Kontron Communications Breaks Performance Barrier With Dual Gigahertz, Dual Gigabit Ethernet PCI/ISA Engine.Business Editors MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 21, 2001 Kontron Offers Embedded Market the Teknor PCI-990, a Single Board Computer (SBC (1) (SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio, TX, www.sbc.com) A large, national telecommunications company that grew from a multitude of local and regional companies, including Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell, into a single, unified brand by 2002. ) Capable of Powering High-end, Mission-critical Datacom/Telecom Applications Kontron Communications Inc., the wholly-owned operating company of Kontron Embedded Computers, announced today the availability of the Teknor PCI-990, an SBC that delivers ground breaking dual gigahertz 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. processing power, 64-bit bus support and a choice of dual Ethernet port options including gigabit performance on either copper or fiber optic. The uniqueness of this board design introduces what customers are ready to exploit - an ultra performance, full-length SBC that is clearly the most ideal processing engine for any mission-critical application in the CTI (Computer Telephone Integration) Combining data with voice systems in order to enhance telephone services. For example, automatic number identification (ANI) allows a caller's records to be retrieved from the database while the call is routed to the appropriate party. , high-end Internet security and data center environments. "The Teknor PCI-990 will exceed all expectations by OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and customers who need true power and performance," said Benoit Robert, Kontron's board level product manager. "What makes this board unbeatable is its added-value for fast time-to-market. The design possibilities for developers to integrate this incredible feature-set with any number of open platforms in the shortest amount of time is extremely appealing." New Power/Performance Standard The Teknor PCI-990 features the ultra-high performance of dual Intel Pentium III processors at 1.26 GHz each, up to 4GB of SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) A type of dynamic RAM (DRAM) memory chip that has been widely used since the late 1990s. SDRAM chips eliminated wait states by dividing the chip into two cell blocks and interleaving data between them. memory, 64-bit bus support and dual 100Base-Tx or dual 1000Base-(T or S/LX). The option for dual gigabit Ethernet is achieved by incorporating a custom Kontron Gigabit Ethernet Mezzanine which features an Intel(R) 82544 Ethernet controller with either copper- or optic-type interfaces. Additional onboard features include optional dual-port Ultra160 SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. LVDS/SE, 2 EIDE (Enhanced IDE) An extension to the IDE interface that supports the ATA-2 and ATAPI standards. ATA-2 (Fast ATA) provides faster transfer rates (see IDE for details) and allows for multiple channels, each connecting two devices. hard disk interfaces, Compact Flash module support, three USB ports, two serial ports (one configurable as Infrared/RS232/422/485 via software), floppy disk controller A floppy disk controller (FDC) is a special-purpose chip and associated circuitry that directs and controls reading from and writing to a computer's floppy disk drive (FDD). , board monitoring controller, CPU temperature monitoring, and board temperature sensor and fan speed. The Teknor PCI-990 supports various operating systems including Windows(R) NT, Windows(R) 2000, Linux, UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). . Integrate With Kontron's Innovative Platforms The Teknor PCI-990 may be combined with Kontron's line of high performance PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). platforms, particularly the 6U Teknor CoreVox, ideal for most computer telephony applications as well as data center solutions with high performance and high availability requirements. The Teknor CoreVox provides maximum performance and complete redundancy, featuring four hot-swap front-removable fans, six hot-swap SCSI drives, RAID level 5 support and redundant hot-swap power supplies. OEM developers who also require a high-end Internet security PCI system in a 1U form factor may take advantage of the Teknor Dreamspeed platform and combine it with the Teknor PCI-990 and other PCI security hardware to greatly accelerate the processing power required for such functions as data-packet encryption/de-encryption. View the Teknor PCI-990 data sheet at www.teknor.com/PDF/PCI-990.pdf. Download photo at http://www.teknor.com/news/4000-photo-zone-jpeg-PCI-990PR.htm About Kontron Communications Inc. Kontron Communications Inc., a wholly-owned operating company of Kontron Embedded Computers, is a global leader in the design and manufacture of customized, systems-level solutions based on open-standards. Kontron Communications' vast array of high-performance, building-block solutions reduce infrastructure costs, increase flexibility, and accelerate the time-to-market of critical OEM solutions used in the telecommunications, network convergence and Internet infrastructure markets. Kontron Communications' innovative services and diverse product line of high-performance systems platforms, single board computers, network convergence equipment, DSP (1) (Digital Signal Processor) A special-purpose CPU used for digital signal processing applications (see definition #2 below). It provides ultra-fast instruction sequences, such as shift and add, and multiply and add, which are commonly used in math-intensive technologies and security technologies provide OEMs with the competitive advantage to market complete, value-added solutions in the new communications marketplace. Kontron Communications' headquarters is located in Montreal, Canada and employs more than 400 people. Detailed information about Kontron Communications Inc. can be obtained at www.kontron.com. |
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