- Computers
PEP unveils industrial-grade 3U VME processor
Leaders of PEP Modular Computers Inc. in Pittsburgh are introducing an industrial-grade PowerPC-based 3U single-board computer called the MPC8240. The board, built on the PowerPC 603e core, is available in two temperature operating ranges zero to 70 degrees Celsius, or -40 to 85 C. PEP officials offer the board either with 200 MHz or 250 MHz processors, as much as 128 megabytes of SDRAM, as much as 8 megabytes direct soldered Flash memory, and an option either for 512 kilobytes NVRAM, or