AMPLE SUPERCHARGES PCI EXPRESS PLATFORMS WITH LAN SILICON.Ample Communications, Fremont, Calif., a provider of innovative Ethernet Ethernet Telecommunications networking protocol introduced by Xerox Corp. in 1979. It was developed as an inexpensive way of sending information quickly between office machines connected together in a single room or building, but it rapidly became a standard computer silicon for wired communications, has announced its high-performance Gigabit Ethernet An Ethernet standard that transmits at 1 Gbps. Used mostly to connect high-end workstations and servers as well as for network backbones, Gigabit Ethernet transmits full duplex from point to point using switches and half duplex in a shared environment (CSMA/CD) using a hub. (GbE) silicon for PCI Express A high-speed peripheral interconnect from Intel introduced in 2002. Note that although sometimes abbreviated "PCX," PCI Express is not the same as "PCI-X" (see PCI-SIG and PCI-X for comparison). As a result of the confusion, "PCI-E" or "PCIe" is the accepted abbreviation. platforms. Ample's silicon supercharges these PCs to deliver the industry's highest platform-level performance and performance scalability while significantly reducing the platform-level power and costs. Ample's high-performance LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. silicon significantly boosts the platform's performance, enabling it to do much more. Multiple ports of GbE can now be supported on the multi-core platform, further improving the performance. Legacy and traditional GbE silicon under identical conditions cannot keep up and completely overwhelms the platform's CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. . Ample's silicon also greatly reduces the overall platform-level power requirements, thereby benefiting platforms with tight power-budgets. Ample's silicon paired with power efficient Intel(R) Xeon(R)-based platforms delivers industry's best value to the end-user in performance, power, cost and scalability while catalyzing the growth of new markets such as storage over LAN. "With Ample's silicon, high-performance networking is now broadly available for all PCI Express platforms," said Sanjay Sharma, chief strategy officer for Ample Communications. "Ample's LAN not only improves existing applications but will enable newer applications for these platforms." The industry's transition from legacy LANs An older local area network. It typically refers to Token Ring and FDDI, but may also refer to a slow 10 Mbps Ethernet. See legacy network. to high-performance LANs has already started and has broad industry momentum. It is expected that high-performance LANs will see rapid adoption and become the standard feature on all PCI Express platforms. Ample, together with industry leaders, is enabling this transition. "PCI Express enables innovations such as high-performance networking to continue making significant advances in performance, power and costs," said Jim Pappas, director of initiatives marketing for Intel Corporation (company) Intel Corporation - A US microelectronics manufacturer. They produced the Intel 4004, Intel 8080, Intel 8086, Intel 80186, Intel 80286, Intel 80386, Intel 486 and Pentium microprocessor families as well as many other integrated circuits and personal computer networking . "Intel welcomes solutions such as Ample's high-performance GbE silicon that provide these capabilities for the new Dual-Core platforms that are optimized for energy-efficient performance." Ample's high-performance GbE silicon is designed and optimized to be a standard feature for all PCI Express platforms and is used as a LAN-on-motherboard or adapter card See adapter and expansion board. in the system. Ample's silicon is available for deployment. It has been extensively tested and is available for use across all PCI Express platforms. About Ample Communications Headquartered in Fremont, Calif., Ample Communications provides innovative Ethernet silicon for wired communications. Ample Communications is privately held. For more information, visit http://www.amplecomm.com or call 415/984-1970, ext. 102. |
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