Blue Chip Technology have extended their successful industrial computer range with the addition of the Ultima QC industrial computer. Featuring support for Intel’s latest generation of i7 and Xeon series CPUs, the Ultima QC is positioned for users needing top processing performance in an industrial computer platform. Using Passmark benchmarking, the Ultima QC installed with Intel’s i7 quadcore 920 CPU benchmarks a remarkable 285% CPU performance boost over a medium range Core2Duo E7400 2.8GHz core. Available memory bandwidth also gets a considerable lift with a total capacity of 24GB, using unbuffered DDR3-800, 1066, and 1333 memory. Integrated Intel Turboboost and Hyper-Threading increase CPU core efficiency and scalability.
Two Intel 82547L controllers provide dual Gigabit Ethernet connections. The expansion possibilities are ensured by a useful combination of two fully featured x16 PCI Express 2.0 slots and 1 (x4) PCI-Express slot. This means the Ultima QC supports high performance graphics cards such as ATI FirePro and Nvidia Quadro, offering dual card support for multi-head graphics and GPU load sharing. In addition to this 2 x 64-bit 133/100MHz PCI-X and 1 x 32-bit PCI slots are available for any required legacy workstation/server cards. Ultima QC supports Windows® 7 and Windows® XP FES (For Embedded Systems) operating systems.
Blue Chip's Sales Director Mike Gulliford comments," The Ultima QC is a major enhancement to our successful Ultima range and opens up a whole host of possibilities for our customers who need to meet increasing demands for high power processing capabilities in harsh environments. It’s also a very flexible platform in which we can work with customers to customise their exact requirements"
The Ultima QC is a performance powerhouse, enclosed in a stainless steel, rugged chassis, guaranteed for product reliability and longevity of supply. The system interior features card support guides and clamps, shock mounted drive bay cages. The housing also supports CPU diagnostics, which monitor internal temperatures and voltage rails, dual redundant power supply and RAID storage – a perfect choice for the most demanding industrial applications, including surveillance, signal processing, machine control and image processing.