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Force Computers Announces North America Demonstration of AdvancedTCA (ATCA) System at Bus & Board/2004

Posted on: Monday, 19 January 2004, 06:00 CST

BUS&BOARD/2004 -- Force Computers, a Solectron company and a leader in embedded computing, today announced its first official North America demonstration of an Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture (AdvancedTCA(TM)/ATCA(TM)) system at Bus&Board/2004. The demo illustrates Force's continuous leadership for the fast-growing, standards-based ATCA telecom architecture -- in boards and systems. Proving a common platform can achieve interoperability with off-the-shelf solutions from multiple, outsource vendors, the system integrates GoAhead High Availability (HA) middleware, Hughes Software Systems (HSS) based Distributed MTP3 (DMTP3) protocol software, Intel(R) NetStructure(TM) MPCBL0001 High Performance Single Board Computers, MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition and Solid Information Technology embedded database technology. Showing strength in ATCA integration, Force's demo uses true modular computing products including blade, software/middleware and other building blocks to cut design costs and time-to-market for telecom infrastructure such as softswitches, media servers and other broadband platforms. Force Computers is a Premier Member of the Intel(R) Communications Alliance (ICA).

"As the ATCA market leader for blades, boards, systems and turnkey designs, Force is uniquely positioned to drive the market for integrated solutions," said Chris Williams, Force vice president and general manager of worldwide product and strategic marketing and engineering. "In addition, we're proud to partner with Intel in the Intel Communications Alliance, a community of communications and embedded developers and solution providers as a Premier Member -- the top level of participation."

System Configuration Demonstrated at Bus&Board/2004

At Bus&Board/2004, on Jan. 19-20 at the Hyatt Regency Long Beach, Force will showcase its common ATCA platform demo -- based on the Centellis(TM) DS 31KX development system. As a leading integrator of ATCA technology, Force designed the system to interoperate with a range of blade and software/middleware building blocks from multiple, outsource vendors -- especially those from fellow ICA members, including GoAhead, HSS, MontaVista and Solid. The demo features:

 --  13U/14-slot ATCA chassis with cooling --  Shelf Management Controller with SNMP remote access --  Redundant Base Channel Gigabit Ethernet Switch --  Dual Force ATCA-711 blades featuring Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 Processor - 
 M and running MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition 3.0 --  Dual Force Fibre Channel ATCA storage blades -- for server 
 applications --  Two Intel(R) NetStructure(TM) MPCBL0001 High Performance Single Board 
 Computers featuring Low Voltage Intel(R) Xeon(TM) processors with Intel 
 NetBurst(R) microarchitecture and running MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade 
 Edition 3.0 --  GoAhead SelfReliant 7500 High Availability middleware -- adapted and 
 tightly integrated into Force's EndurX HA product series -- with active and 
 standby master and active and standby client -- demonstrating application 
 fail-over --  Solid Autonomic Data Management Platform -- integrated with Force's 
 EndurX HA series and GoAhead SelfReliant 7500 HA middleware -- to provide a 
 hot-standby database configuration for "five nines" controller card data 
 reliability --  HSS-based DMTP3 -- from Force's StackWare telecom software -- with 
 MTP2 layers and DS1 interfaces provided by PMCs and DMTP3 hosted on Linux 

"The standards-based modular approach to delivering next generation telecom infrastructure products is rapidly gaining momentum within the telecom industry," said Anthony Ambrose, general manager, Intel Modular Platform Programs. "Modular solutions offer service providers faster time-to-market with lower capital and operating costs. Thus, utilizing the combination of Intel building blocks with the ATCA platform architecture positions Force to respond to specific equipment-provider needs."

About the Intel(R) Communications Alliance

The Intel(R) Communications Alliance is a membership-based program composed of communications and embedded developers and solution providers. Members are committed to providing a strategic supply line of standards-based solutions to the communications and embedded market segments. For more, see: www.intel.com/go/ica.

About Force Computers

Founded in 1981, Force Computers (www.forcecomputers.com) is a leading designer and worldwide supplier of open-standards-based and custom board- and system-level embedded computing solutions that address medical, industrial control, telecom, data communications and defense and aerospace markets. Force systems offer capabilities for Ultra Availability(TM), remote system management and platform management as well as feature telecom protocol software, telecom controllers and chassis compatible with NEBS Level 3 and ETSI building practices for embedded servers and custom integrated solutions. For boards, the company develops and manufactures leading-edge designs across a breadth of high-performance processors, high-bandwidth input/output interfaces and robust digital signal processors. Along with parent company Solectron, Force is certified ISO 9001 and practices Total Quality Management principles in all its global operations. Force's headquarters is in Fremont, Calif., with Europe and Asia-Pacific headquarters located in Munich, Germany, and Tokyo, Japan, respectively.

Note: All brands are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Specifications subject to change without notice. Contact Force for current information.

Intel, NetStructure and Pentium are trademarks or registered trademark of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.

 Americas Contact: Derek Handova Force Computers Inc. 510-624-5360 Derek.Handova@fci.com
 Europe Contact: Ulrike Mueller Force Computers GmbH +49 89 608 14-0 Ulrike.Mueller@fci.com

SOURCE: Force Computers, a Solectron company

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