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CPU Tech Wins Compatible System-on-a-chip Program

Background
Previously, CPU Tech announced that it had won a $45 million Navy IDIQ Program for the Compatible Processor Upgrade Program. This is the first Delivery Order under that program.

Release
PLEASANTON, California – CPU Tech has won a program to develop a compatible system-on-a-chip (SOC) to modernize the core processing unit utilized on numerous U.S. Navy ships and aircraft. The award is part of the Navy's Compatible Processor Upgrade Program that develops solutions to critical electronic obsolescence problems that plague military and commercial users of high-end real-time computers used in avionics, communications and other applications.

Software in such systems is complex and may take years to develop and perfect. But the hardware it runs on becomes obsolete very quickly. Commercial processors, for example, have an average shelf-life approaching 18 months while many computer systems may be in use for 25 years or more. The result, as the system ages, is increasing failure rates, high maintenance costs and the inability to adapt the system to changing requirements.

CPU Tech's Validated Modernization™ provides the ideal solution to this problem. The latest electronic technology is compatibly inserted into an existing system to increase reliability, safety and performance. Valuable existing software is entirely preserved.

This program is funded under the Navsup Logistics Research and Development Program. Rapid Retargeting, and the Virtual System Implementation Program are the other core programs. According to NAVSUP Program Manager, James Fitzgibbon, "These vital programs address issues that are critical to the Navy's ability to cost effectively maintain its readiness. CPU Tech's advanced SOC technology will help us solve some of the most difficult problems we confront today."

CPU Tech is the industry leader in the development and production of compatible embedded computers optimized for customer's applications. Its automated development and validation process makes it possible to provide high reliability compatible SOC solutions with less risk and at lower cost than its competitors.

CPU Tech is a rapidly-growing, privately owned, embedded systems company headquartered in Pleasanton, California. It was founded in 1989. Its customers include Fortune 500 companies and the U.S. Government.