Bustronic Debuts New 20 Slot ISA+PCI Backplane.FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 10, 1996--Bustronic Corp., an industry leading manufacturer of high-performance backplanes, today announced the introduction of their 20 slot ISA (1) (Instruction Set Architecture) See instruction set. (2) (Interactive Services Association) See Internet Alliance. (3) (Internet Security and Acceleration) See .NET. +PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). backplane An interconnecting device that has sockets for printed circuit boards to plug into. Passive and Active Although resistors may be used, a "passive" backplane adds no processing in the circuit. . Utilizing an advanced computer simulation design, the newest backplane delivers the industry's lowest noise and lowest crosstalk. Conforming to the latest 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. standards, the new 20 slot ISA+PCI backplanes provide superior performance for high speed data transfer and multi-tasking capabilities. Bustronic's new 20 slot ISA+PCI backplane ensures maximum signal quality and noise suppression through the proprietary stripline eight layer construction. Providing 15 ISA slots, 4 PCI slots and 1 SBC (1) (SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio, TX, www.sbc.com) A large, national telecommunications company that grew from a multitude of local and regional companies, including Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell, into a single, unified brand by 2002. slot, the new backplane permits the use of standard ISA and PCI adapter/controller cards in the same computer. The backplane is capable of using +5VDC VDC Volts Direct Current VDC Venture Development Corporation VDC Vehicle Dynamic Control VDC Village Development Committee (Nepal) VDC Virtual Data Center VdC Verband der Cigarettenindustrie and +3.3VDC. Maintaining PICMG compatibility, the 3.3 volt power for the PCI bus PCI bus - Peripheral Component Interconnect connectors is derived from the single board computer and not the power supply. A key Bustronic feature of the new backplane is the input power indication via discrete LEDs for all voltages. "Bustronic delivers significant performance enhancements with our new 20 slot ISA+PCI backplane," said Fred Hirsch, president of Bustronic. "Historically, our backplanes have outperformed the competition. Today Bustronic is leading the industry with our ISA and PCI technologies." The newest addition to Bustronic's ISA+PCI backplane family also features distributed, high and low frequency power filter capacitors and ground outer layers for shielding and mechanical protection. Specifically designed to fit within standard industrial PC enclosures, the 20 slot ISA+PCI backplane is mechanically compatible with thousands of commercial and industrial PC chassis and enclosures available on the market. Offering high power capacity, coupled with unparalleled power and ground distribution, Bustronic's new backplane sets the industry standard. Company Background Founded in 1989, Bustronic Corp. specializes in the design and manufacture of high-performance backplanes in its Fremont, Calif. facility. Bustronic has a complete line of custom and industry-standard backplanes, including CompactPCI, ISA+PCIbus, and VME (Virtual Machine Environment) An operating system from Fujitsu Services (formerly ICL) that runs on its Series 39 mainframes. Introduced in 1975, VME is a comprehensive product that provides a variety of utilities for datacenter operations. 64, VMEbus, and VXIbus. The company's application engineers develop custom backplane designs from initial concept to finished product. Bustronic is an executive member of PICMG and can be found on the World Wide Web at: http://www.bustronic.com . CONTACT: Bustronic Corp., Fremont Donn Dickerman, 510/490-7388 or The Loomis Group, Inc. Bruce Bedortha, 415/882-9494 |
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