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 - 通用電氣工業系統集團旗下的通用電氣發那科內嵌系統部于今日宣布加入VITA董事會，VITA是一家致力于在各種嵌入式系統應用領域的開放式系統架構的商業機構。

　　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.”

　　硬件技術部副總裁吉姆·柏林（Jim Berlin）將出任通用電氣發那科在VITA董事會的首席代表。“通用電氣發那科長期致力于提供卓越的解決方案、推動未來技術的發展，以實際行動履行對VMEbus標準的承諾”他說，“我們期望在新的委員會和工作組中發揮積極的作用，為業界提供尖端技術。”

　　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，通用電氣發那科嵌入式系統部就開始致力于VME VMEbus產品的設計和開發，在過去的20年中，已成為了行業標準活動平臺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.

　　通用電氣發那科嵌入式系統部已經成功地建立了一個新的中間（mezzanine）標準工作組，即 “VITA 56”。 VITA 56 為行業標準和專用主機板實現模塊化構造塊設計。這一規范以更為獨特的功能，開拓了更大的市場，形成了規模經濟效益，從而降低了價格。

　　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 執行董事雷·阿爾德曼（Ray Alderman）說：“通過接受和實施開放式技術標準、把制造商和用戶緊密地聯合起來，是我們矢志不渝的目標。我們組織的優勢來自于我們成員的獻身精神以及對VME標準及所屬行業的責任感。最后，我們由衷地歡迎通用電氣發那科嵌入式系統部加入VITA董事會。”

　　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 標準組織（以下簡稱“VSO”）使其會員具備開發和提升開放式技術標準的能力。在過去的 10 年中，VSO已制定了 30 多項用于促進開放式技術系統的標準；所有 VSO 標準均是1981 年最初制定的VMEbus 標準的補充或相關標準。在軍事和防御性嵌入式計算機應用中，VME 是迄今為止使用最廣泛的開放式標準。

　　About VITA

　　關于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 是具有共同市場利益的廠商與用戶組成的非營利性組織。該組織成立于1984年，相信并支持與專有系統架構相對的開放式系統架構。VITA 的服務遍及全球。VITA的職能包括技術、推廣及與用戶相關的服務，旨在提升總體市場規模、為廠商提供更多的市場商機、為用戶提供及時的技術信息。有關VITA 成員的更多信息，或想尋求如何獲得 VITA 技術規范，請訪問VITA的網站：http://www.vita.com，或致電 VITA 總部：(480) 837-7486。

　　About GE Fanuc Embedded Systems

　　關于通用電氣發那科嵌入式系統部

　　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.

　　通用電氣發那科嵌入式系統公司隸屬于通用電氣發那科自動化有限公司，由通用電氣和日本發那科株式會社合資組建，致力于為用戶提供自動化硬件和軟件，幫助他們降低成本，提高效率并增強其盈利能力。憑借其幾乎適用于所有工業門類的解決方案和服務，通用電氣發那科自動化提供豐富的產品，包括控制器、嵌入式系統、先進的軟件、運動控制(motion control)、CNCs、操作員界面、工業計算機及激光器。通用電氣發那科自動化公司總部位于美國福吉尼亞洲夏落茨維爾市（Charlottesville, VA），隸屬于通用電氣工業系統集團，整合了通用電氣家族在全球范圍內的多樣化優勢，努力滿足本地客戶在設計、開發和維護自動化投資方面的需要。