General Micro Systems says it has developed the industry's first PMC (PCI Mezzanine Card) video graphics card that implements an AGP video bus interface. The AGP port is implemented using undefined pins on the same J1 and J2 connectors that are used to implement the PCI bus. PMC modules provide modular system expansion on VMEbus and CompactPCI processor boards. These boards are often used in industrial control, telecom, imaging, aerospace, military, and other performance-oriented embedded applications.

The new Angelo PMC module is based on an Intel 740 graphics accelerator, and contains 8 MB of video memory. It supports resolutions of up to 1600 x 1200 at 32 bits per pixel. The module's dual-bus architecture — PCI and AGP — offloads graphics and video traffic from the PCI bus, which thereby enables Angelo to deliver up to twice the speed of comparable PMC modules that are restricted to PCI-only video data transfers. Linux operating system support is available.

 
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