Kaparel Participates in PICMG 2.16 Demonstration at 2002 Bus & Board Conference.Business Editors WATERLOO, Canada--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 16, 2002 Kaparel Corporation announced today that they will be one of the nine companies participating in the demonstration of 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) 2.16 CompactPCI(R) Switched Ethernet An Ethernet network that is controlled by a switch instead of a shared hub. The switch cross connects all clients, servers and network devices, giving each sending-receiving pair the full rated transmission speed. platform at the 2002 Bus & Board Conference. The PICMG 2.16 cPSB specification offers high capacity CompactPCI, incorporating Packet-Switching architecture for developers of next-generation telecom networks. In addition to Kaparel Corporation, participants include Performance Technologies, ACT Technico, Concurrent Technologies, Force Computers, General Microsystems, APW APW All Pro Wrestling APW Altmar Parish Williamstown (School District; Parish, New York) APW Add-Printer Wizard (Microsoft Windows) APW Augmented Plane Wave APW Apparent Polar Wander , GNP GNP See: Gross National Product Computers, and Channel Access. The PICMG 2.16 Compact Packet Switching A network technology that breaks up a message into small packets for transmission. Unlike circuit switching, which requires the establishment of a dedicated point-to-point connection, each packet in a packet-switched network contains a destination address. Backplane specification provides a solution to design telephony and 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. embedded systems Embedded systems Computer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. that combine CompactPCI with Ethernet for high-speed systems. This allows OEMs to build more reliable systems that are now, less expensive and faster-to-market, without waiting for the future switched fabrics. The demonstration will show each participating company having a fault tolerant video server with a unique movie trailer. Using a laptop, the demonstration platform will allow each company the ability to view any of the other trailers on the network. Any CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. or switch can be failed and the video will continue, demonstrating the fault tolerant capability of the PICMG 2.16 CompactPCI Packet Switching platform. The Kaparel Demonstration Platform includes a Rittal chassis, two Performance Technologies PT-CPC4406 switches, two Concurrent Technologies CPUs and the Kaparel PS4900 2.16 backplane. The Kaparel PS4900 was the first CompactPCI backplane based on the PICMG 2.16 Specification, and was introduced to the market in September of 2001. The Bus & Board demonstration will be hosted by John Peters of Performance Technologies, the developer of the 2.16 proposal and chairman of the PICMG 2.16 subcommittee. Mr. Peters will explain what the demonstration platforms illustrates and its importance to the telecommunications market in the ability to quickly deliver product to the market, based on the CompactPCI design, the current de facto standard Hardware or software that is widely used, but not endorsed by a standards organization. Contrast with de jure standard. de facto standard - A widespread consensus on a particular product or protocol which has not been ratified by any official standards body, such as ISO, in the industry. Bus & Board Bus & Board Conference (www.busandboard.com) is an annual event co-sponsored by VITA and PICMG. This conference is focused on VMEbus, CompactPCI, PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). , PC104, motherboards, and mezzanine cards for embedded applications. The speakers for the January 2002 conference include market research analysts, editors from major electronics publications, and industry experts from military, industrial, and telecom market segments. The Conference runs January 21-22, 2002 in Long Beach California. Kaparel Corporation Kaparel develops, manufactures, and globally markets high-speed backplane solutions to the Converging Communications market. From its pioneering work in CompactPCI bridge designs, Kaparel has quickly become a leader in many aspects of CompactPCI technology (www.kaparel.com). Kaparel specializes in high slot count, hot swap and high availability systems and has custom designed over 250 high-speed and CompactPCI backplanes for major global telecommunications and computer manufacturers. Founded in 1996 (as the CompactPCI division of PixStream Incorporated), Kaparel is based in Canada's Technology Triangle in Waterloo, Ontario and is a part of Rittal International (www.rittal.com), the world's largest enclosure manufacturer with offices in over 55 countries. PICMG and CompactPCI, and the PICMG and CompactPCI logos, are registered trademarks of the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group. |
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