AdvanSys Offers New Ultra2 SCSI Chip Solution with I/O PRO; Sequential I/O 50% Faster than Competitive Products.SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 5, 1999-- Advanced System Products, Inc. (AdvanSys) the company advancing connectivity for office, home and enterprise, now provides a highly integrated Ultra2 single-chip controller capable of producing twice the raw processing power of competing products currently on the market. The AdvanSys ASC ASC Ambulatory surgery center, see there 38C0800 with I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output PRO delivers industry-leading performance for workstations, servers, Raid configurations, back-up and storage cluster applications. AdvanSys' ASC38C0800 Ultra2 chip is based on a patented hardware architecture, which utilizes a 40MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second) The execution speed of a computer. For example, .5 MIPS is 500,000 instructions per second; 100 MIPS is a hundred million instructions per second. application specific RISC processor capable of supporting up to 60,000 I/O operations per second. Through a DMA (1) (Digital Media Adapter) See digital media hub. (2) (Document Management Alliance) A specification that provides a common interface for accessing and searching document databases. bus master PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). architecture and the use of AdvanSys' patented architecture, the ASC38C0800 can transfer data while significantly reducing host involvement in I/O transfers, requiring a maximum of only one interrupt per I/O operation. This results in sequential I/O that is 50% faster than is typically found in competitive products. To attain less than one interrupt per I/O operation, AdvanSys employs its aptly named I/O PRO, the AdvanSys interrupt coalescence technology in which interrupts for multiple I/Os are coalesced into a single interrupt by the AdvanSys RISC processor and interrupt handler. In a February 1999 comparative test, using the Intel Iometer performance benchmark, AdvanSys outperformed competing top tier SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. products. The AdvanSys SCSI product had the best (lowest) 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. utilization for overall I/O performance on high-end server systems running NT 4.0 with large numbers of disks when compared with other top tier SCSI competing products. "AdvanSys' design expertise in creating highly integrated single chip connectivity solutions allows us to provide the performance and price point to deliver the highest value product for our customers", said George Brecht, vice president marketing for AdvanSys. "Our software architecture provides easy portability across system platforms while simplifying driver software requirements and ensuring driver transparency through new product generations. Couple this with our patented hardware architecture and our customers are assured of smooth upgrade paths and minimal porting time to new platforms at very attractive pricing levels." Chip Features The ASC38C0800 combines Ultra2 data transfer rates up to 80MB/s with PCI bursts of up to 133MB/s to guarantee excellent I/O performance for high-end desktop, workstation and server systems. I/O PRO to ensure the most effective CPU utilization and most efficient interrupt handling of any SCSI Ultra2 chip. Additional chip features include support for up to 15 devices on a 12 meter cable; PCI 2.2 compliant, 33MHz, 32 bit PCI burst transfer rates of up to133MB/s; Multimode I/O cells supporting both Ultra2 (LVD See LVDS. LVD - Low Voltage Differential ) and/or legacy single-ended devices; PC99 compliant without external logic; 512 byte DMA FIFOs for more efficient PCI bus utilization: Support for FLASH for easy BIOS upgrades; Cache line streaming for improved PCI bus utilization. The ASC38C0800 also boasts dual rail power supply: 3.3V/5V PCI interface providing flexibility in design. In addition the AdvanSys Ultra2 chip provides extensive software support including: BIOS support for DOS and Windows applications without driver involvement; and driver support for Microsoft Windows NT; Windows95/98; Novell Netware; SCO Openserver; SCO UnixWare; Linux; Sun Solaris; and Apple OS 8.5. All AdvanSys products are built to the highest level of quality standards in ISO- iso- or is- pref. 1. Equal; uniform: isobar. 2. Isomeric: isopropyl. 3. 9002 certified facilities. To ensure both hardware and software compatibility, AdvanSys' products undergo extensive testing with all types of host systems, operating systems, and SCSI peripheral, thus further ensuring a highly reliable product, meeting the needs and expectations of its users. Availability and Pricing The ASC38C0800 chip with I/O PRO is currently sampling and will be available for production shipments in July 1999. The ASB ASB Asbestos ASB Arbeiter Samariter Bund (German medical help organisation) ASB Anti-Social Behaviour ASB Accounting Standards Board (UK FRC) ASB Aarhus School of Business 3940U2W U2W Ultra 2 Wide Ultra2 host adapter board will sample in May 1999 and be available for production shipments in August 1999. The ASC38C0800 will sell for approximately $28.00(USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ) in 1,000 piece quantities and the retail version of the ASB3940U2W will have a suggested retail price of less than $200.00 (USD). Bundled Software The AdvanSys SCSI host adapters come bundled with leading edge software designed to provide novice and professional alike with the best tools available to install and mange mange (mānj), contagious skin disease of domestic and wild animals. The several types of mange, including follicular and sarcoptic mange, are caused by various minute parasitic mites that burrow into skin, hair follicles, or sweat glands. their SCSI peripherals. AdvanSys SuperSCSI software for the PC incorporates the latest SCSI diagnostic software and consists of two components. SuperInstall, which provides speedy, error-free system set-up, software and driver installation and a diagnostic program to ensure all necessary software is in place and ready to function. SuperView, the second component, provides management information on areas such as your SCSI tree, driver registration to IRQ assignments, error messages, details of specific SCSI devices, and provides help screens addressing areas such as adding new devices to a SCSI tree to recommendations for correcting errors. The AdvanSys SCSI Management software for the Mac user includes a suite of CharisMac utilities valued at $250.00. These utilities include the CharisMac Anubis Utility software (allows users to format, initialize To start anew, which typically involves clearing all or some part of memory or disk. , partition, install Macintosh device drivers and test media for defects) and the CharisMac CD AutoCache acceleration software (universal CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). device driver and caching utility). About AdvanSys Advanced System Products, Inc. (AdvanSys) designs, manufactures and markets high performance connectivity solutions including host adapters, software and integrated circuits. At the heart of its connectivity products are the company's cost-effective, high performance application specific RISC processors. The processors optimize computer system performance by reducing and/or eliminating CPU cycles otherwise employed in data transfers between system memory and internal and external devices, including disk drives and removable cartridge drives, CD, CD-RW (CD-ReWritable) The only rewritable CD technology. CD-RW disks look like other CD media, but with close inspection, they have a more polished surface with a very dark blue-gray cast. drives, scanners, printers and other peripherals. The northern California based company sells its high performance connectivity products worldwide to resellers, system and PC integrators, and original equipment manufacturers. Visit AdvanSys at http://www.AdvanSys.com. AdvanSys the company advancing connectivity for office, home and enterprise. |
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