RedSwitch and NEXCOM Announce Partnership to Develop High Performance Server Blade Systems.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers RedSwitch, Inc., providers of advanced switch fabric and interconnect solutions, and NEXCOM NEXCOM Navy Exchange Service Command NEXCOM National Executive Committee NEXCOM Next Generation Air-To-Ground Communication , manufacturer and supplier of high-density server A server that contains a large number of CPUs, each of which may be hot swapped in and out on its own printed circuit board. See blade. blade products, today announced an extensive partnership to develop and manufacture server blade One blade in a blade server. See blade server. systems based on the InfiniBand(TM) Architecture. The partnership will extend into reference designs, marketing and sales; it will initially focus on high performance servers providing superior levels of density, reliability, and scalability. "Our partnership with NEXCOM is an enabling step in the deployment of high performance server blade systems," said Dr. Hungwen Li, chief executive officer of RedSwitch. "By combining NEXCOM's proven track record in developing computing systems with RedSwitch's industry recognized InfiniBand solutions, this new generation of servers will enhance reliability, availability and serviceability Reliability, Availability and Serviceability is a computer hardware engineering term. It originated from IBM to advertise the robustness of their mainframe computers. The concept is often known by the acronym RAS. while lowering the TCO (1) (Total Cost of Ownership) The cost of using a computer. It includes the cost of the hardware, software and upgrades as well as the cost of the inhouse staff and/or consultants that provide training and technical support. See ROI. (total cost of ownership) for the enterprise." The first product developed through the partnership will be a 19" rack mounted chassis-based server blade system that will support any combination of 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 IO and can perform redundant switching function based on the InfiniBand Architecture. The chassis will support advanced features such as full fabric redundancy, fabric fail-over, and blade hot-swap. The switching element is based on the RedSwitch HDMP-2840, 8-port 4x InfiniBand switch fabric, providing an overall aggregate bandwidth of 160 Gbps. "We are very excited to partner with RedSwitch in the development of this new server blade system," said Clement Lin, president and chief executive officer of NEXCOM. "RedSwitch's InfiniBand switch fabric enhances the feature set of our server products, allowing NEXCOM to provide industry leading technologies and services." About RedSwitch, Inc. RedSwitch, Inc. is a supplier of high performance switch fabric silicon solutions for the storage, server, networking, and telecom markets. Incorporated in June, 2000 with headquarters in Milpitas, California, the company was formed by senior executives and design professionals from HAL Computer Systems HAL Computer Systems was a Campbell, CA-based computer manufacturer. It was started in 1990 by Andrew Heller, a principal designer of the original IBM POWER architecture. His idea was to build computers based on a RISC architecture for the commercial market. . In 2001, RedSwitch introduced the HDMP-2840, the industry's first InfiniBand(TM) switch silicon with eight full-duplex 4X (10Gbps) ports. RedSwitch products support leading interconnect standards including InfiniBand(TM), RapidIO(TM), and PCI-Express(TM). For more information, contact RedSwitch at 408-719-4888, or visit the company's web site at www.redswitch.com. About NEXCOM NEXCOM, an ISO- iso- or is- pref. 1. Equal; uniform: isobar. 2. Isomeric: isopropyl. 3. 9001 certified company, is at the forefront of innovative development in the industrial PC industry. The company designs and manufactures single board computers, CompactPCI(R), embedded controllers, ultra high dense blade server, and network servers for mission critical and non-stop applications. With innovative technology and quality assurance, NEXCOM has designed 12 NSTL-certified models that meet the international standard requirement. In 2002, NEXCOM was awarded with membership in Intel's ACPP ACPP Applied Computing Platform Provider ACPP Australian College of Pharmacy Practice ACPP Africa Conflict Prevention Pool ACPP Arise Citizens' Policy Project (Montgomery, Alabama) ACPP Access Control Point Program program. The company markets its products through Original Equipment Manufacturers and NEXCOM's brand name. Headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, the company provides worldwide sales through distributors and subsidiaries in United States, United Kingdom, Germany and Japan. |
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