CWCEC's Argus/PMC fulfills high performance requirements for dual channel graphics and video acquisition common to embedded computing processing environments, including Solaris, Linux, Windows, and leading real-time operating systems including VxWorks and LynxOS.
Using two 128-bit Borealis graphics accelerators, the Argus/PMC supports independent 2D/3D/OpenGL/DirectX compatible displays with screen resolutions up to 1920 x 1200 with up to 16.7 million colors (32 bpp). Monitor support includes analog VGA and Sync On Green (SOG) plus digital PanelLink/DVI. A quad-image VGA/FCode BIOS enables the Argus/PMC to operate in virtually any x86 or SPARC system using VGA, SOG, or DVI displays.
Other features of the Argus/PMC include dual Conexant Fusion 878A video digitizers and a Philips ISP1561 USB 2.0 host controller. A unique asynchronous PCI bridge design supports all PMC interfaces from 32-bit, 33 MHz to 64-bit, 66 MHz, while enabling the Borealis graphics accelerators to always operate at 32-bit, 66 MHz. The 33 MHz PCI digitizers and USB are decoupled from the graphics PCI bus by a secondary bridge.
The Borealis graphics accelerator is manufactured exclusively for CWCEC, which enables its comprehensive selection of Borealis-based PMC, CompactPCI and PCI display solutions to satisfy the extended product life-cycle requirements expected by the embedded computing market.
The Argus/PMC adds substantial 3D/OpenGL functionality, dramatically improved 2D performance, and four times the display memory over the chip used on its predecessor, the VFG-M.
