Banderacom Demonstrates Early-to-Market Multi-Vendor InfiniBand Solutions.Business Editors & High Tech Writers Networld+Interop 2001 LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 2001 Banderacom, a leading fabless InfiniBand semiconductor company, and Lane15 Software, a leading developer of InfiniBand management software, today announced they are demonstrating multi-vendor early-to-market InfiniBand and networking equipment connected to illustrate the capabilities of InfiniBand at the Networld+Interop (N+I) trade show. Other collaborators in the demonstration are: -- QLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QLGC), a storage area network (SAN) infrastructure provider; -- Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC), the world's largest chip maker; -- Wind River Systems (NASDAQ: WIND), a leading provider of software and services for connected smart devices in the Internet age; and, -- Computer Access Technology Corporation (NASDAQ: CATZ), a provider of advanced verification systems and connectivity products for existing and emerging digital communications standards. The demonstration will take place in Banderacom's booth (4829A) and Lane15's booth (4829D) in the InfiniBand Pavilion from May 8 until May 10. "Banderacom is working with its partners to demonstrate complete systems made from early-to-market equipment from several different vendors," said Les Crudele, 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. , Banderacom. "Successful cooperation among early suppliers is the necessary precondition to realize InfiniBand's potential to break the bandwidth bottleneck in the first fifty feet of Internet infrastructure. InfiniBand will unleash the potential of the Internet to deliver broadband services to anyone at any time." "Lane15 is committed to developing fabric management software that enables full-scale, heterogeneous InfiniBand networks," said Alisa Nessler, president and CEO, Lane15 Software. "Previous demonstrations of Lane15's InfiniBand management software working with Banderacom's IBandit chip and Wind River's VxWorks marked a significant milestone. The inclusion of additional leading InfiniBand hardware vendors in our N+I demonstration is equally important to accelerating the adoption of InfiniBand architecture." The Banderacom demonstration features equipment from multiple vendors utilizing Intel's or Banderacom's InfiniBand semiconductor devices. All of the vendors' InfiniBand equipment is connected through a 16-port InfiniBand switch developed and supplied by QLogic. Banderacom's IBandit InfiniBand chip-set is demonstrated in an InfiniBand-to-Ethernet target channel adaptor (TCA TCA 1. trichloroacetic acid. 2. tricarboxylic acid cycle (Krebs cycle). TCA Tricyclic antidepressant, see there ) running Wind River Systems' VxWorks real time operating system A master control program that can provide immediate response to input signals and transactions. See real time system and embedded Linux. (RTOS (1) (RealTime Operating System) An operating system designed for use in a real time computer system. See real time system, embedded system, process control and OS-9. ). IBandit is also demonstrated on other TCAs running VxWorks or Microsoft Windows 2000. Each piece of equipment in the demonstration utilizes subnet (SUBNETwork) A logical division of a local area network, which is created to improve performance and provide security. To enhance performance, subnets limit the number of nodes that compete for available bandwidth. management agent (SMA (1) See SMA connector. (2) (Shared Memory Architecture) See shared video memory. (3) (Software Maintenance Association) A membership organization that began in 1985 and ended in 1996. ) software programs developed by Lane15 and Intel. The entire demonstration is managed by a Lane15 Software Fabric Manager program, and is controlled remotely by a graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to running in the Lane15 Software booth. "Banderacom is clearly the leader in InfiniBand target channel adapter silicon," said Rob Davis, vice president of advanced technology, QLogic Corporation, the first company to develop an InfiniBand switch. "Early demonstrations of robust InfiniBand solutions such as this one at N+I are essential to establishing the groundwork for broad deployment of InfiniBand over the next few years." "Intel enthusiastically supports working with Banderacom to demonstrate early-to-market InfiniBand solutions," said Jim Pappas, director of initiative marketing for Intel's Fabric Components Division. "Intel is working with the industry to create a broad range of InfiniBand products, and Banderacom's TCA products will help enable a rich array of target devices that take advantage of the benefits that InfiniBand fabric connectivity offers." "Banderacom is an important WindLink(TM) partner and its InfiniBand solution is a critical enabler for the next generation of server and storage devices," said David Fraser, vice president and general manager of Wind River's Networks business unit. "One of our goals is to be a leading supplier for InfiniBand-powered devices and this growing networking market. Our early work with InfiniBand silicon leader Banderacom is a key component of that strategy." "Accurately assessing the functionality of InfiniBand solutions is an essential consideration as the industry migrates away from existing interconnection technologies," said Paretz Tzarnotzky, vice president and chief technology officer of CATC CATC Cisco Academy Training Center CATC Computer Access Technology Corporation (Santa Clara, CA, USA) CATC Clean Air Technology Center CATC Combined Arms Training Center CATC Calhoun Area Technology Center . "CATC's industry-leading verification systems will ensure standards compliance and interoperability at every stage of development and deployment of InfiniBand hardware and software." ABOUT INFINIBAND ARCHITECTURE InfiniBand architecture is an industry standards-based interconnection technology that dramatically increases scalability, reliability and flexibility of server and storage systems used in modern networks. InfiniBand architecture is expected to replace Gigabit Ethernet, Fiber Channel, 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. and PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). as the technologies currently required to connect today's storage and server networks. InfiniBand architecture provides a universal interconnect fabric enabling new, lower cost, higher performance and more reliable networks that are not possible today. ABOUT LANE15 SOFTWARE Lane15 Software is the leading developer of fabric management software for heterogeneous InfiniBand networks. The company's open, vendor-neutral products will be an early requirement for the development, testing, and deployment of InfiniBand hardware products as well as a key to the successful exploitation of InfiniBand in customer environments. InfiniBand hardware and software vendors will benefit from reduced time-to-market for new InfiniBand products, lower development costs for building required fabric management elements, ensured interoperability, and vastly accelerated customer and industry adoption of InfiniBand technology. Lane15 is headquartered in Austin, Texas. The company is a member of the InfiniBand Trade Association The InfiniBand Trade Association (IBTA) is the standards organization that defines and maintains the InfiniBand specification. It is an industry consortium. The IBTA was established in 1999, and its most prominent members include Cisco, IBM, Intel, Mellanox, QLogic, Sun and . For additional information about Lane15, visit www.lane15.com. ABOUT COMPUTER ACCESS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION CATC (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : CATZ) is a provider of advanced verification systems and connectivity products for existing and emerging digital communications standards such as USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. , IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 1394, Bluetooth wireless technology, InfiniBand and Ethernet. CATC products are used by semiconductor, device, system and software companies at each phase of their products' lifecycles from development through production and market deployment. CATC verification systems consist of development and production products that accurately monitor communications traffic and diagnose operational problems to ensure standards compliance and interoperability as well as assist system manufacturers to download software onto new computers. CATC connectivity products enable reliable, uninterrupted service for broadband Internet access Broadband Internet access, often shortened to just "broadband", is high speed Internet access—typically contrasted with dial-up access over modem. Dial-up modems are generally only capable of a maximum bitrate of 56 kbit/s (kilobits per second) and require the full use of a . CATC was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. . CATC can be found on the web at www.catc.com. ABOUT QLOGIC CORP. QLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QLGC) is changing the way the world views Storage Area Networks (SANs), serving OEMs, VARs and system integrators with the only end-to-end SAN infrastructure in the industry. With over 15 years of enterprise storage experience, the company delivers a full range of Fibre Channel switches Major manufacturers of Fibre Channel switches are: Brocade, Cisco, McData and Qlogic.
MTI Metal Treating Institute MTI Moving Target Indicator (radar) MTI Magyar Távirati Iroda (news agency in Budapest, Hungary) Technology Corp., Quantum, Raidtec, Siemens, Sony, Sun, Unisys, VERITAS and XIOtech. For more information about QLogic and its products, contact QLogic Corp., 26600 Laguna Hills Drive, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656; telephone: 800/662-4471 (sales); 949/389-6000 (corporate); fax: 949/389-6126; home page http://www.qlogic.com. Note: All QLogic-issued press releases appear on the company's web site (www.qlogic.com). Any announcement that does not appear on the QLogic web site has not been issued by QLogic. ABOUT WIND RIVER SYSTEMS Wind River is a worldwide leader in embedded software. Wind River provides software development tools, real-time operating systems, and advanced connectivity for use in products throughout the Internet, telecommunications and data communications, digital imaging, digital consumer electronics, networking, medical, computer peripherals, automotive, industrial automation and control, and aerospace/defense markets. Wind River is how smart things think. Founded in 1983, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations in sixteen countries worldwide. ABOUT BANDERACOM Banderacom is an Austin, TX-based fabless semiconductor company A fabless semiconductor company specializes in the design and sale of hardware devices implemented on semiconductor chips. It achieves an advantage by outsourcing the fabrication of the devices to a specialized semiconductor manufacturer called a semiconductor foundry or "fab. focused on dramatically increasing the performance and reliability of networking, storage, and server system products in the dynamic new world of InfiniBand. Banderacom provides flexible, high performance semiconductors based on InfiniBand specifications. Banderacom is also an active member of the InfiniBand Trade Association's Compatibility and Interoperability Working Group (CIWG CIWG Critical Infrastructure Working Group CIWG Collaboration Interoperability Working Group CIWG Communications Interoperability Working Group CIWG Cyberinfrastructure Working Group CIWG Combat Identification Working Group CIWG Critical Interfaces Working Group ) and will participate in the first InfiniBand plugfest in June in Orlando, Florida. Banderacom was founded in 1999 by a veteran team from the microprocessor and communications semiconductor industries. Banderacom is funded by multiple capital partners including Austin Ventures, Intel, and Jato Tech Ventures. Banderacom is a member of the InfiniBand Trade Association (www.infinibandta.org). For more information visit our website at www.banderacom.com, or call 512/302-0002. |
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