Matrox Solios boards the PCI Express®
September 27, 2005, Rosemont, Illinois - Today at The Robots & Vision Show in Rosemont, Illinois, Matrox Imaging announced that PCI Express® is now supported on the Matrox Solios family of frame grabbers. "This option meets the needs of customers who are migrating from both PCI and PCI-X," says Pierantonio Boriero, Product Line Manager, Matrox Imaging.
PCI Express® is available on the Camera Link® and analog variants of Matrox Solios, the Matrox Solios eCL and Matrox Solios eA, respectively, and both versions are designed for four lane (x4) PCIe®.
About PCI Express®
Developed by the PCI Special Interest Group (PCISIG®), PCI Express® is a serial I/O protocol. Compatible with the current PCI software environment, PCIe® operates at 2.56GHz to deliver a peak bandwidth of 1GB/sec over a four-lane implementation. PCIe® provides another option for scalable performance for the next generation of computing platforms. For more information, visit the PCISIG® website: www.pcisig.com.
About Matrox Solios
Matrox Solios is a family of high-performance frame grabbers for analog and Camera Link® acquisition the feature an optional customizable FPGA-based processing core to accelerate or off-load image processing tasks.
The Matrox Solios eCL and Matrox Solios eA will be available starting in October, 2005.
About Matrox Imaging
Established in 1976, Matrox Imaging is a leading designer of PC-based hardware and software for machine vision, image analysis, medical imaging, and video surveillance. Products include frame grabbers, vision processors, imaging platforms, smart cameras, and development software. Headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Matrox is a privately held company with offices in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, and Hong Kong. For more company information, visit: www.matrox.com/imaging/en/about/.
For more information, please contact:
Sarah Sookman
Media Relations Specialist
Matrox Imaging
1055 St. Regis Blvd.
Dorval, Quebec, H9P 2T4
Canada
Telephone: (514) 685-2630 ext. 2753
Fax: (514) 822-6273
imagingmr@matrox.com