HOUSTON, 1 Sept. 2007. VMETRO in Houston, a provider of embedded computing, data recording, storage, and protocol analyzer products, is acquiring Micro Memory LLC in Chatsworth, Calif., which provides board-level products for streaming signal and image processing, real time data acquisition, memory nodes, and enterprise network storage.
The addition of Micro Memory improves VMETRO's capabilities to serve existing defense and aerospace customers and further increases VMETRO's market diversification, company officials say. This acquisition combines VMETRO's world-wide presence, its two European design centers, and its sales and marketing infrastructure with Micro Memory's technology, its U.S. customer base, and its U.S. design center.
Micro Memory's real-time embedded system products will add to VMETRO's embedded digital signal processing (DSP) and high-performance data recording offerings. Micro Memory's memory-only node products are building blocks for adding bulk storage to DSP and Recording systems.
The Micro Memory VITA 41 (VXS) products strengthen VMETRO's existing VXS position. Both companies are committed to the VITA 46/48 (VPX/VPX-REDI) standards, company officials say. This commitment combined with Micro Memory's proven Serial RapidIO IP will bolster VMETRO's VPX product introduction.
With this acquisition, VMETRO will leverage Micro Memory's U.S.-based operations which will enable selling into programs where U.S. Engineering and Manufacturing facilities are strongly favored- especially those programs that involve sensitive information subject to United States International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) which limit the involvement of non-U.S. personnel.
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