MMC Networks ATM Switch Engine Adopted by Toshiba For Internet Switches.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 12, 1997--MMC Networks Inc. (MMC See MultiMediaCard and Microsoft Management Console. ) announced that Toshiba has adopted the MMC ATMS2000 ATM Switch Engine chipset in Toshiba's next-generation IP (Internet Protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. ) switch, the Toshiba CSR (1) (Customer Service Representative) A person who handles a customer's request regarding a bill, account changes or service or merchandise ordered. Agents in call centers are known as CSRs. See call center. 5300, shown for the first time at the ComNet '97 tradeshow, Feb. 4-6, 1997, in Washington, DC. "When designing the CSR 5300, we were trying to meet users' needs for a high speed and low cost platform that supports standards-based ATM protocols," stated Hiroshi Esaki, Chief Architect of Toshiba CSR Project. "MMC's architecture gives us the cost performance we need." Toshiba's CSR 5300 integrates cell switch router See layer 3 switch. (CSR) technology with an ATM switch to provide high-speed switching of IP packets. The CSR 5300 supports the transmission of 4.2 million data packets-per-second over 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) networks. The CSR 5300 provides dramatic performance improvements in existing router networks through its unique support of both ATM standard routing protocols and Toshiba's own FANP FANP Flow Attribute Notification Protocol FANP Florida Association of Naturopathic Medicine FANP Framatome Advanced Nuclear Power (Lynchburg, VA) FANP Flow Attribution Notification Protocol (Flow Attribute Notification Protocol). MMC's ATM switching technology is based on its proprietary ViX(TM) architecture, which uses a patented interconnect scheme to provide switching that is easily scaleable for today's uncertain networking environments. MMC's ATMS2000 provides an extremely low-cost, highly integrated solution for the core functions of a high-performance ATM switch. "Our goal is to supply cost-effective high-bandwidth switch technology that companies like Toshiba can customize for demanding network switching," stated John Kennedy, MMC Networks' Director of Marketing, ATM products. "We are delighted to have been selected as the enabling technology for Toshiba's new switching products." MMC Networks Inc., is the leading independent supplier of switching architectures and chip sets for fast Ethernet An earlier name for 100Mbps Ethernet. See 100Base-T. (networking) Fast Ethernet - A version of Ethernet developed in the 1990s(?) which can carry 100 Mbps compared with standard Ethernet's 10 Mbps. It requires upgraded network cards and hubs. and ATM networks. With headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif., MMC Networks is privately held and has received financing from Institutional Venture Partners, U.S. Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and JAFCO. For more information on MMC Networks' products, call 408/731-1600 or visit http://www.mmcnet.com . CONTACT: MMC Networks Inc. Paula Jones, 408/731-1605 pjones@mmcnet.com |
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