Hifn to Address Wireless Security Issues at MicroTCA Summit

FREMONT, Calif., May 12 /PRNewswire/ – MicroTCA Summit — Hifn today announced that John Fryar, Director of Technical Marketing, will deliver a presentation titled “Security Offload for Wireless Backhaul” at the MicroTCA Summit, May 12-14 at the Marriot Westfields Hotel, Chantilly, VA.

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The MicroTCA Summit will bring together vendors and end users to discuss practical information and trends, focusing on MicroTCA’s status as a flexible, powerful approach to building affordable systems equipped with the latest processors and the fastest interfaces to meet today’s requirements for open-architecture COTS applications. It will also cover the new Rugged MicroTCA specification, which can handle demanding military, aerospace and industrial environments.

Mr. Fryar’s presentation is scheduled for the “Developing Wireless Basestations” session on Wednesday, May 13, from 4:30 – 5:50pm. Mr. Fryar will explore the impact of wireless trends such as the increasing demand for multimedia applications, network architecture evolution and base station form factor transition on wireless equipment design. The presentation will highlight the challenges faced by system designers as they address demand for higher bandwidth and lower latency equipment for next generation 3G and 4G cellular and WiMAX networks. Mr. Fryar will propose a solution based on security co-processors that completely offload the backhaul security function from user / control plane processing resources. When implemented, it enables quicker time to market and also addresses non-standards related security issues.

About the MicroTCA Summit

The MicroTCA Summit provides attendees with current information on this emerging standard platform for low-cost telecommunications equipment, mobile systems, military and defense systems, medical equipment, and other applications. It features tutorials, workshops, paper and panel sessions, keynotes, and exhibits. Attendees gain practical, up-to-date knowledge on how to reduce equipment cost and development time. Subjects include hardware, software, design methods, applications, standards, interfaces, design methods, and market research. For more information, visit www.microtcasummit.com.

About Hifn

On April 3, 2009 Exar Corporation completed the previously announced acquisition of Hifn Incorporated. For information about Hifn products and services please go to www.hifn.com.

About Exar

Exar Corporation delivers highly differentiated silicon, software and subsystem solutions for industrial, datacom and storage applications. For nearly 40 years, Exar’s comprehensive knowledge of end-user markets along with the underlying analog, mixed signal and digital technology has enabled innovative solutions that meet the needs of the evolving connected world. Exar’s product portfolio includes power management and interface components, communications products, storage optimization solutions, network security and applied service processors. Exar has locations worldwide providing real-time customer support to drive rapid product development. For more information about Exar, visit: http://www.exar.com.

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