Thomson-CSF SA subsidiary Cetia SA will this week publicly commit to develop products based on both the PowerPC 603 and 604 chips. Development work on 603-based VME boards and workstations is already underway, and these offerings will include Peripheral Component Interconnect interfaces for the first time. They will also mark Cetia’s first move into the embedded market and are scheduled for shipment at the same time as the 603 goes on general release – sometime in the second half of the year. Work on high-end 604-based products has also already started.
