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Latest Cell BE Processor-Based Product Offering is Designed to Accelerate Video, Imaging, and Other Compute-Intensive Applications in Industry-Standard Architecture -- Mercury Computer Systems announced the 1U Dual Cell-Based Server, its latest Cell Broadband Engine (BE) processor-based product and first 1U server available with Cell Technology, at the Embedded Systems Conference (Power.org Partner Pavilion, #1231). "This product has been designed in response to tremendous customer interest in deploying the Cell BE Processor in an existing infrastructure," said Randy Dean, Vice President, Business and Technology Development at Mercury. "The 1U Dual Cell-Based Server offers the incredible performance of the Cell BE processor with the convenience of the industry-standard 1U form factor." Featuring the Mercury MultiCore Plus Advantage, the 1U Dual Cell-Based Server is designed to deliver an unprecedented 410 GFLOPS of performance in a rack-mountable 1U server form factor suitable for compute-intensive embedded applications such as image processing, medical imaging, and seismic processing. Open architecture rack-based servers, like the 1U Dual Cell-Based Server, are increasingly used in aerospace and defense platforms such as ships, land-mobile vehicles and airborne platforms. The Mercury 1U Dual Cell-Based Server joins the previously announced BladeCenter-compatible Dual Cell-Based Blade, the extremely compact "Turismo" system, and the highly rugged and deployable PowerBlock 200 product, each of which offers a Cell BE processor-based solution. With the industry-standard 1U Dual Cell-Based Server, Mercury believes a wider range of application needs can be served by the tremendous computing power offered by the Cell BE processor. Developed in conjunction with IBM's Engineering & Technology Services business, the Mercury 1U Dual Cell-Based Server is a prime example of innovations made possible through collaboration and commitment to performance excellence. As with Mercury's other Cell BE processor-based offerings, the 1U Dual Cell-Based Server supports Linux via a Yellow Dog Linux BSP (board support package) from Terra Soft Solutions.