AZUSA, Calif. (Dec. 2, 2009) – Acme Portable Machines, Inc., a leading provider of rugged portable platforms and industrial rackmount LCD keyboard drawers, today announced that SATA 3.0 and USB 3.0 features are now available on its rugged Intel(r) Core(tm) i7 EMP portable platforms. With the fast SATA 6 Gb/s transfer speed combined with the powerful Intel(r) Core(tm) i7 processor, the Acme EMP series delivers maximum performance for multitasking applications such as geospatial information, EDA/CAD, digital/multimedia creation, and other CPU intensive applications.