SBS Technologies Introduces Ready Driver Interoperability Program for Easy Integration of Processor and I/O Boards Running under VxWorks.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Embedded Systems Embedded systems Computer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. Conference San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden 2003 SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 22, 2003 SBS Technologies SBS Technologies, Inc., (Nasdaq: SBSE) founded in 1986, designed and built open architecture embedded computer products that enable original equipment manufacturers to serve the commercial, communication and government markets. SBS was headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico. (R) (Nasdaq:SBSE SBSE Society of Building Science Educators ) today introduced Ready Driver(TM), an SBS See Small Business Server. company-wide interoperability program between SBS single board computers and 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 hardware, thereby providing our customers the greatest ease in computing system integration. Ready Driver assures product compatibility, eliminates integration efforts, and offers the convenience of one-source support for SBS processor and I/O products. The first phase of Ready Driver supports SBS single board computers and I/O interfaces running under the VxWorks(R) operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. . When the I/O driver and the board support package (BSP BSP Bromsulphalein, a dye used in the study of liver function. See also sulfobromophthalein clearance test. ) on a processor lack common routines, the customer needs to port the I/O driver to be compatible with the single board computer's BSP before any useful work can be done. In the worst case, porting involves weeks to months of effort. SBS' customers purchasing a Ready Driver single board computer and a Ready Driver I/O product are assured that no porting effort is needed. Integration simply consists of booting the single board computer, then downloading the driver object. No compiling is required. "We applaud SBS' initiative on enhancing software and hardware integration for our customers," said Dave Scheaffer, Senior Director of the Alliance Group for WindRiver. Ready Driver defines a common set of routines that are exposed by the BSP and used by the I/O driver. Forming the BSP Abstraction Layer, the routines allow the I/O driver to be written without knowledge of the specific BSP or underlying hardware on which it runs. Different processor types and the endian See byte order. (data, architecture) endian - Suffix used in the terms big-endian and little-endian that describe the ordering of bytes in a multi-byte number. method are also taken into account. "VxWorks is the operating system of choice for a significant number of SBS customers," said Dave Greig, President and Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of SBS Technologies. "While the BSP written by VxWorks for single board computers has a well defined set of routines, there is no common set of routines defined to address the vast number of I/O interfaces on the market today." Greig continued, "By defining a common BSP, we eliminate the hassles that our customers face when porting I/O drivers. SBS Ready Driver products work together out of the box, saving our customers valuable time and resources." Products currently supported by Ready Driver for VxWorks:
Non-SBS single board computers
SBS Single SBS I/O Products tested and validated to work with
Board Ready Driver I/O products
Computers
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VG5 All PCI to VME bus Generic pcPentium
adapters
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All PCI to PCI bus Motorola MCP750
CM4 adapters
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VG4 All Fibre Channel HBAs Radstone G4DSP
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RL4 All Gigabit Ethernet Synergy DSP-VSS4
cards
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CK3 ABI-PMC2CC-2 card
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Future SBS single board computers and I/O products supporting VxWorks will support SBS Ready Driver Abstraction Routines. About SBS Technologies SBS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:SBSE), founded in 1986, designs and builds open architecture embedded computer products that enable original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to serve the commercial, communications, enterprise, and government markets. SBS products are integrated into a variety of applications, including communications networking, medical imaging, industrial automation, and military systems. The portfolio includes an extensive line 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. boards, computer interconnections, avionics, telemetry telemetry Highly automated communications process by which data are collected from instruments located at remote or inaccessible points and transmitted to receiving equipment for measurement, monitoring, display, and recording. , and fully integrated systems and enclosures. Headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico “Albuquerque” redirects here. For other uses, see Albuquerque (disambiguation). Albuquerque (pronounced [ˈæl.bə.kɚ.kiː], Spanish: [al.βu. , SBS maintains eight primary operating locations, has regional sales offices throughout the United States and has international sales offices in four countries. More information on SBS is available at www.sbs.com Brand or product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders. This new product announcement contains forward-looking statements concerning SBS' product strategy, technology capability, competitive leadership, product capabilities, and the timing of introduction of new products and services. These statements reflect the perspectives and expectations of SBS management as of the date of this release. Actual results may differ materially from those projected or implied in these forward-looking statements as a result of a number of risk factors, including sales and product strategy within SBS; changes in the general economy and in SBS' business, including disruptions of cash flow that may impact investment in research and development activities; changes in demand for SBS' products; technological difficulties and resource constraints encountered in designing and testing interoperable products; the impact of rapid technological and market change; availability of qualified personnel; and other risk factors listed from time to time in SBS' SEC reports, including those listed under "Risk Factors" in SBS' 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. and other reports. |
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