Corporate Profile for HotRail Inc., dated Aug. 6, 1999.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The following Corporate Profile is available for inclusion in your files. News releases for this client are distributed by Business Wire and also become part of the leading databases and online services, including all of the leading Internet-based services. -0-
Published Date: Aug. 6, 1999
Company Name: HotRail Inc.
Address: 2075 Zanker Road
San Jose, CA 95131
Main Telephone
Number: 408/467-4451
Internet Home
Page Address
(URL) hotrail.com
Chief Executive
Officer: Rick Shriner
Public Relations
Contact: Bobbie Sorensen
Business number: 408/467-4470
E-mail address: bsorensen@hotrail.com
Industry: Fabless Semiconductor
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Company description: Founded in 1993, HotRail Inc. is a privately held, 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. developing state-of-the-art switched fabric technology that is applicable to a variety of applications in the computing and networking markets. HotRail will initially focus its resources on the symmetrical multiprocessing multiprocessing Mode of computer operation in which two or more processors (see CPU) are connected and are active at the same time. In such a system, each processor is executing a different program or set of instructions, thus increasing computation speed over a (SMP (Symmetric MultiProcessing) A multiprocessing architecture in which multiple CPUs, residing in one cabinet, share the same memory. SMP systems provide scalability. As business increases, additional CPUs can be added to absorb the increased transaction volume. ) server and workstation market and is designing advanced high performance and low cost SMP core logic chip sets that are ideal for data-flow intensive applications such as web serving, e-commerce and networking, as well as traditional transaction-focused applications such as database warehousing, business transaction processing Updating the appropriate database records as soon as a transaction (order, payment, etc.) is entered into the computer. It may also imply that confirmations are sent at the same time. Transaction processing systems are the backbone of an organization because they update constantly. (ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. , OLTP (OnLine Transaction Processing) See transaction processing and OLCP. OLTP - On-Line Transaction Processing , etc.), financial analysis and computer visualization. |
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