Nallatech, Inc. today released the BenNUEY-VME, a high performance VME-based DIME-II motherboard that provides TeraOPs computational power and Multi-Gbit bandwidth on a military-strength, ruggedized platform. Based on Xilinx Virtex-II Pro field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), the BenNUEY-VME provides users with exceptional performance. The features of the Virtex-II Pro, including Multi-Gbit Transceivers, dedicated PowerPC processor units and increased memory make it ideal for the most demanding computational operations. The BenNUEY-VME makes full use of the Virtex-II Pro to offer users a vast processing resource with which to implement complex algorithms. Furthermore, when developing high-performance applications there is a need for high-bandwidth access to the processing resource. The BenNUEY-VME also meets this requirement, with support for Gbit Ethernet, Infiniband and Fibrechannel, plus others through two SFP modules on the front-panel interfacing directly to the Virtex-II Pro. Additionally, the VXS port on the VME backplane is supported, providing up to 10Gbps bandwidth to the rest of the VME system. As part of Nallatech's DIME-II embedded systems range, the card provides full support for all DIME-II modules, three of which can be housed on the BenNUEY-VME at any time. Module-to-motherboard bandwidth of up to 10Gbyte/s, means users can easily scale their system to meet the needs of the most demanding applications. Support for industry-standard form factors and interfaces ensure easy communication with and integration to existing systems, whilst all products are fully supported by Nallatech's FUSE Reconfigurable Computer Operating System and DIMEtalk. Using Nallatech's COTS DIME-II modules, users can build a system with four Virtex-II Pro FPGAs -- three 2VP100s and one 2VP50. In addition to the nearly 30 million logic gates that such a system would offer, 3/4 Gbytes of DDR SDRAM, over 50Mbytes of ZBT SRAM and more than 40Gbps off-card bandwidth would also be at the user's disposal. Furthermore, the system-level clocking architecture on the BenNUEY-VME ensures that designs can be easily partitioned across multiple FPGAs. VME 64 and VME 64x are fully supported through the board's standard Nallatech PCI interface and Tundra Universe II PCI-to-VMEbus bridge. Hardware development is supported by a range of standards tools (VHDL/Verilog, Matlab, Simulink, Java/C++) with implementation via Xilinx ISE and run-time processing with Nallatech FUSE and DIMEtalk software. Standard software development environments are supported through FUSE APIs for Java, C++ and Matlab toolboxes. The BenNUEY-VME is targeted at a variety of high-end applications, including medical imaging and software defined radio. In particular, its rugged form makes it ideal for defence applications such as radar and sensor image processing. The BenNUEY-VME will be shipping in Q3 2004.