBX standards.
The Gator EPIC measures a compact 4.5”x 6.5”, ideal for deeply embedded computing applications. Its low-profile design also allows proper clearance for 1U rack-mount chassis and other low profile cases.
The Gator EPIC is powered by the Intel® LV Pentium® M/ULV Celeron® M processor, allowing high performance with low thermals. The Intel® 855GME chipset provides a 400MHz front side bus, support for 1GB of DDR333/266 memory via an SODIMM slot, on board Intel® Extreme Graphics 2, PC/104-Plus expansion, Serial ATA (150MB/s) and a Mini-PCI slot for add-on cards and peripherals.
Standard features include onboard 10/100 and 10/1000/1000 ethernet options, two (2) or six (6) RS232 serial port options (one (1) factory configurable to RS422/485), a 44-pin connector for hard disks or flash memory modules, six (6) USB 2.0 port headers, parallel port header and a mouse/keyboard header.
"The increasing performance requirements for small form factor CPU boards has created enormous challenges for design engineers," said Ed Trevis, President/CEO of American Predator.
"The EPIC form factor has addressed those challenges by offering performance that rivals EBX-sized boards but with a much smaller footprint. Our Gator EPIC takes the benefits of EPIC even further by adding American Predator's five to eight year availability guarantee and our commitment to high-quality components and manufacturing".
The Gator EPIC continues American Predator's commitment to providing long-life solutions and materials management. Like all American Predator products, the Gator EPIC carries a written five (5) to eight (8) year product availability guarantee. This reduces the costs associated with product redesigns and recertifications that are triggered by obsolescence, a common occurrence when using commercial-grade motherboards.
Evaluation units of the Gator EPIC are now available. Please contact sales@americanpredator.com or call 408-776-7896 or TOLL FREE 888-776-7896 for more information.
About the Gator Line
For applications with limited ventilation and space constraints, American Predator offers the Gator Family, a full line of powerful low power designs. These power-conscious solutions provide a new level of efficiency to the industrial environment. Featured applications for low power designs include: small form factor, automobile, military, aerospace, and medical. For more information about the Phoenix Family, visit www.americanpredator.com .
American Predator Corporation
Founded in 1993, American Predator Corporation is a pioneer in the design and manufacturing of long-life motherboards and systems for industrial applications. American Predator offers designs based on the latest Intel® microprocessors in a full line of form factors. All products carry a five (5) to eight year (8) production guarantee reducing customer redesign and recertification costs increasing their profitability. For more information on American Predator Corporation please visit www.corvalent.com.
American Predator Corporation is an Affiliate Member of the Intel Communications Alliance, a community of communications and embedded developers and solution providers. Intel has been providing silicon with life-cycle management to the embedded market for 30 years. For more information, please visit www.intel.com/go/ica.
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