Dune Networks' PETRA Wins Best Switching Product of the Year.The PETRA Device Family is Recognized for Driving Mass-Adoption of 10G Ethernet Ethernet Telecommunications networking protocol introduced by Xerox Corp. in 1979. It was developed as an inexpensive way of sending information quickly between office machines connected together in a single room or building, but it rapidly became a standard computer for Carrier Ethernet, Enterprise, and Data Center Networks SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Dune dune, mound or ridge of wind-blown sand formed in arid regions and along coasts. Dunes are common in most of the great deserts of the world. Often a dune begins to form because material is deposited by the wind as it encounters a bush, a rock, or other obstacle to Networks, a provider of networking devices for Metro Ethernet A metropolitan area network (MAN) that uses a 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) backbone rather than SONET/SDH links. Ethernet offers a more economical alternative. In a Metro Ethernet network, multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) may be deployed to provide quality of service (QoS). , Enterprise, and Data Center platforms, announced today that it has been awarded the Best Network Switching Product for 2008 by En-Genius Network. Founded in 2001 under the banner of analogZONE, the expanded site that has become the EN-Genius Network is the premier source of information for electronic design engineers working in the fields of power management, audio/video, acquisition, connectivity, networking, wireless applications, dsp, programmable logic See PLD. , and green engineering. Lee Goldberg For the weather forecaster, see . Lee Goldberg is a novelist and television writer whose TV writing and/or producing credits include Diagnosis Murder, A Nero Wolfe Mystery, Hunter, Spenser For Hire, She-Wolf of London, , Senior Technical Editor at EN-Genius, stated, "We have observed Dune successfully driving switching and traffic-management architectures in the Carrier and Enterprise marketplace for the last few years. Further integrating packet processing into their product line can shift the market. Based on Dune's track record of delivering its promises and the basic soundness of their switch architecture, we think that they have a good chance of reaching their self-declared price/performance target of delivering 10GE silicon at around three times the cost of 1GE silicon, which they feel is necessary to drive 10GbE to mass adoption." Ori Aruj, Vice President of Marketing at Dune Networks, announced "We are excited and proud to be a recipient of the 2008 Best Network Switching Product by En-Genius for our highly integrated PETRA family, which has quadrupled the level of integration when compared to devices available in the market today. Our development has significantly reduced: the cost of systems, power-dissipation, and chip-count. The En-Genius award is an affirmation A solemn and formal declaration of the truth of a statement, such as an Affidavit or the actual or prospective testimony of a witness or a party that takes the place of an oath. An affirmation is also used when a person cannot take an oath because of religious convictions. for Dune's leading technology offering as well as the recognition of Dune's leadership position in the switching market." The PETRA Product Family By quadrupling quad·ru·ple adj. 1. Consisting of four parts or members. 2. Four times as much in size, strength, number, or amount. 3. Music Having four beats to the measure. n. the level of integration of devices in the market today, the PETRA family drives the evolution of Ethernet switches A device that connects clients and servers to each other in an Ethernet network. See switched Ethernet. toward dense 10GE-port systems. The PETRA family enables the economic design of non-blocking switches with deep buffering and densities of hundreds of 10GE ports in a single shelf. The devices further support 40GE or OC768c-rate ports and are ready for 100GE port rates. The PETRA family enables system vendors to structure a range of products that share the same switching and traffic-management infrastructure, while taking into account different densities and different applications. Vendors can design a small, cost-effective chassis Pronounced "chah-see," it is a physical structure that holds everything or that everything is attached to. A computer's cabinet is often called the chassis. by meshing several PETRA devices, without the need for fabric devices/cards. One could design a half-rack chassis with densities of hundreds of 10GE ports by interconnecting the PETRA devices with the fabric element devices. Multiple chassis of different sizes can be interconnected in a non-blocking, resilient See resiliency. way via a multi-stage fabric arrangement, supporting a world record of over 100Tbps of line-rate capacity or thousands of 10GE ports or 40GE/100GE equivalent. System vendors who ship large numbers of switching platforms based on earlier generations of SAND devices (e.g. FAP (language) FAP - The assembly language for Sperry-Rand 1103 and 1103A. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. 10V/20V/11V/21V, FE200) are now able to enhance their deployed switching systems Switching systems (communications) The assemblies of switching and control devices provided so that any station in a communications system may be connected as desired with any other station. . New line cards, with higher 10GE ports density, or supporting 40GE/OC768c port rates, can be plugged into the legacy deployed systems. The PETRA family maintains Dune's backward compatibility See backward compatible. (jargon) backward compatibility - Able to share data or commands with older versions of itself, or sometimes other older systems, particularly systems it intends to supplant. methodology and can extend a product life-cycle to over 10 years. Availability and Pricing Dune Networks is currently offering trials of the PETRA P130, P220, P230 and P330 to selected customers. Pricing is available upon request. ABOUT EN-GENIUS NETWORK Founded in 2001 under the banner of analogZONE, the expanded site that has become the EN-Genius Network is the premier source of information for electronic design engineers working in the fields of power management, audio/video, acquisition, connectivity, networking, wireless applications, dsp, programmable logic, and green engineering. Sub-zones in the site cover these specific fields, allowing designers to focus directly on products of interest, including timely and insightful reviews. News headlines and a calendar of events keep readers current, knowledgeable, and informed, while companion zones providing detailed technical notes and guest columns -- along with the usual trenchant commentary by our editors -- offer a wealth of information in an independent arena free from the limited detail permitted in print publications. ABOUT DUNE NETWORKS Dune Networks (www.dunenetworks.com) is a semiconductor supplier of networking devices, facilitating the build of Data Center, Enterprise and Carrier Ethernet solutions. Dune provides a switching solution that truly scales in capacity, port rate, and service scheme. This extends the life cycle of packet platforms from the legacy 3 years up to 10 years and more, revolutionizing the economics of packet networks. Founded in the year 2000, Dune offices are located in Sunnyvale, California Sunnyvale ([sʌniveil]) is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is one of the major cities that make up the Silicon Valley. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 131,760. , and in Yakum, Israel. Copyright [c] 2009 Dune. All Rights Reserved. PETRA, SPAUI, SAND, FAP10M, FAP10/20V, FE, FE200, FE600, Negev, and Gobi are all trademarks and the property of Dune. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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