Huntsville, Ala. – February 23, 2006 – GE Fanuc Embedded Systems, a unit of GE Industrial, today announced that it has joined the board of directors of VITA, the trade association dedicated to fostering open systems architecture in a variety of embedded systems applications.

　　美國(guó)阿拉巴馬州亨茨維爾市 （Huntsville, Ala），2006 年 2 月 23 日訊 - 通用電氣工業(yè)系統(tǒng)集團(tuán)旗下的通用電氣發(fā)那科內(nèi)嵌系統(tǒng)部于今日宣布加入VITA董事會(huì)，VITA是一家致力于在各種嵌入式系統(tǒng)應(yīng)用領(lǐng)域的開(kāi)放式系統(tǒng)架構(gòu)的商業(yè)機(jī)構(gòu)。

　　Jim Berlin, Vice President of Hardware Technology will serve as GE Fanuc’s primary representative on the VITA board. “GE Fanuc’s long standing commitment to the VMEbus standard is rooted in our focus on providing solutions for today and driving the technology of the future,” he said. “We look forward to remaining active on new committees and working groups to bring state-of-the-art technologies to the industry.”

　　硬件技術(shù)部副總裁吉姆·柏林（Jim Berlin）將出任通用電氣發(fā)那科在VITA董事會(huì)的首席代表。“通用電氣發(fā)那科長(zhǎng)期致力于提供卓越的解決方案、推動(dòng)未來(lái)技術(shù)的發(fā)展，以實(shí)際行動(dòng)履行對(duì)VMEbus標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的承諾”他說(shuō)，“我們期望在新的委員會(huì)和工作組中發(fā)揮積極的作用，為業(yè)界提供尖端技術(shù)。”

　　GE Fanuc Embedded Systems has been designing and developing VMEbus products since 1986 and has been an integral part of industry standard activities on this platform for the past 20 years.

　　自 1986 年以來(lái)，通用電氣發(fā)那科嵌入式系統(tǒng)部就開(kāi)始致力于VME VMEbus產(chǎn)品的設(shè)計(jì)和開(kāi)發(fā)，在過(guò)去的20年中，已成為了行業(yè)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)活動(dòng)平臺(tái)中不可或缺的參與者。

　　GE Fanuc Embedded Systems has been successful in promoting a new mezzanine standard working group referred to as "VITA 56." VITA 56 enables a modular building block design for both industry standard and proprietary Host Boards. This specification enables larger markets with more unique functions and creates economies of scale that lower prices.

　　通用電氣發(fā)那科嵌入式系統(tǒng)部已經(jīng)成功地建立了一個(gè)新的中間（mezzanine）標(biāo)準(zhǔn)工作組，即 “VITA 56”。 VITA 56 為行業(yè)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)和專用主機(jī)板實(shí)現(xiàn)模塊化構(gòu)造塊設(shè)計(jì)。這一規(guī)范以更為獨(dú)特的功能，開(kāi)拓了更大的市場(chǎng)，形成了規(guī)模經(jīng)濟(jì)效益，從而降低了價(jià)格。

　　Ray Alderman, executive director of VITA said, “Our continuing goal is to unite manufacturers and users through the acceptance and implementation of open technology standards. The strength of our organization lies in the dedication of our membership and their commitment to the VME standard and the industries it serves. To that end, we are very excited that GE Fanuc Embedded Systems will be joining the board of directors of VITA.”

　　VITA 執(zhí)行董事雷·阿爾德曼（Ray Alderman）說(shuō)：“通過(guò)接受和實(shí)施開(kāi)放式技術(shù)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)、把制造商和用戶緊密地聯(lián)合起來(lái)，是我們矢志不渝的目標(biāo)。我們組織的優(yōu)勢(shì)來(lái)自于我們成員的獻(xiàn)身精神以及對(duì)VME標(biāo)準(zhǔn)及所屬行業(yè)的責(zé)任感。最后，我們由衷地歡迎通用電氣發(fā)那科嵌入式系統(tǒng)部加入VITA董事會(huì)。”

　　The VITA Standards Organization (VSO) provides its members with the ability to develop and to promote open technology standards. The VSO has created more than 30 standards in the past 10 years that promote open technology systems; all the VSO standards are extensions of or related to the original VMEbus standard of 1981. In military and defense embedded computing applications, VME is the most widely used open standard in existence.

　　VITA 標(biāo)準(zhǔn)組織（以下簡(jiǎn)稱“VSO”）使其會(huì)員具備開(kāi)發(fā)和提升開(kāi)放式技術(shù)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的能力。在過(guò)去的 10 年中，VSO已制定了 30 多項(xiàng)用于促進(jìn)開(kāi)放式技術(shù)系統(tǒng)的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)；所有 VSO 標(biāo)準(zhǔn)均是1981 年最初制定的VMEbus 標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的補(bǔ)充或相關(guān)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。在軍事和防御性嵌入式計(jì)算機(jī)應(yīng)用中，VME 是迄今為止使用最廣泛的開(kāi)放式標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。

　　About VITA

　　關(guān)于VITA

　　VITA is an incorporated, non-profit organization of vendors and users having a common market interest. Founded in 1984, VITA believes in and champions open system architectures as opposed to proprietary system architectures. VITA’s activities are international in scope. The functions performed by VITA are technical, promotional, and user-related, and are aimed at increasing the total market size, providing vendors with additional market exposure, and providing users with timely technical information. For information about VITA membership, or to find out how to obtain VITA specifications, visit the VITA website at http://www.vita.com, or call VITA headquarters at (480) 837-7486.

　　VITA 是具有共同市場(chǎng)利益的廠商與用戶組成的非營(yíng)利性組織。該組織成立于1984年，相信并支持與專有系統(tǒng)架構(gòu)相對(duì)的開(kāi)放式系統(tǒng)架構(gòu)。VITA 的服務(wù)遍及全球。VITA的職能包括技術(shù)、推廣及與用戶相關(guān)的服務(wù)，旨在提升總體市場(chǎng)規(guī)模、為廠商提供更多的市場(chǎng)商機(jī)、為用戶提供及時(shí)的技術(shù)信息。有關(guān)VITA 成員的更多信息，或想尋求如何獲得 VITA 技術(shù)規(guī)范，請(qǐng)?jiān)L問(wèn)VITA的網(wǎng)站：http://www.vita.com，或致電 VITA 總部：(480) 837-7486。

　　About GE Fanuc Embedded Systems

　　關(guān)于通用電氣發(fā)那科嵌入式系統(tǒng)部

　　GE Fanuc Embedded Systems is part of GE Fanuc Automation, a joint venture between GE and FANUC LTD of Japan. GE Fanuc delivers automation hardware and software designed to help users reduce costs, increase efficiency and enhance profitability. With solutions and services catering to virtually every industrial segment, GE Fanuc Automation provides a diverse array of capabilities and products, including controllers, embedded systems, advanced software, motion control, CNCs, operator interfaces, industrial computers, and lasers. Headquartered in Charlottesville, VA, GE Fanuc Automation is a part of GE Industrial and combines the diverse global strengths of the GE family with the local presence customers need to design, develop and maintain their automation investments.

　　通用電氣發(fā)那科嵌入式系統(tǒng)公司隸屬于通用電氣發(fā)那科自動(dòng)化有限公司，由通用電氣和日本發(fā)那科株式會(huì)社合資組建，致力于為用戶提供自動(dòng)化硬件和軟件，幫助他們降低成本，提高效率并增強(qiáng)其盈利能力。憑借其幾乎適用于所有工業(yè)門(mén)類的解決方案和服務(wù)，通用電氣發(fā)那科自動(dòng)化提供豐富的產(chǎn)品，包括控制器、嵌入式系統(tǒng)、先進(jìn)的軟件、運(yùn)動(dòng)控制(motion control)、CNCs、操作員界面、工業(yè)計(jì)算機(jī)及激光器。通用電氣發(fā)那科自動(dòng)化公司總部位于美國(guó)福吉尼亞洲夏落茨維爾市（Charlottesville, VA），隸屬于通用電氣工業(yè)系統(tǒng)集團(tuán)，整合了通用電氣家族在全球范圍內(nèi)的多樣化優(yōu)勢(shì)，努力滿足本地客戶在設(shè)計(jì)、開(kāi)發(fā)和維護(hù)自動(dòng)化投資方面的需要。