Bustronic Quadruples VME Bandwidth with New VME320 Backplane; New VME backplane quadruples bandwidth to 320 MB/s while maintaining 100% backwards compatibility with existing VME, VME64 and proposed VME64x boards.FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 9, 1997--Bustronic Corporation today announced the debut of the 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. 320 VME backplane. The revolutionary new VME320 backplane allows data transfers to occur at a rate over four times faster than conventional VME backplanes. Based on patent pending technology created by Arizona Digital the internal construction of the VME320 backplanes differs significantly from conventional VME backplanes. The result is that the equivalent circuit of the new backplane is a simple lumped 200 pF capacitance -- not a slow, low-impedance, ringing transmission line as with conventional backplanes. Therefore, the rise and fall times of the signals are very clean and monotonic monotonic - In domain theory, a function f : D -> C is monotonic (or monotone) if for all x,y in D, x <= y => f(x) <= f(y). ("<=" is written in LaTeX as \sqsubseteq). allowing a faster signaling protocol It is a protocol used to identify signaling encapsulation. Signaling is used to identify the state of connection between telephones or VOIP terminals ( IP telephone or PCs or VoWLAN units ). List of signaling protocols:
"Having ignited a firestorm of controversy with our introduction of the VME320 in January, I am more confident than ever that the VMEbus will last well into the next century," stated Fred Hirsch, general manager of Bustronic. "When used with the Source Synchronous data Synchronous data Information available at the same time. To test option-pricing models, the price of the option and of the underlying should be synchronous and reflect the same moment in the market. transfer protocol, the VME320 is so simple that its brilliant. Our VME320 backplane has been subjected to a broad variety of tests that have proven it capable of even more than we originally thought possible." Bustronic's introduction of the VME320 backplane has virtually eliminated the incentive to migrate to other bus designs. With 21 slots fully loaded, the VME320 is significantly faster than the touted CPCI See CompactPCI. backplane which only has 8 slots. At 320 MB/s for the VME320 versus 264 MB/s for the CPCI, there is no advantage for system designers to change busses and incur new learning curves, product delays, increased costs and higher risks. Furthermore, the VME320 backplane is transparently compatible with the massive base of existing VME hardware and software enabling (programming) software enabling - (Or "enabling") Modification of the design or implementation of software to allow internationalisation to take place. In particular, enabling may refer to the modification of software to support double-byte character sets, hence "Unicode current designs to be enhanced rather than replaced. The VME320 also incorporates the soon to be approved VME64x specifications which include +3.3 volt and +/-48 volt power distribution, hot swap capability and many more ground pins. The new VME320 backplane, with a number of key performance benefits, also sets a value standard by utilizing proven technology that can be manufactured at essentially the same cost as conventional backplanes. About Arizona Digital Arizona Digital is located in Scottsdale, Arizona. The Company's president, Drew Berding, has been in high technology design since 1958 and founded several companies, including Advanced Memory Systems (Intersil), Dawn Technology (a turn-key engineering design house) and Ultra Network Technology (200 MB/s channel interfaces to the Cray XMP-48). Berding designed most of Bustronic Corporation's VME, VXI (VME EXtensions for Instrumentation) A peripheral bus specialized for data acquisition and real time control systems. Introduced in 1987, VXI uses all Eurocard form factors and adds trigger lines, a local bus and other functions suited for measurement applications. , 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). , CPCI and FutureBus product line. Bustronic and Berding enjoy a long-term technical partnership. Arizona Digital granted a license to Bustronic for the VME320 technology. About Bustronic Corporation Founded in 1989, Bustronic Corporation specializes in the design and manufacture of high-performance backplanes in its Fremont, California facility. Bustronic has a complete line of custom and industry-standard backplanes, including Compact PCI, ISA + PCIbus, and VME64, VMEbus, and VXIbus. The company's application engineers develop custom backplane designs from initial concept to finished product. Bustronic is an ELMA ELMA Elastomania (game) ELMA El Malpais National Monument (US National Park Service) ELMA Embedded Loop Mode Antenna Electronic company. ELMA, based in Wetzikon, Switzerland and Fremont, California, is a global leader in electronic enclosures and components with facilities or representation in over 22 countries and is publicly traded on the Swiss Stock Exchange. Bustronic is an executive member of 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. (TM) and can be found on the World Wide Web at: www.bustronic.com . -0- Note to editors: photographs may be obtained by contacting Bruce Bedortha at The Loomis Group. CONTACT: Bustronic Corporation Fred Hirsch, 510/490-7388 fhirsch@bustronic.com or Arizona Digital Drew Berding 104152.2307@compuserve.com or The Loomis Group, Inc. Bruce Bedortha, 415/882-9494 bruce@loomisgroup.com |
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