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General Micro Systems (GMS), the world’s leading technology-independent supplier of computing engines in boxes, boards and servers, today announced the value-priced X7 RAPTOR™ mission computer. Intended for sale for under $10,000 in capable rugged configurations, X7’s streamlined feature set allows the deployable edge computer to have the best size, weight, power and cost (SWaP-C) of any rugged computer on the market. The price point reflects a value-oriented feature set for specific high-volume battlefield applications such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), manpack/wearables, and unmanned aerial systems (UAS).

General Micro Systems (GMS) today announced the latest offerings in the XDomain family of three open standard cross domain systems (CDS) at AUSA 2025, booth #8407. Designed to be small, lightest weight, standards-based and low cost, the cross domain systems perform dual duty as they secure data at rest and in motion by separating Red domains from Black domains, while simultaneously bringing highest performance mission, sensor and payload processing functions into the CDSs themselves. Using MOSA-standard Ethernet and Thunderbolt™ 4, they are complete systems, not merely cross domain solutions, that can significantly save size, weight, power and cost (SWaP-C).

General Micro Systems’ X9 Spider modular, scalable and distributed architecture for aerospace and defense applications continues to collect accolades, this time with two 2024 Military + Aerospace Electronics (MAE) Innovators Awards. This week, MAE recognized the X9 Spider Server as a platinum honoree for “superb innovation, characterized by a groundbreaking approach to meeting a need, and/or a new level of performance, efficiency, ease-of-use or other beneficial quality.” As a gold honoree, the X9 Spider Workstation I/O was recognized as an “excellent innovation” that makes a substantial improvement over previous methods employed, approaches taken, or products/systems used.

General Micro Systems (GMS), the world’s leading technology-independent supplier of computing engines in boxes, boards and servers, today launched its ultra-rugged, naval-focused 1U and 2U “Shorty 4” servers. At only 16-inches deep, the servers flexibly mount in table-top, equipment tray, sideways or vertical orientations, or can be rack mounted in space-constrained naval applications where full-sized server racks are too enormous to be practical. Surface combatants, sub-surface vessels, fast boats, unmanned aircraft system (UAS) drones and manned naval aircraft all need leading-edge scalable rackmount server performance in the smallest possible size, weight and power (SWaP).

AUSA 2024 – General Micro Systems (GMS) today announced four cross-domain systems (CDS), the culmination of decades of system-level experience with increasingly complex and secure systems. A recognized expert in defense communications, sensor processing, and data recorder systems, GMS brings it all together with these four new systems: an airborne 3-domain CDS, two ground-based CDS systems, and a ¼ ATR OpenVPX-based CDS. Each CDS is based on the X9 distributed computing architecture and delivers mission processing, secure storage and authentication, encryption, networking, and options for SATCOM, AI and data diodes. Each system supports GMS’ new Enhanced SecureDNA™ cyber suite and will be TEMPEST certified. All four systems will be demonstrated at the Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) annual meeting & exhibition this week in booth #8407.

At AUSA 2023 today (booth 8307), General Micro Systems unveiled multiple live demonstrations of its X9 Spider open distributed computing architecture (DCA) products, including the X9 Manpack, the X9 Thunderbolt Rugged Display, the X9 AI (artificial intelligence), and the X9 Mission Computer. Intended for wearable, mobile, portable and mounted applications on body, in a vehicle or in airborne-, ship- or ground-based applications, X9 Spider products, first introduced at AUSA 2022, are small enough to fit anywhere. Interconnected via Thunderbolt™ 4 on GMS LightBolt™ fiber or copper cables, X9 small form factor systems and displays can be standalone, separated for convenient system installation, or physically connected to form rigid stacks.

General Micro Systems (GMS), the world’s leading technology-independent supplier of computing engines in boxes, boards, and servers, today announced the launch of its rugged, military-focused X9 Spider Storage system intended for sensor data recorders, artificial intelligence AI datasets, “network” attached storage, and data payload “sneaker net” portable data movement. As a critical component within GMS’ X9 Spider Thunderbolt™ 4 technology-based open distributed computing architecture (DCA), this X9 Storage includes a 4- or 8-drive removable cartridge supporting secure, industry-standard 2.5-inch or M.2 solid state storage. The small form factor (SFF) system offers a massive 128TB (max) of removable storage capacity, CSfC or FIPS-140-2 secure encrypted SSDs, and up to 80Gbits/s of data I/O streaming.

AUSA 2023 — General Micro Systems (GMS) today announced that the X9 Spider Mission Computer has been chosen by Research Innovations (RII) to create the company’s latest electronic warfare/signals intelligence (EW / SIGINT) product. Because of the X9’s tiny, rugged form-factor; flexible add-in I/O; high-density shared DDR4 memory, and closely coupled CPU/GPU architecture, RII is actively investing in the development of a battlefield-deployable product. Pairing GMS’s small form factor X9 hardware with RII’s unique ability to empower edge artificial intelligence (AI) and wideband RF processing will enable new cyber applications on previously unavailable platforms.

General Micro Systems (GMS) announced today that its X9 Spider AI System and X9 Spider Manpack were recognized among the best by the 2023 Military & Aerospace Electronics Innovators Awards program. These awards were developed to showcase the most innovative solutions in aerospace and defense products and systems for the engineering industry. GMS products received platinum awards which are characterized by a groundbreaking approach to meeting a need and/or a new level of performance, efficiency, ease-of-use or other beneficial quality.

General Micro Systems (GMS) today launched the X9 Spider Intelligent Switch, an accelerated networking module designed to improve the performance of Ethernet-based military applications without compromising size, weight and power (SWaP) requirements. This fully sealed, rugged, fanless and battlefield-ready switch—with eight 10 GBase-TX Ethernet ports and four 100 Gb Ethernet ports—provides acquisition and modernization programs with industry-leading bandwidth and efficiency in a palm-sized module, built to carry applications forward for decades to come.

General Micro Systems (GMS), the world’s leading technology-independent supplier of computing engines in boxes, boards and servers, today launched its X9 Venom Xeon D Host 3U VITA 65 OpenVPX single-board computer. Aligned to the SOSA™ (Sensor Open Standard Architecture) Technical Standard, this family of high-performance modules support the demanding needs of next-generation warfare with massive, flexible I/O and compute capabilities in multiple configurations. These single-board computers are powered by up to 20 Intel® Xeon® D-2700 HCC (formerly Ice Lake D) cores, and unprecedented bandwidth via inter-chassis and front-panel connectivity with Thunderbolt™ 4, PCIe Gen 4, USB, and 100 GbE ports.

Three new General Micro Systems (GMS) innovations won Best of Show from Military Embedded Systems magazine at the Association for the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting & Exposition in Washington, D.C. All built on GMS’ new X9 Spider architecture, the X9 Host System earned a 4-star designation in the Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning category, while the VPX3XD-NET SOSA-Aligned single board computer (SBC) took the top 4-star award in the Embedded Computing category and the ATR-PLUS 3U OpenVPX chassis earned the top award in Rugged Computing.

General Micro Systems (GMS), the world’s leading technology-independent supplier of computing engines in boxes, boards and servers, today launched its 8-slot DominATR™ 3U OpenVPX chassis to support U.S military and commercial applications. As part of the GMS X9 Venom product family, this chassis’ revolutionary architecture and lightweight materials offer improved performance, reliability and operating ranges designed to address the growing compute and networking needs of the future battlefield. The technical innovations in this chassis were recognized at the AUSA 2022 Annual Meeting & Exposition, earning the coveted Military Embedded Systems 4-Star Award in Rugged Computing.

AUSA -- General Micro Systems (GMS), planning new rugged, embedded computing architectures that further the Department of Defense’s joint service Modular Open Standards Approach (MOSA) mandate, has joined the Open Group Future Airborne Capability Environment™ (FACE) and Sensor Open Standards Architecture™ (SOSA) Consortia. GMS intends to actively participate in both consortium’s technical working groups and to contribute ideas for MOSA based upon new open-standard technologies being developed in GMS’s R&D labs.

General Micro Systems, the world’s leading technology-independent supplier of computing engines, today announced its expanded portfolio of rugged small form factor (SFF), OpenVPX and rackmount equipment that offers next-generation deployed processing and enhanced bandwidth to the U.S. Army. With added capabilities from Dell Technologies OEM, this combined portfolio can enable more U.S. Army programs to realize the latest commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) technologies along with GMS’s rugged server portfolio.

General Micro Systems today launched its Velocity “4x4” quad GPGPU artificial intelligence (AI) server designed for battlefield applications like command posts, tactical operation centers (TOCs) and protected platforms such as autonomous vehicles, wide body airborne sensor fusion, surveillance, data mining, synthetic vision and any platform than needs massive computational resources from a small, air-cooled rackmount server. Available immediately, Velocity 4x4 delivers mission success with a data center’s worth of supercomputer AI algorithm processing in a single rackmount server equipped with industry-standard connectors.

General Micro Systems (GMS) today introduced a new product family of 3U and 6U OpenVPX computer boards, peripherals and ATR-style chassis for use in U.S. Army ground, air, communications and weapons systems. The “X9 Venom” family of 21 products will be available by early 2023, starting first with the 3U and 6U single-board computers (SBCs) based upon Intel® and NVIDIA® processors and GPGPUs. All products follow ANSI/VITA 65 standards, meet the Department of Defense (DoD) requirement for modular open standards approach (MOSA) electronic systems, and are IEEE 1101.2 conduction cooled. X9 Venom products are also SOSA™ (Sensor Open Standard Architecture) aligned and ready to meet C4ISR/Electronic Warfare Modular Open Suite of Standards (CMOSS), two standards that increasingly are requirements in U.S. Army programs and platform upgrades.

General Micro Systems (GMS), the world’s leading technology-independent supplier of computing engines in small form factors (SFF), boards and servers, today announced the launch of its X9 Spider family of distributed, ruggedized computing modules to support the demanding needs of next-generation warfare. Through its innovative inter-locking mechanical design, MOSA Thunderbolt™ interfaces, OpenVPX cross-platform compatibility, and patented LightBolt™ connectors, the X9 Spider family empowers designers to decentralize, distribute and rapidly upgrade computing, networking, storage, artificial intelligence (AI) and video resources wherever and however the program demands.

General Micro Systems today launched its battery-powered “X9 Spider Wearable” S1502-MP mobile computer intended for dismounted soldiers and Marines who need on-the-move high-performance processing, communications, video, database access and artificial intelligence (AI). Designed from the ground up to offer the most compute power and I/O in the smallest, lightest weight battery-powered package, X9 Spider Wearable can drive up to four on-body displays; connect to wireless LANs and personal area networks (PANs); uplink to mounted assets like vehicles or command posts; store up to 20TB of onboard data, and connect to high-rate body sensors while processing on-board AI algorithms such as image/facial recognition, target tracking or sensor fusion. The S1502-MP is one of several technologies GMS will feature at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting & Exposition in Washington, D.C., October 10-12 (booth 8221, Hall DE).