Embedded computing expert GE Intelligent Platforms is joining the Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) Consortium, which is in place to develop open standards for avionics systems of the future. The FACE Consortium, part of the Open Group, consists of 414 companies, colleges, and other organizations seeking to create open-architecture avionics standards for component interoperability and portability and reduced costs. GE joins the organization as an associate member. GE introduced a rugged subsystem for companies developing FACE conformant software. The company is working with real-time software expert Wind River Systems and with embedded graphics specialist Presagis to make Wind River and Presagis software work reliably on GE hardware. The platform features GE’s SBC312 single board computer and PMCCG1 graphics PMC. The SBC312 is based on the Freescale Power Architecture P4080 8-core processor yet has the power envelope of previous dual core systems, while the PMCCG1 features the high performance/low power S3 2300E graphics processing unit.
