Interphase Rolls Out New Advanced CompactPCI Controller; Flagship 6535 Controller Now Offers Dual Access.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 2001 Interphase interphase /in·ter·phase/ (in´ter-faz) the interval between two successive cell divisions, during which the chromosomes are not individually distinguishable. in·ter·phase n. Corporation (Nasdaq:INPH), an international supplier of next-generation networking technologies, today announced general availability of its newest flagship 6535 CompactPCI Octal-port T1/E1/J1 Communications Controller A peripheral control unit that connects several communications lines to a computer and performs the actual transmitting and receiving as well as various message coding and decoding activities. with front and rear access features. The front and rear access 6535 maintains the hot swap To pull out a component from a system and plug in a new one while the main power is still on. Also called "hot plug" and "hot insertion," hot swap is a feature of USB devices, allowing an external drive, network adapter or other peripheral to be plugged in without having to power down the capability features and use of the advanced Motorola MPC (1) (Mobile PC) A handheld or laptop computer. See handheld computer, laptop computer and Ultra-Mobile PC. (2) (MultiPath Channel) See multipath. 8260 microprocessor that were highly desirable elements on previous versions. In addition, the new 6535 model also offers access for server line termination of T1/E1/J1 spans that provide flexibility to telecommunication equipment manufacturers during design and integration phases of development. "Equipment manufacturers are creating new elements for global service providers with highly-reliable, advanced systems and processing capabilities," said Vice President and General Manager of Interphase's Telecom Products Group, Felix Diaz Felix Diaz may refer to the following people:
These applications are advancing the newest real-time telecommunications offerings, which can, for example, incorporate global positioning for vicinity-based services. New applications also allow service providers to construct data warehouses in the form of home location registers for a number of purposes including billing and marketing. The open-systems CompactPCI bus architecture has increased demand for cost-effective, commercially available equipment that speeds time to market in telecommunications markets including wireless communications, Internet access and Advanced Intelligent Networks. The majority of CompactPCI industry standards-based architectures call for rear accessibility, but growing wireless development in European markets and customized systems have led to a demand for the complementary front access controllers. "We see this continued development as part of our commitment to satisfy the need for 'total solutions' in a global marketplace," said Interphase President, Greg Kalush. "Interphase will continue to develop highly reliable, innovative products that meet our customers' needs while giving them a competitive edge, and time to market advantage." The newest 6535 controller has advanced features including the state-of-the-art Motorola microprocessor for onboard protocol processing, hot swap capability for high-availability, initial multi-protocol support for Signaling System 7 (SS7) and ATM adaptation layers The use of Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) technology and services creates the need for an adaptation layer in order to support information transfer protocols, which are not based on ATM. AAL (ATM Adaption Layer) The part of the ATM protocol that breaks up application packets into 48-byte payloads which become ATM cells when the 5-byte headers are attached. The AAL resides between the higher layer transport protocols and the ATM layer. 0, AAL2 and AAL5 for ATM packetized voice and data transport. In addition, the 6535 also allows scalable and cost-effective bandwidth allocation with inverse multiplexing for ATM IMA (Inverse Multiplexing for ATM) is a technology used to transport ATM traffic over a bundle of T1 or E1 cables, also known as IMA Group. This allows for gradual increase in line capacity, where implementing a high-capacity solution (e.g. , which can aggregate traffic from fractional T1/E1 spans up to a maximum of eight T1/E1 lines. The dual access 6535 controller has successfully completed beta testing (programming) beta testing - Testing a pre-release (potentially unreliable) version of a piece of software by making it available to selected users. This term derives from early 1960s terminology for product cycle checkpoints, first used at IBM but later standard throughout the as part of the development process and achieved "best performance" recognition and notice for its comprehensive array of protocol and operating system support with robust development tools. About Interphase Corporation For over 25 years, Interphase Corporation has designed and delivered high performance adapters for computer and telecommunication networks. The company's products connect computer and telecommunication servers to storage, wide and local area networks using Fibre Channel, ATM, SS7, Frame Relay and ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. technologies. Headquartered in Dallas, with offices in Paris and Bangkok, Interphase 2000 revenues were $56 million. Clients include Hewlett-Packard Co., 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) Corp., Compaq Computer Corp., Motorola Inc., Fujitsu Ltd., Nortel Networks Ltd., Lucent Technologies, Inc., Lockheed Martin Corp. and the Raytheon Company. Additional information about Interphase and its products is available through the company's Web site at www.interphase.com. The Interphase logo is a registered trademark of Interphase Corporation. All other trade and service marks are property of their respective companies |
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