Aitech Defense Systems has introduced a new 6U VME single-board computer (SBC) based on Intel's latest T7500 low-power, high-performance Merom Core 2 Duo dual core processors. The new C160 SBC is designed for mission-critical mobile applications with high throughput and running on low power. The single-slot C160 operates a clock frequencies to 2.2 GHz for the high-performance version and 1.67 GHz for the low-power version, which draws only 25 W. The fully featured C160 incorporates a custom metal thermal management frame supporting an array of integral stiffeners for increased resistance against high shock and vibration. It offers 2eSST and 2eVME functionality as well as VME and PCI legacy support via a Tundra Tsi148 bridge. The bridge's decoupled architecture can handle simultaneous transactions and the large first in first out (FIFO) operations to prevent PCI/X to VME deadlock conditions for better, more reliable data throughput.

The board offers as much as 2 GB fast DDR2 SDRAM operating at 667 MHz and as much as 8 GB onboard Flash disk (NAND Flash) with IDE controller. In addition, the SBC can be equipped with as much as 16 GB of solid-state disk (SSD) memory. The C160 also provides an integrated GM965 graphics engine with 2D and 3D graphics outputting in either CRT (RGBHV) or composite NTSC, PAL or RS-170 video formats. Graphics language support includes Microsoft DirectX 10 and SGI OpenGL 1.5/2.0.