Avici Systems and Frequency Technology Announce Strategic Partnership; Companies Move Forward With Next-Generation ASICs.BILLERICA, Mass. and SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 26, 1999-- Avici Systems, Inc., (www.avici.com) developer of the first commercially deployed terabit switch/router, today announced a strategic partnership with Frequency Technology to further develop Avici's patented application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs). These ASICs will enable Avici to begin developing the next generation of its TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident) Refers to a program that remains in memory when the user exits it in order that it be immediately available at the press of a hotkey. (R). Avici is implementing the Frequency Technology Columbus(R) Interconnect Modeler, gaining an early lead in interconnect performance for deep-submicron processes. Columbus is Frequency Technology's solution to help designers implement chips where interconnect dominates performance. Columbus delivers industry-leading accuracy and unlimited capacity for interconnect modeling, enabling designers to leverage maximum performance and reduce design iterations. "The combination of Avici's state-of-the-art ASICs and Frequency's best-of-breed testing solution is ensuring our leadership role in ASICs development," said Surya Panditi, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Avici. "By partnering with Frequency, we are enabling the services, quality and performance that next-generation digital service providers require." "Today's fast-paced market benefits from partnerships like we have with Avici," said Alain Labat, president and CEO of Frequency Technology. "The basis of this relationship is that Frequency's leading technology is providing a cutting-edge advantage to Avici. This will enable Avici to move into the next phase of product development, assuring carrier class quality." Avici's TSR can support a vast number of multi-megabit, "always-on" Internet connections and enable truly low-cost integrated broadband Webtone services. It scales easily from 2.5 gigabits to 6 terabits and assures throughput for native TCP/IP-based Internet traffic Internet traffic is the flow of data around the Internet. It includes web traffic, which is the amount of that data that is related to the World Wide Web, along with the traffic from other major uses of the Internet, such as electronic mail and peer-to-peer networks. at 10,000 times the speed of existing architecture at roughly 1/10th the cost. The product's high resiliency internetwork control software incorporates thin-Layer 1 and 2 for ease of optical integration and support of frame relay, ATM and SONET. Also, the TSR's self-healing switch fabric is inherently self-redundant, removing the need for "backup" ports and allowing full capacity for revenue generation. About Frequency Frequency Technology, Inc. was founded in 1995 to focus exclusively on developing solutions that improve the performance of sub-quarter micron designs. Frequency's tools enable designers to accurately predict the performance of the interconnect. In 1997, the company launched Columbus(R) Interconnect Modeler, the only technology which accurately models the interconnect in deep-submicron designs, and the first of its complete family of electronic design automation tools based on the company's patented Exact Topological Decomposition algorithm. In 1999, the company introduced Cartier(TM), the industry's first clock tree analysis solution, and Copernicus(TM), a unique solution for post-layout optimization. Frequency created the SIPPs standard for interconnect performance which is now sponsored by Si2. The company has raised venture funding from IVP IVP abbr. intravenous pyelogram IVP (Intravenous pyelogram) The use of a dye, injected into the veins, used to locate kidney stones. Also used to determine the anatomy of the urinary system. , Sigma Partners, Menlo Ventures, Atlas Venture, Sofinnova and Skywood Ventures. The company is located at Technology Station, 469 El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : www.frequency.com. Frequency is a Cadence Design Systems (company) Cadence Design Systems - A company that sells electronic design automation software and services. http://cadence.com/. See also Verilog. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CDN (Content Delivery Network) A system of distributed content on a large intranet or the public Internet in which copies of content are replicated and cached throughout the network. ) Alanza Connections partner, a member of Mentor Graphics' (Nasdaq:MENT) Open Door program and a member of Synopsys (Nasdaq:SNPS SNPS Space Nuclear Power System ) in-Sync program. About Avici Systems Avici Systems, Inc., headquartered in North Billerica, is the premier global provider of multi-terabit switch/router technology aimed at creating the next generation high-performance, IP-based carrier networks for the 21st century. The company recently shipped its Terabit Switch Router (TSR(TM)), the industry's first commercially deployed terabit-capable backbone solution. Avici's patented technology, with superior scalability, resiliency, and port density, is enabling the first optical "speed of light" Internet backbone and is the ideal choice for worldwide facilities-based carriers and ISPs. Visit Avici's World Wide Website at http://www.avici.com |
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