Packet Engines Announces Collaborative Development Of G-NIC II Gigabit Ethernet NIC Drivers Supporting Linux, VIA and BSD For Gigabit Ethernet.SPOKANE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 3, 1999-- -- Labs and Educators Herald Packet Engines' Unique Driver Support -- Packet Engines, an Alcatel company and a worldwide leader in gigabit networking solutions, today announced that the company's ongoing collaboration with government laboratories and educators has now resulted in the only Linux, VIA and BSD Unix Gigabit Ethernet network interface card (NIC (1) (Network Interface Card) See network adapter. See also InterNIC. (2) (New Internet Computer) An earlier Linux-based computer from The New Internet Computer Company (NICC), Palo Alto, CA. ) drivers available today. Support for Linux is key to many Fortune 1000 companies now examining the deployment of a wide variety of operating systems in their networks. The drivers are designed for use with Packet Engines' G-NIC II, the industry's only second-generation Gigabit Ethernet NIC. Donald Becker, staff scientist at NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. CESDIS CESDIS Center of Excellence in Space Data and Information Sciences (Goddard Space Flight Center) at Goddard Space Flight Center The Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is a major NASA space research laboratory established on May 1, 1959 as NASA's first space flight center. GSFC employs approximately 10,000 civil servants and contractors, and is located approximately 6.5 miles northeast of Washington, D.C. in Greenbelt, Maryland, authored the Linux driver code, which he developed through collaborative efforts with Packet Engines' G-NIC engineering development team. "Packet Engines has been exceedingly helpful in providing support for our Linux development efforts," Becker said. "As a matter of fact, Packet Engines is the only Gigabit Ethernet company that has really been open to Linux, and we are very pleased with their ongoing assistance and support." Becker hosts a website for his Linux driver, and offers ongoing support through a reflector to which interested parties may subscribe. Packet Engines has also collaborated to help produce VIA (Virtual Interface Architecture The Virtual Interface Architecture (VIA) is an abstract model of a user-level zero-copy network, and is the basis for InfiniBand and iWARP. Created by Microsoft, Intel, and Compaq, the original VIA sought to standardize the interface for high-performance network technologies known as ) driver code for wor William Saphir, leader of the Future TechnologP performance, which is already the best in the industry. Packet Engines has been very supportive of our Linu time-to-market for Gigabit Ethernet-capable aps Csanady, network research programmer for the Scalable Computing Laboratory of Ames Lab in Ames, Iowa, is aeceptive and responsive to our BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) The software distribution facility of the Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG) of the University of California at Berkeley. development efforts," Csanady said. "Other companies have not been as opeernet Development. "The G-NIC II is the only chod servers and workstations. Designed for 32-bit oft Windows NT, Novell NetWare, Sun Solaris, Digital Unix, Apple Mac OS and SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. IRIX A Unix-based operating system from SGI that is used in its computer systems from desktop to supercomputer. It is an enhanced version of Unix System V Release 4. IRIX integrates the X Window system with OpenGL, creating the first real time 3D X environment. operating systems. About the Linux, VIA and BSD Unix Drivers Linux, VIA and BSD Unix Drivers are available today, through links from the Packet Engines G-NIC II Device Drivers page at: http://www.packetengines.com/support/drivers/gnic2drivers.htm In addition, support for the Linux device driver may be accessed at: http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/hamachi.html The M-VIA drivers and website are located at: http://www.nersc.gov/research/FTG/via/ Information about the BSD Unix driver device may be found at: http://www.ameslab.gov/ About Packet Engines Packet Engines, an Alcatel company, was founded in 1994 to develop networking solutions delivering gigabit performance and mission-critical reliability for enterprise, ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. , and service provider networks. The company offers a complete suite of high-performance gigabit networking solutions including the PowerRail family of routing switches, the FDR Gigabit Ethernet hub, and G-NIC II Gigabit Ethernet network interface cards. Packet Engines is now providing these solutions directly and via a variety of industry partners. On December 14, 1998, Packet Engines was acquired by Alcatel (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ALA), a world leader in telecommunications systems and equipment. Alcatel operates in over 130 countries providing complete solutions and services to operators, service providers, enterprises and consumers, ranging from backbone networks to user terminals. For more information about Packet Engines, visit www.packetengines.com. For more information about Alcatel, visit www.alcatel.com. PowerRail, FDR, G-NIC II, Packet Engines and the Packet Engines logo are trademarks of Packet Engines Incorporated. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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