A-EON Technology
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A-EON Technology & Ultra Varisys sign $1.2M agreement for new PowerPC hardware.
AmiWest 2013 - 18th October 2013
Varisys Ltd, who were recently acquired by Ultra Electronics, is already the proven developer and manufacturer of the ground- breaking Nemo motherboard which is at the heart of A-EON Technology’s AmigaONE X1000 system. Powered by the unique PA Semi PA6T-1682M 64-bit dual- core 1.8Ghz PowerPC processor, the AmigaONE X1000 is the most powerful next-generation comp- uter custom designed to run the latest version of the AmigaOS. Building on the success of the Nemo design, A-EON Technology commissioned Ultra Varisys to create a new generation mother- board, codenamed Cyrus Plus, built around Freescale’s P3 and P5 QorIQ series of PowerPC processors. The QorIQ series (pronounced Core IQ) includes several variations of 32-bit and 64-Bit single and multicore PowerPC processors. As with Nemo, the Cyrus Plus motherboard has been custom designed to run the latest version of AmigaOS 4 and will support multiple PowerPC Linux distri- butions. The board is pin compatible with several 64-bit Freescale QorIQCPUs including the P3 P3041, an e500mc quad-core CPU running up to 1.5 Ghz and the P5 series P5020, an e5500 dual-core running up to 2.0 Ghz. The P5040 quad-core CPU which operates up to 2.4 Ghz should also be compatible.
For more information please check the A-EON Technology and Ultra Varisys websites:
http://www.a-eon.com http://www.varisys.co.ukWe’re just Breezin’
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