InfiniSwitch Demonstrates Leading High-Capacity InfiniBand Switch at InfiniBand Trade Association Spring Developers' Conference.Business/Technology Editors WESTBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 19, 2001 InfiniBand Leaders Intel, VIEO, Lane15 Software and Banderacom To Feature InfiniSwitch Technology InfiniSwitch Corporation, identified by analyst firm International Data Corporation (IDC) as an "early leader" in developing InfiniBand(TM) switching technology designed for the data center, today announced the first public demonstration of its InfiniBand switching technology. InfiniSwitch will exhibit an InfiniBand switch fabric that includes technology from Dell Computer Corporation (company) Dell Computer Corporation - One of the biggest US manufacturers of IBM PC compatibles. "From notebooks to networks", their slogan says. http://us.dell.com. , IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Intel Corporation (company) Intel Corporation - A US microelectronics manufacturer. They produced the Intel 4004, Intel 8080, Intel 8086, Intel 80186, Intel 80286, Intel 80386, Intel 486 and Pentium microprocessor families as well as many other integrated circuits and personal computer networking , Lane15 Software and VIEO. InfiniSwitch's technology demonstration is taking place at the InfiniBand Trade Association's Spring Developers' Conference, being held June 19-22, 2001, at the Wyndham Palace Resort and Spa in Lake Buena Vista, FL. "In recognition of today's space constrained con·strain tr.v. con·strained, con·strain·ing, con·strains 1. To compel by physical, moral, or circumstantial force; oblige: felt constrained to object. See Synonyms at force. 2. data center environment, InfiniSwitch has developed the industry's first rack-dense InfiniBand switching solution," said Jean Hoxie-Wasko, Vice President of Marketing, InfiniSwitch Corporation. "Our first generation 1u (1.75") 32-port InfiniBand switch is designed to provide high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. , scalability, flexibility and interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. at the core of the InfiniBand fabric. We are pleased that Intel, VIEO, Lane15 and Banderacom are using our switching technology with their products at this signature trade association event." Viewed to be the next historical technological milestone, InfiniBand technology promises to transform the way data is accessed throughout the enterprise server landscape. InfiniBand architecture is a revolutionary channel-based, switched fabric technology designed to meet the demands generated by the rapid growth of the Internet and the convergence of data and telecommunications. Replacing today's limited, parallel PCI bus PCI bus - Peripheral Component Interconnect , InfiniBand fabrics will provide an unprecedented range of performance, scalability, reliability and flexibility. Research from IDC estimates that more than 75 percent of all servers shipped in 2004 will be shipped with InfiniBand connectivity. With backing by industry's leaders, Compaq, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, Microsoft and Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , InfiniBand architecture represents the industry's choice for I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output technologies that will keep pace with the growing computing and storage demands of the Internet age. "By providing early Intel InfiniBand product hardware and software, we are pleased to work with InfiniSwitch in showcasing a high capacity InfiniBand switch," said Philip G. Brace, director of platform marketing for InfiniBand products at Intel. "We are anxious to work with InfiniSwitch to meet the needs of the Internet data center especially in delivery of high availability, reliability and density to server platforms." With more than 250 years of combined switch and clustered system engineering experience, InfiniSwitch has unmatched insight into the requirements of the data center. The company's family of InfiniBand switching products is being designed to meet today's growing need for high performance in the data center focused on availability, scalability and interoperability. InfiniSwitch will demonstrate its first generation switching technology at booth No. 4 at the InfiniBand Trade Association's Spring Developers' Conference, and will also feature its technology in four other member's booths including: Intel Corp., Banderacom, Lane15 Software and VIEO, Inc. About InfiniSwitch Corporation InfiniSwitch Corporation is the recognized market leader in developing InfiniBand switching technology designed for the data center. InfiniSwitch was founded in the Fall of 2000 by an experienced team with a proven industry track record designing, developing and delivering switch and system solutions at leading companies such as Compaq, Data General, Digital Equipment, IBM and Nexabit. InfiniSwitch is located in Westborough, Massachusetts For other uses of "Westborough", see Westborough (disambiguation).
The IBTA was established in 1999, and its most prominent members include Cisco, IBM, Intel, Mellanox, QLogic, Sun and . For more information visit www.infiniswitch.com. Note: InfiniBand is a TM/SM of the InfiniBand Trade Association |
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