RadiSys' Latest SBCs Tackle the Embedded Market's Harshest Environments.HILLSBORO, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8, 1999-- RadiSys Corporation (Nasdaq:RSYS), a leading global designer and manufacturer of embedded computing solutions used by OEMs in the telecommunications, automation, and other industries, introduced two new single board computers (SBCs) designed to work in the harshest embedded environments. The P2000(D)BX2 and P3000(D)BX2 Series SBCs both provide maximum processing power for PCI/ISA and ISA (1) (Instruction Set Architecture) See instruction set. (2) (Interactive Services Association) See Internet Alliance. (3) (Internet Security and Acceleration) See .NET. passive backplane A backplane that adds no processing in the circuit. See backplane. systems. Both SBCs feature the Intel(R) 440BX Chipset. The P2000(D)BX2 utilizes a single or dual Pentium(R) II configuration support for 400 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. with an external 100 MHz front side bus. The P3000(D)BX2 features the single or dual Pentium(R) III configuration support for 450, 500, 550 MHz, and higher speeds with an external 100 MHz front sidebus. Additionally, each 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. features 512 KB L2 cache and 512 MB of 3.3 V synchronous DRAM. Both SBCs are extremely reliable for 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 mission-critical industrial applications and can perform in the harshest environments including those exposed to constant shock and vibration. The P2000(D)BX2 and P3000(D)BX2 were designed with RadiSys' robust retention mechanism to firmly secure the single or dual Intel(R) Pentium(R) securely to the board. "These two new designs provide the OEM market with an embedded SBC which provides a cost-effective solution for data/voice/image processing and computer telephony applications in the harshest of environments," says Candice Frazier, Product Marketing Manager, Communication Platforms Division, RadiSys Corp. Both SBCs provide exceptional PCI/ISA bus performance and drive capabilities while supporting PCI-PCI bridge technologies and an extensive set of I/O interfaces, including 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. , 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. , USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. , serial, parallel and floppy. Residing on the PCI bus, UltraDMA/33 performs data transfers up to 33 MB/second and adds data storage flexibility with BIOS support for up to four PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). EIDE drives. The 16-bit Adaptec 7890 PCI Ultra2 SCSI host adapter supports up to 15 SCSI devices with transfer rates up to 80 MB/second. Two USB ports, two serial ports, and a Centronics-compatible enhanced parallel port See EPP. (hardware) enhanced parallel port - (EPP) A parallel port that confirms to the IEEE's EPP standard. An EPP is actually an expansion bus that can handle 64 disk drives and other peripherals. ["PC Magazine", 1996-01-09, p. 262]. (ECP/EPP) are standard. I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output bracket connector options include a serial and parallel port combination, or a PS/2 mouse, PS/2 keyboard, parallel port combination. RadiSys' enhanced Phoenix(R) BIOS found in the P2000(D)BX2 and P3000(D)BX2 automatically updates the configuration data and provides user-definable system parameters. The BIOS can be configured to operate without a keyboard, disk drive, or video adapter. It also provides serial redirection of keyboard and video data. Flash memory is used to store BIOS codes, allowing easy BIOS upgrades. Each SBC Series is backed by RadiSys' two-year warranty. RadiSys (Nasdaq:RSYS) designs and manufactures embedded subsystems that are used in a wide variety of electronics systems, from telecommunications equipment to medical devices to robotics applications. Its subsystems include Intel-based embedded computers, signal processors, communications interfaces, and certain types of embedded software. RadiSys' highly differentiated position in the market is a result of its intense focus on Intel-based technology, having the broadest array of building blocks, and having a "perfect fit" product development strategy of using its intellectual property to design high-volume customer- and application-specific subsystems. RadiSys is a registered trademark of RadiSys Corporation. All other products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Except for the historical statements and information contained herein, the matters discussed in this news release, including the expectations of future orders, revenues, and business levels, are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The following are among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially: business conditions and growth in the telecommunications and electronics industry and general economy, both domestic and international, including conditions precipitated by the Asian economies; lower than expected customer of orders or variations in customer order patterns due to changes in demand for customers' products and customer and channel inventory levels; competitive factors, including pricing pressures, technological developments and products offered by competitors; availability of components and qualified personnel; technological difficulties and resource constraints encountered in developing new products; the timely flow of competitive new products and market acceptance of those products and risks in the integration of information technology systems and manufacturing. These forward-looking statements should be considered in light of these factors and other factors discussed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ending December 31, 1998 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. For more information, contact RadiSys at info@radisys.com or http://www.radisys.com or call 800/950-0044 or 503/615-1100. For press information only: Eric Stebel, Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Manager, RadiSys Corp., 713/541-8200. |
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