X-Fire series of embedded PC launched

Acrosser's networking team have designed an Embedded PC under its own brand name, the "X-fire" series, for networking security application

Acrosser's networking team have designed an Embedded PC under its own brand name, the "X-fire" series, for networking security application.

Acrosser has announced the AR-M9939, of the X-Fire series, as a new fanless Pentium III micro-box Internet Security Solution for 2005.

The AR-M9939 has two different CPU models; one is a 400MHz basic model, and the other is a 733MHz performance model.

With a DDR solution, the AR-M9939 has a better performance on speed and efficiency.

Under normal circumstances, Pentium III with DDR systems generate a higher temperature during operation.

However, there is no VGA hardware in the AR-M9939, which means that customers will not need to invest extra money on heat issues.

Therefore, the whole AR-M9939 system can work in a stable temperature condition.

The AR-M9939 uses the Broadcom solution for the LAN, which supports 10/100 or 1000Mbps.

The Broadcom solution supports auto-MDIX, and has an extremely stable throughput.

For software concerns, the Broadcom LAN chips are fully supported under Linux and Microsoft operating systems.

The AR-M9939 can offer an optional function of LAN by-pass.

If the mainframe stops working, the signal and messages can still be delivered by the "LAN by-pass." This function can attribute to lower power consumption and cost.

The 733MHz model will support hardware security, a new technology that uses hardware encryption for cryptography:.

* Hardware Random Number Generator (RNG).

* Advanced Cryptography Engine (ACE) (FIPS-197).

* AES encryption support (Riendael Algorithm).

* Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA-1) (FIPS-180-1), the code will support by Q4/2005.

With hardware encryption, the CPU can be free to work on other applications, instead of being occupied by the software encryption.

Regarding Hardware Security implementation, the hardware will run at least 10-30 times faster than the software version.

Moreover, the AR-M9939 can support console redirection and PXE (Pre-Boot Execution Environment).

In conclusion, the AR-M9939 is a high-performance fanless Internet Security Platform, which supports lower power consumption, Broadcom LAN solution, and LAN by-pass.

These functions contribute to reliability, stability, and cost savings to our customers.

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