Mercury Computer Systems Upgrades the RACE++ Series Product Line

Mercury continues to enhance the award-winning RACE++ Series product line with the latest processor and memory technologies, extending the product life cycle well into the future. The RACE++ Series PowerPC Multicomputer upgrades offer faster clock speeds and larger memory options, resulting in accelerated application performance of up to 30 to 50 percent over previous RACE++ Series products. Mercury also now offers the RACE++ Series PowerPC 7448 Multicomputer for use in rugged air-cooled and conduction-cooled environments such as those found in manned aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). By maintaining commonality with previous RACE++ Series PowerPC products, Mercury provides customers with an easy, low-cost migration path without the need for software application changes.

We have many customers upgrading their existing radar and SIGINT (signals intelligence) systems with new modes of operation and functionality, said Steve Patterson, Vice President, Product Line Management at Mercury Computer Systems. Mercury's RACE++ Series upgrades provide performance migration, allowing customers to offer their end users new capabilities for deployed systems with a minimal investment.

With current economic pressures, the life cycle of electronic subsystems in many defense programs are being extended to reduce cost. Customers are finding that deployed radar and SIGINT systems on manned aircraft or UAVs cost millions of dollars to validate and certify. With the RACE++ Series PowerPC 7448 Multicomputer, customers report a 30 to 50 percent increase in application performance without an increase in overall system power. Moreover, they now have an easy upgrade path which can also minimize the re-certification cost. Mercury continually provides investment protection and ensures future performance and software migration for its worldwide base of RACE++ Series customers. For example, the new OpenVPX(TM) product line offers software compatibility with the RACE++ Series product line while leveraging open standards.