Digital Media Net - Your Gateway To Digital media Creation. News and information on Digital Video, VR, Animation, Visual Effects, Mac Based media. Post Production, CAD, Sound and Music
Categories: News

PacStar® Introduces Tactical Edge, High-Performance Compute Platform for AI and Video

PacStar 453 NVIDIA GPU Enhanced Server Module Expands PacStar 400-Series for New Applications in Autonomy, Cyber and Sensor Fusion

PORTLAND, Ore.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PacStar®, a leading developer and supplier of advanced communications solutions for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), today announced the addition of PacStar 453 NVIDIA GPU Enhanced Server to its PacStar 400-Series family of small communications modules. PacStar 453 enables the deployment of video and artificial intelligence (AI) applications in environments with disconnected, intermittent and limited connectivity to networks providing cloud and headquarters data access.

The new module is based on the powerful and proven PacStar 451 server platform that features Intel Xeon D processing, up to 64 GB RAM, 16 TB storage, and 10 GigE SFP+ ports, combining high-power general-purpose computing with a PCIe connected NVIDIA GPU with 512 CUDA cores. The new module is a key component in ensuring access to mission critical data processing, while maintaining size, weight and power (SWaP) requirements unmatched by other COTS appliances.

PacStar 453 is the optimal platform for tactical and distributed deployment of video and AI applications performing:

  • Video: Encoding, Decoding, Transcoding, Analytics, Object Detection
  • Natural Language Understanding and Translation
  • Cybersecurity: Threat Analytics, Vulnerability Detection, and Defensive Adversarial ML
  • Sensor Fusion, Health Monitoring, EW Signal Processing, Augmented Reality
  • Autonomous Systems Operations, Navigation, Predictive Maintenance
  • Decision Support
  • Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

“We are thrilled to provide our customers with an AI and video processing platform at the tactical edge. PacStar 453, combined with PacStar 400-Series, is capable of managing and processing massive volumes of data acquired by sensors at the tactical edge,” said Charlie Kawasaki, chief technical officer, PacStar.

PacStar will introduce the product at our booth (#109) at NVIDIA’s GPU Technology Conference November 5th and 6th 2019, in Washington DC. To learn more, and download a datasheet, visit the PacStar 453 web page here.

About PacStar

Pacific Star Communications, Inc. (PacStar) is a leading provider of advanced communications solutions for a wide range of military, intelligence and commercial applications. PacStar created and manufactures its COTS-based rugged, small form factor expeditionary and mobile communications systems. Separately, it developed integrated, network communications management software, IQ-Core® Software, for the military, federal, state/local government and emergency responder markets. The company’s patented IQ-Core® Software, hardware technology and integrated solutions provide secure, command, control and communications systems, particularly in remote or infrastructure starved areas. In addition, PacStar’s communications systems are ideally suited for commercial/industrial organizations with mission-critical field communications requirements. For additional information, please visit https://pacstar.com, LinkedIn and Twitter @pacstarcomm.

Contacts

PacStar Contact
Brian Lustig

Bluetext for Pacific Star Communications, Inc.

+1 202 836 9112

PacStar@Bluetext.com

Staff

Recent Posts

Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR VR) Market Surges to USD 299.24 Billion by 2030, Propelled by 25.1% CAGR – Verified Market Reports®

Verified Market Reports® is excited to announce the release of a new market research report…

11 hours ago

Vuzix to Showcase Full Color, State-of-the-Art, See-Through, Waveguide-Based Smart Glasses Designs at Upcoming CES 2025 Event

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Nov. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Vuzix® Corporation (NASDAQ: VUZI), ("Vuzix" or, the "Company"), a…

11 hours ago

Taiwan Hosts Asian Animation Summit for the First Time Bringing Together Major Buyers Netflix and Warner Bros. to Promote Taiwanese Animation to the World

TAIPEI, Nov. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Asian Animation Summit (AAS), the representative event with…

20 hours ago

Echo and Russell Westbrook Enterprises (RWE) Announce Significant Eight-Figure Investment to Launch Unique Sports & Entertainment Platform in Oklahoma City

Platform Creates New Opportunities for Growth and Innovation in the RegionOKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Russell Westbrook, NBA…

1 day ago