Castleton to use HotHaus DSP Software in Frame Relay Network Access Product.VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 30, 1996-- HotHaus Technologies Inc. announced today that Castleton Network Systems, an affiliate of Newbridge Networks Newbridge Networks was an Ottawa, Ontario, Canada company founded by Canadian/Welsh entrepreneur Terry Matthews. It was founded in 1986 to create data and voice networking products after Matthews was forced out of his original company Mitel. , has selected its HausWare DSP (1) (Digital Signal Processor) A special-purpose CPU used for digital signal processing applications (see definition #2 below). It provides ultra-fast instruction sequences, such as shift and add, and multiply and add, which are commonly used in math-intensive Server software as the core DSP firmware in its new Frame Relay A high-speed packet switching protocol used in wide area networks (WANs). Providing a granular service of up to DS3 speed (45 Mbps), it has become popular for LAN to LAN connections across remote distances, and services are offered by most major carriers. network access product. The Castleton product consolidates toll-quality voice with fax and data to take advantage of the multiplexing and distance insensitive benefits of Frame Relay services. "Our HausWare DSP Server and associated fax algorithm services are a great match with the multi-port, multi-tasking requirements of the Castleton's new network product," said Ross Mitchell Ross Mitchell is an American radio personality. He is known most widely as the announcer on the nationally syndicated Coast to Coast AM with Art Bell and George Noory. , HotHaus' founder and President. "Castleton is well positioned to thrive in the Frame Relay market and we are pleased to play a key role in the success of their new product." HotHaus' HausWare, now available on Texas Instruments' TMS TMS Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (alternative medicine for depression) TMS Test Match Special (sports - cricket) TMS Texas Motor Speedway TMS Transportation Management System TMS Toyota Motor Sales 320C5x, C2xx, C54xDSP families, takes advantage of the common high level architecture of telecommunications products. HausWare reduces the integration and application development time of DSP-based telecommunications products by more than 50 percent, and eliminates the overhead typically required in traditional DSP operating systems, enabling significant time-to-market and cost benefits for telecommunications product designers. "HotHaus' products are playing a crucial role in our effort to apply DSP techniques to optimize network bandwidth utilization by combining compressed voice, fax, and data for transport over a single path," said Greg Celmainis, Vice President of Research and Development, Castleton. "HausWare's straightforward API and integrated fax services have greatly simplified our development task. Another important factor in our decision to select HausWare was the flexibility of the software architecture to allow us to add our own DSP algorithms into the environment." HotHaus, founded in 1994, has a mandate to understand the complex and changing requirements of the telecommunications marketplace and engineer better DSP software solutions for product designers. The company targets telecommunications OEMs with an emphasis on feature phone, PBX (Private Branch eXchange) An inhouse telephone switching system that interconnects telephone extensions to each other as well as to the outside telephone network (PSTN). and key system, computer telephony, and network access applications. Founded in 1995 as an affiliate of Newbridge Networks, Castleton's business focus is digital signal processing See DSP. Digital Signal Processing - (DSP) Computer manipulation of analog signals (commonly sound or image) which have been converted to digital form (sampled). (DSP) applications for the public and private telecommunications markets with an emphasis on applications that enhance present and future Newbridge products. Castleton's strategic direction is the development of new applications with packetized compressed voice, voice-band data, and fax. HotHaus is located at 1B-7218 Progress Way, Delta, B.C., V4G 1H2, Tel: 604/946-0060, Fax: 604/946-5811, URL URL 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. : http://www.hothaus.com. CONTACT: IPRA IPRA International Public Relations Association IPRA International Peace Research Association IPRA Illinois Park and Recreation Association IPRA International Professional Rodeo Association IPRA Internet Policy Registration Authority Dick Davies, 415/777-4161 or HotHaus Technologies Paul Shore, 604-946-0060 shore@hothaus.com or Castleton Network Systems Greg Celmainis, 604/293-0039 gregc@newbridge.com |
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