ADI Engineering Teams with Instant802 Networks On New Production-Ready Wi-Fi Application Platform.CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- "Pronghorn pronghorn or prongbuck, hoofed herbivorous mammal, Antilocapra americana, of the W United States and N Mexico. Although it is often called the American, or prong-horned, antelope, it does not belong to the true antelope family of Africa " targets OEMs who embrace an Intel(R) IXP (1) (Internet EXchange Processor) See IXA. (2) (Internet eXchange Point) A public junction point on the Internet that provides an on-ramp to the Internet as well as a location for carriers to exchange traffic. 425-based platform for feature-rich 802.11 wireless applications ADI Engineering, Inc., a leading provider of reference platforms, platform derivatives, and complete custom product solutions for OEM's based on Intel(R) network processors announced their new "Pronghorn" Wi-Fi application platform today at the Intel(R) Communications Alliance Summit in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden . ADI teamed with Instant802, a leading provider of 802.11 embedded software Instructions that permanently reside in a ROM or flash memory chip. Embedded software may be immediately available to the CPU or, for faster execution, may be transferred to RAM first and then executed. solutions to produce a truly production ready Wi-Fi OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and application platform. "OEMs who need to bring 802.11 solutions to market quickly are embracing Pronghorn," reports Steve Yates, President and CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. of ADI Engineering. "By optimizing the Pronghorn product design around Wi-Fi applications for the Intel(R) IXP425 network processor, ADI makes it a low-risk exercise for OEMs to take custom 802.11 solutions into production." "The Pronghorn platform allows OEMs to quickly bring to market powerfully differentiated Wi-Fi products leveraging the advanced software features of the Instant802 Wireless Solutions Platform, such as Orchestrator(TM) automatic clustering," said Greg Nuyens, SVP SVP S'il Vous Plaît (French: Please) SVP Senior Vice President SVP Schweizerische Volkspartei (Swiss People~s Party) SVP Society of Vertebrate Paleontology SVP Social Venture Partners SVP St Vincent de Paul of Sales and Marketing at Instant802. The Pronghorn platform includes an Intel(R) IXP425 network processor, 802.11a/b/g capability via Mini PCI card, configurable flash and SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) A type of dynamic RAM (DRAM) memory chip that has been widely used since the late 1990s. SDRAM chips eliminated wait states by dividing the chip into two cell blocks and interleaving data between them. , chassis, power supply, and certifications. The Self-Managed Access Point solution from Instant802 is the engine that drives the development platform, and is available as a configurable, flexible product in production for this platform. List price for development platform in single piece quantities is $999. In annual volumes of 2,000 per annum Per annum Yearly. , the baseline Pronghorn sells for $219. Custom variants are supported as required by customers. Development kits are immediately available for purchase and delivery. About ADI Engineering Inc. ADI Engineering Inc. is a leading provider of reference platforms, platform derivatives, and complete custom product solutions based on Intel(R) network processors and Intel XScale(R) technology. Founded in 1990, ADI Engineering maintains full design, prototyping, and production manufacturing services that ensure OEMs get their Intel-based products to market quickly and with low risk. Headquartered in Charlottesville, VA, ADI Engineering is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. and is an Associate member of the Intel Communications Alliance (http://intel.com/go/ica). For more information about ADI Engineering, please visit http://www.adiengineering.com or call (434) 978-2888. About Instant802 Instant802 is a privately held provider of enabling software and services for manufacturers of wireless LAN equipment. Customers using Instant802 solutions are able to reduce their development risk, accelerate their time-to-market and increase margins on their products. Instant802 focuses on all critical aspects of Wi-Fi deployment -- security, performance, troubleshooting and planning -- and delivers a broad range of offerings including customizable turnkey software solutions with silicon independence, hardware reference designs, and integration services. Instant802's software is ideal for residential gateways, access points, wireless switches, wireless backbone devices, wireless telephony systems, wireless audio/video and consumer electronics devices, industrial devices and management applications. Founded in 2001, Instant802 is headquartered in Brisbane, CA and is venture-funded by Applied Materials Ventures, August Capital, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers. Intel, IXP and XScale are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. Instant802 and Orchestrator are trademarks of Instant802 Networks. |
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