Concurrent Technologies : Product Launch - Next generation 3U VPX™ board featuring newly launched processor

02 September 2015

Concurrent Technologies Plc

Product Update

Next generation 3U VPX TM board featuring newly launched processor

Concurrent Technologies Plc (the "Company"), a world leading specialist in the design and manufacture of high-end embedded computer products for critical applications in the defence, aerospace, telecommunications, transportation, scientific and industrial markets, is pleased to announce the launch of their first single board computer, a TR E5x/msd, based on the new Intel®Xeon®processor E3 family.

The TR E5x/msd features a quad core Intel®Xeon®processor with up to 16 Gbytes of DRAM and a rich assortment of I/O interfaces. With further improved processing and graphics performance and a wider range of configuration options than previous products, the TR E5x/msd is particularly suited to high-end multi-processor applications such as Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissanceapplications within the defence market which is an important contributor to the Company's revenues. The product is expected to appeal to both existing and new customers within the defence market as well as the aerospace and transportation markets.

Initial shipments of air-cooled variants will be followed by rugged conduction-cooled modules, once the necessary qualifications are complete, ensuring this product will appeal to applications within both benign and harsh environments.

Glen Fawcett, CEO, Concurrent Technologies Plc, commented:

"We are excited to introduce our first new generation Intel®Xeon®processor based board. We are committed to delivering high quality embedded computers utilising the latest processors from Intel to advance our Size, Weight and Power (SWAP) propositions. The VPX form-factor is a popular choice and the new board complements our existing range of processor boards, switches, mass storage, I/O expansion carriers and development systems to provide a straightforward path from prototype to deployment."

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About Concurrent Technologies Plc

Concurrent Technologies Plc develops and manufactures high-end embedded computer products for use in a wide range of high performance applications within the telecommunications, defence, security, telemetry, scientific and aerospace markets. Using mainly Intel®processors, including the latest generation Intel®Core™ i7 processors, Intel® Xeon®and Intel®Atom™ processors, the Company offers a wide range of computer products which are designed to be compliant with industry specifications including those for products used in extremely harsh environments. Other processors now include NVIDIA®Tegra®K1 devices.

For more information on Concurrent Technologies Plc and its products please visit www.cct.co.uk.

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