Avnet Applied Computing to Integrate Family of Compact PCI Products From Intel Corp.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 27, 2002 Avnet Applied Computing Wednesday announced it will integrate PICMG An industry consortium that develops specifications for backplanes and interconnects for electronic equipment in the industrial and telecom fields. It was founded in 1994 as the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group, hence the acronym. * 2.16-compliant Compact PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). (cPCI) products from Intel. The PICMG 2.16-compliant cPCI board-level components allow developers to build powerful, cost-effective network hardware that increases the availability, maintainability, and manageability of public networks. Avnet Applied Computing's customers can now take advantage of these components to cut time to market for communications-intensive products like Web, e-mail and cache servers, VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. switches and media gateways. "Customers in the networking arena will benefit from the PICMG 2.16-compliant products offered by Intel, and we're ready to support this line immediately," said Josh Napua, president of the Applied Computing Solutions division of Avnet Applied Computing. PICMG 2.16 products are based on popular standards such as CompactPCI, Ethernet and TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. to reduce costs and simplify development of cPCI-based solutions. PICMG 2.16's ability to combine the high-availability and hot swap To pull out a component from a system and plug in a new one while the main power is still on. Also called "hot plug" and "hot insertion," hot swap is a feature of USB devices, allowing an external drive, network adapter or other peripheral to be plugged in without having to power down the capabilities of CompactPCI with the broad acceptance of Ethernet gives Avnet Applied Computing customers a formidable off-the-shelf solution for next-generation Internet and voice communications network The transmission channels interconnecting all client and server stations as well as all supporting hardware and software. equipment. "Avnet Applied Computing brings a strong roster of support offerings to the table for embedded computing customers, as demonstrated by their technology showcases, development labs, and Avnet FasTrac Web portal," said Horace Morana, channel development manager, Embedded Intel Architecture Division. "Avnet Applied Computing's ability to support and integrate our PICMG 2.16-compliant line of products should help technologies like 3G wireless, VoIP, and ubiquitous broadband continue to gain in popularity." About Avnet Applied Computing Launched in October 1999, Avnet Applied Computing is Avnet's newest and fastest growing operating group, with operations in North America, Europe and Asia. Avnet Applied Computing has structured itself to serve original equipment manufacturers and system builders that use computing technologies such as CPUs, mass storage, displays, embedded computing boards, commercial motherboards, memory modules, networking and software products. Its related services include engineering assistance, supply-chain management, financing, physical distribution and integration of end products. Its Web site is located at www.aac.avnet.com. About Avnet Phoenix-based Avnet Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AVT AVT avian arginine vasotocin. See vasotocin. ) is a Fortune 500 company, serving customers in 63 countries, with fiscal 2001 sales of $12.8 billion (year ended June 30, 2001). Avnet, a global technology marketing and services company, is one of the world's largest distributors of semiconductors, interconnect, passive and electromechanical The use of electricity to run moving parts. Disk drives, printers and motors are examples. Electromechanical systems must be designed for the eventual deterioration of moving components that wear over time. The first TVs were electromechanical systems (see video/TV history). components, embedded systems and computer products from leading manufacturers. Intel is a trademark or registered trademark of Intel Corp. or its subsidiaries in the United States. |
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