All American Semiconductor Introduces the iKit2000 Internet Appliance Development Kit; Internet Appliance Development Kit Features the Triscend E5 Configurable System-on-Chip.Business Editors MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--February 28, 2000 All American Semiconductor, Inc. (Nasdaq:SEMI), a leading North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. distributor of semiconductors and electronic components, today announced the introduction of its first Internet Appliance Also called "information appliance," "smart appliance," and "Web appliance," it is a device specialized for accessing the Web and/or e-mail. Designed for ease of use, it plugs into a telephone jack or LAN connection for Internet hookup. Development Kit, the iKit2000(TM). "By offering the iKit2000 to our customers, we are providing them with a one-stop development solution that will help speed their time-to-market," said David H. Starr, Director of Technology Sales at All American. "The combination of Triscend's CSoC technology and Seiko Instruments' TCP/IP stack An implementation of the TCP/IP communications protocol. Network architectures designed in layers, such as TCP/IP, OSI and SNA, are called "stacks." See TCP/IP, OSI model and protocol stack. -- based on iReady's Internet Tuner technology -- results in a platform from which virtually any Internet-enabled appliance can be quickly designed and brought to market." A joint development with iP Solutions Corporation (Fremont, CA), the iKit2000 provides an entry-level development system for designers to quickly develop Internet-enabled appliances for industrial control, video, telecommunications, home/business automation and other applications. The iKit2000 features the Seiko Instruments Seiko Instruments Inc. (セイコーインスツル株式会社 S7600A hardware-based TCP/IP/PPP stack and the Triscend TE520 Configurable System-on-Chip (CSoC), as well as the necessary software drivers for embedded Internet application development. The development kit also includes the Triscend FastChip Development System for configuring the TE520. "We are very excited about the many possibilities the S7600A iChip enables, and we are hoping that the design and engineering community will see applications that we've not thought of yet," said Don Feeney, Seiko's Director of Sales. The TE520 is a member of the Triscend E5 family of Configurable System-on-Chip devices. It combines the flexibility of a field programmable gate array See FPGA. (FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) A type of gate array that is programmed in the field rather than in a semiconductor fab. Containing up to hundreds of thousands of gates, there are a variety of FPGA architectures on the market. ) with the added power and cost advantage of an embedded 8032 MCU (1) (MicroController Unit) A computer on a single chip. See microcontroller. (2) (Multipoint Control Unit) A device that is used to moderate a videoconference of three or more end points (users at computers or groups of users core operating at up to 40MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. . The S7600A was designed by Seiko Instruments to provide Internet connectivity to devices using industry-standard controllers. "The iKit2000 is an example of how our Configurable System-on-Chip technology can be easily implemented into a turnkey development platform," said Tim Smith Tim Smith is a common name. Notable people with the name Tim Smith include:
PRICING AND AVAILABILITY The iKit2000, which is scheduled to be available for the middle of March, 2000, is priced at $695 through All American. For more information about the iKit2000, please visit the web site: www.allamerican.com or call (800) 573-2727. ABOUT TRISCEND Founded in 1997, Triscend Corporation is pioneering the Configurable System-on-Chip (CSoC) -- a single-chip combination of a dedicated industry-standard microprocessor, embedded programmable logic, a dedicated system bus, and memory. Triscend CSoC devices, along with the FastChip(TM) Software Development System, eclipse field programmable gate arrays and application specific standard products to provide the next level of integration, time-to-market and programmability required for communications products. Triscend products are sold direct and through distribution partners such as All American in the US, Internix in Japan, and the Memec Group throughout Europe. Triscend is privately held and venture capital funded. The Company is headquartered in Mountain View, California For the census-designated place, see Mountain View, Contra Costa County, California. For other places called "Mountain View", see . Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The city gets its name from the views of the Santa Cruz Mountains. . More information is available at www.triscend.com or by calling (650) 968-8668. ABOUT ALL AMERICAN All American (www.allamerican.com) is recognized as the nation's 5th largest distributor of semiconductors and the 12th largest electronic component distributor overall. The Company has offices in 34 strategic locations throughout North America. |
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