Interphase Reaffirms Strategic Commitment to Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture --AdvancedTCA--.PLANO, Texas -- Standards-Based Product Line Includes AdvancedTCA Blades and AdvancedMC(TM) Mezzanines Interphase Corporation (Nasdaq:INPH), an international supplier of next-generation networking technologies, today reaffirmed its strategic commitment to support the PICMG An industry consortium that develops specifications for backplanes and interconnects for electronic equipment in the industrial and telecom fields. It was founded in 1994 as the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group, hence the acronym. (R) 3.X AdvancedTCA (ATCA See AdvancedTCA. ) specifications as it delivers a portfolio of building blocks for emerging ATCA platforms. This commitment is built on a legacy of Interphase providing Telecom Equipment Manufacturers (TEMs) with standards-based PMC (1) See Portable Media Center. (2) (PCI Mezzanine Card) A PCI-based mezzanine card that is widely adapted to VMEbus, CompactPCI and PCI cards. mezzanine modules and blades for CompactPCI(R) 2.16 platforms. Interphase will offer a broad line of AdvancedMC mezzanine modules, and will continue to expand its current line of iNAV(R) ATCA Carrier and Network Processor Blades as the needs of this emerging market continue to evolve. The Interphase ATCA product strategy enables early adopters to leverage their previous development efforts as communications platforms evolve over time. Telecom Equipment Manufacturers are currently developing first-generation ATCA platforms using PMC modules from Interphase Corporation. Customers who are early adopters of ATCA will experience the benefits of working with Interphase as they migrate from communications platforms based on Interphase PMC mezzanine modules to the company's AdvancedMC modules. With a broad portfolio of AdvancedMC mezzanines planned 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 , network processing, security processing, and computing, Interphase will enable its early-adopter customers to leverage their previous development efforts on next-generation ATCA platforms, thereby saving them time and costs for additional systems integration efforts. Interphase is currently developing its next-generation of AdvancedTCA blades designed to offer maximized functional density and flexibility for utilizing the full capabilities of standard AdvancedMC mezzanine cards, a product strategy evolved from previously announced first-generation blades designed for use with PMC and PTMC PTMC PCI Telecom Mezzanine Card PTMC Power Transmission and Motion Control (conference) PTMC Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Commissurotomy PTMC Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma PTMC Preparatory Technical Maritime Conference mezzanine cards. ATCA lays the framework for a new generation of communications infrastructure that will offer a dramatic performance improvement over the systems available today. Targeted for next-generation carrier grade communications equipment, the ATCA series of specifications incorporate the latest trends in high speed interconnect NVIDIA's High Speed Interconnect (often abbreviated to 'HSI') chip was used in their early PCI Express graphics cards, where it acted as a bridge between the PCI Express connection to the computer and the natively AGP GPU. technologies, next generation processors, and improved reliability, manageability and serviceability. Interphase ATCA products are designed to target those application segments with the greatest level of forecasted demand for ATCA, including converging next-generation PSTNs, wireless and edge networks. "We believe that AdvancedTCA solutions will be the architecture of choice for the most demanding carrier and enterprise applications," said Greg Kalush, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Interphase Corporation. "Interphase's product strategy serves to "future proof" our customers' investment by supporting a smooth migration from today's technologies such as CompactPCI and PICMG 2.16 CPSB CPSB Compact Packet-Switching Backplane (802.3 Ethernet standard) CPSB Consumer Product Safety Bureau (Canada) , to newer technologies like AdvancedTCA." "ATCA offers key advantages over existing commercial platform designs." adds Felix Diaz, CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. and VP of Engineering of Interphase Corporation. "A larger board footprint that supports up to eight AMC sites enables unprecedented processing density on a single slot, and the vastly improved thermal performance and carrier class system management provides greater flexibility for adding components and functionality. This new system design will enable us to better fulfill our customers' requirements for the most robust wireless, convergence, and network/telephony access applications." About Interphase Corporation Interphase enables rapid platform design and integration for the global voice and data communications markets through custom and off-the-shelf communications equipment, embedded software development suites, and systems integration and consulting services for telecom and enterprise networks. The company's products connect computer and telecommunication servers to Wide Area Networks (WANs), Local Area Networks (LANs) and Storage Area Networks (SANs) using Asynchronous Transfer Mode See ATM. (communications) Asynchronous Transfer Mode - (ATM, or "fast packet") A method for the dynamic allocation of bandwidth using a fixed-size packet (called a cell). See also ATM Forum, Wideband ATM. ATM acronyms. Indiana acronyms. (ATM), Ethernet, Signaling System 7 (SS7), IP, Fibre Channel, HDLC (High-level Data Link Control) A data link protocol from ISO for point-to-point communications over serial links. Derived from IBM's SDLC protocol, HDLC has been the basis for numerous protocols including X.25, ISDN, T1, SS7, GSM, CDPD, PPP and others. , Frame Relay, and Integrated Services Digital Network Integrated services digital network (ISDN) A generic term referring to the integration of communications services transported over digital facilities such as wire pairs, coaxial cables, optical fibers, microwave radio, and satellites. (ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. ) technologies. Headquartered in Plano, Texas with sales offices across the globe, Interphase 2004 revenues were $35 million. Clients include Hewlett-Packard, Ericsson, Motorola, Inc., Fujitsu Ltd., Nortel Networks Ltd., Lucent Technologies, Lockheed Martin, and Raytheon. Additional information about Interphase and its products is available through the company's web site at www.interphase.com. Safe Harbor This press release contains forward-looking statements with respect to financial results and certain other matters. These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995 and involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, fluctuations in demand, the quality and price of similar or comparable networking products, access to sources of capital, general economic conditions in the company's market areas, and that future sales and growth rates for the industry and the company could be lower than anticipated. Interphase, iNAV and the Interphase logo are registered trademarks of Interphase Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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