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Mercury Computer Systems is Selected by Hughes to Provide AdvancedTCA Products and Services for Commercial Satellite Base Station Platform.

Publication: PR Newswire
Publication Date: 13-DEC-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Contract is awarded to Mercury for its scalable Ensemble DSP-based ATCA modules to support high-bandwidth, low-latency computing

CHELMSFORD, Mass., Dec. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. , the leading supplier of RapidIO(R)-based AdvancedTCA(R) (ATCA) and MicroTCA(R) (uTCA) solutions, announced it was awarded a multi-year contract by Hughes Network Systems, LLC (Hughes) to provide ATCA-based modules as part of a fully integrated communications platform. The contract will support multiple Hughes programs, including a satellite base-transceiver subsystem (S-BTS) and a satellite base station subsystem (SBSS).

The contract calls for delivery of multiple RapidIO-based, DSP Advanced Mezzanine Cards (AMCs) mounted on ATCA blades from the Mercury Ensemble(TM) product line. The Mercury solution will support signal processing computing requirements necessary to provide mobile phone access to consumers, using a combination of satellite and terrestrial links in less densely populated areas.

"Mercury is a valuable system-level supplier in providing high-bandwidth, high-density computing platforms based on open standards," said Matthew Mohebbi, vice president and general manager...

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