TeraChip Demonstrates Industry's First AdvancedTCA(TM) 160 Gbps Dual Star System
Posted on: Wednesday, 22 October 2003, 06:00 CDT
SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- TeraChip, a leading provider of next-generation switch fabrics, demonstrates an AdvancedTCA (ATCA) system, using the industry's first ATCA-compliant 160 Gbps fabric board at the Network Processors Conference (NPC) West, in San Jose, CA, Oct. 21-23, 2003. With this announcement TeraChip proves the advantages of its ATCA-compatible backplane technology. No other vendor has commercial silicon for 160 Gbps fabric, which utilizes just 4 SerDes per 10 Gbps of transmission capacity, in the form of a standard XAUI channel. Whereas the competitors market systems up to 80 Gbps of capacity, with this announcement, TeraChip demonstrates a 320 Gbps system in a dual-star configuration. The switching fabric implements advanced load balancing and redundancy capabilities. With such capabilities the demonstrated system could be tailored for enterprise or carrier-class configurations. At NPC West, TeraChip uses an off-the-shelf AdvancedTCA chassis from Schroff, equipped with the TeraChip switching fabric and line card extension cards. The extension cards are connected via coaxial cables to a variety of external third party 10 Gbps line cards with third party state-of-the-art packet processor and traffic managers. Each fabric board is built using just a single TeraChip 160 Gbps shared memory TCF16x10 device. "TeraChip has adopted the mission of the PICMG(R) community to enable standardized modular solutions for the communications and computing industry," said Micha Zeiger, Founder and CEO of TeraChip. "With a TeraChip switching fabric, an OEM vendor can develop 160 Gbps or higher systems using an ATCA-compliant chassis. Advanced Switching and AdvancedTCA fit very nicely with our product plans and we are very excited by their adoption as industry standards." The TeraChip demonstration will be on display at the TeraChip booth #312 at NPC West in San Jose, CA on October 21-23, 2003. About TeraChip TeraChip is a fabless semiconductor company providing next-generation merchant switch fabrics for switch and router systems. TeraChip's switching solutions are optimized for enterprise (LAN), storage (SAN) and metro (MAN) switching systems. Based on patent-pending memory-based technology, the company has developed groundbreaking switching capacity in a single chip. TeraChip components enable networking vendors to boost performance of next-generation switches at a fraction of the cost, size and power consumption of current offerings. Founded in November 2000, TeraChip has received strategic funding from leading venture capital firms. For more information about TeraChip, visit our web site at http://www.tera-chip.com/ or call 650-320-8148. About AdvancedTCA(TM) Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture (AdvancedTCA(TM)) is the largest specification effort in PICMG's history, with more than 100 companies participating. AdvancedTCA, the PICMG 3.X family, is a new series of PICMG specifications, targeted to requirements for the next generation of carrier grade communications equipment. This series of specifications incorporates the latest trends in high speed interconnect technologies, next generation processors and improved reliability, manageability and serviceability. Companies participating in the AdvancedTCA effort have brought a wide range of knowledge of the industry. They include telecommunications equipment manufacturers, board and system level vendors, computer OEMs, software companies and chassis, connector and power supply vendors. For more information, visit http://www.picmg.org/. The PICMG(R) and AdvancedTCA(TM) logos are registered trademarks of the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group. Schroff(R) is a brand of Pentair Enclosures (http://www.schroff.us/) For information about the NPC West show, please visit http://www.networkprocessors.com/. TeraChip Contact: Sacha Arts Bella Vista Communications (408) 356-3099 CONTACT: Sacha Arts of Bella Vista Communications, +1-408-356-3099, Web site: http://www.tera-chip.com/
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