CompactPCI Pioneer and Champion to Deliver Keynote Speech at PC Developers' Conference in Santa Clara.SAN LUIS OBISPO San Luis Obispo (săn l  `ĭs ōbĭs`pō), city (1990 pop. 41,958), seat of San Luis Obispo co., S Calif., near San Luis Obispo Bay; inc. 1856. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 12, 1999-- Ziatech Product Marketing Manager to Explore Hot CompactPCI(R) Applications; Company to Also Showcase New High-Availability Technology Jim Medeiros, chief architect and champion of the CompactPCI(R) bus architecture, will deliver the conference keynote speech keynote speech n. See keynote address. Noun 1. keynote speech - a speech setting forth the keynote keynote address keynote - the principal theme in a speech or literary work Monday, May 24, at the PC Developers' Conference & Expo in Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif. The Ziatech Corp. visionary will explore the role of applied computing platforms, such as CompactPCI, in building the Internet infrastructure. The keynote speech begins at 8:45 a.m. and kicks off this fifth annual conference and trade show, a four-day event that incorporates current and evolving technologies in PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). , 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. , Windows CE, CompactPCI and other areas where mainstream technologies and embedded systems merge. Medeiros will discuss how the data and telecommunications markets are migrating away from circuit-based solutions to packet-based technologies, and how this migration has created strong demand for reliable computing platforms such as CompactPCI. Medeiros will explore areas where CompactPCI has been successfully deployed and other areas where it is just now being considered. A Second Ziatech Seminar: HA with Intel Architecture In a separate conference venue, Ziatech Telecommunications Product Manager Pete Holmes will make a presentation titled "High Availability With Intel Architecture Platforms," on Wednesday, May 26, at 8 a.m. The presentation reviews an array of high-availability approaches to establishing carrier-grade reliability on CompactPCI systems. These approaches include Ziatech's new High Availability Redundant Processing System Architecture. Ziatech to Showcase New CompactPCI Capabilities at Booth No. 407 Ziatech will also showcase several CompactPCI technologies at the exhibit portion of the event, including the company's new High Availability System and CompactNET(TM) Multiprocessing System. The exhibits are open from 3 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 25, and from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 26. Ziatech is in Booth No. 407. Contact Ziatech at www.ziatech.com, info@ziatech.com or 805/541-0488 for a free admission pass to the keynote speech, all exhibits and two industry receptions. More information on the PC Developers' Conference & Expo can also be found at http://www.annabooks.com. About Ziatech Ziatech is an ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001-certified company that manufactures embedded computers based on two standards, the STD (Subscriber Trunk Dialing) Long distance dialing outside of the U.S. that does not require operator intervention. STD prefix codes are required and billing is based on call units, which are a fixed amount of money in the currency of that country. 32(R) bus and CompactPCI bus. Ziatech created these standards and offers the industry's most comprehensive product offerings of both STD 32 and CompactPCI. These embedded computer standards utilize Intel-type processors, run a variety of PC operating systems (MS-DOS MS-DOS in full Microsoft Disk Operating System Operating system for personal computers. MS-DOS was based on DOS, developed in 1980 by Seattle Computer Products. Microsoft Corp. bought the rights to DOS in 1981, and released MS-DOS with IBM's PC that year. , Windows(R) NT, QNX A multiuser, multitasking, real time operating system for PCs from QNX Software Systems, Ltd., Ottawa, Ontario (www.qnx.com), that is noted for its low-memory requirement and rapid response. Similar to Unix, it has been in use since the early 1980s. (R), and VxWorks(R)) and provide a reliable computing architecture for OEMs automating telecommunications, data-communications and industrial- automation applications. Ziatech partners with SCI (Scalable Coherent Interface) An IEEE standard for a high-speed bus that uses wire or fiber-optic cable. It can transfer data up to 1GBytes/sec. (hardware) SCI - 1. Scalable Coherent Interface. 2. UART. , the world's largest contract manufacturer of electronics, to manufacture its computer products. With headquarters in San Luis Obispo, on California's Central Coast, Ziatech operates a worldwide network of representatives and distributors, with sales offices throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. Ziatech was established in 1976. Note to Editors: CompactPCI is a registered trademark of the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group. STD 32 is a registered trademark of Ziatech Corp. Other product names or titles may be the trademarks of their respective holders. |
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