Aitech Defense Systems’ new 6U VME single board computer (SBC) uses Intel’s latest T7500 low power, high performance Merom Core 2 Duo dual core processors. The new C160 is designed for rugged, mission critical mobile applications requiring exceptionally low power and high processing throughput. 

The new single-slot C160 now offers clock frequencies up to 2.2 GHz for the high performance version and 1.67 GHz for the low power version, which draws only 25 W. The new board also uses Intel’s Virtualization Technology (VT), enabling the board to run different applications simultaneously using multiple virtual partitions. 

The fully featured C160 incorporates a custom metal thermal management frame supporting an array of integral stiffeners for increased resistance against high shock and vibration.  This makes the board ideal for rugged and harsh military environments such as radar and sonar communications processors, autonomous vehicle IED and RPG protection subsystems, mission management computers and heads-up display controllers.

The newest addition to Aitech’s extensive family of high performance SBCs, the C160 offers 2eSST and 2eVME functionality as well as VME and PCI legacy support via a Tundra Tsi148 bridge.