SBS Technologies Unveils the Industry's First PCI Express to PCI-X Expansion Systems; New Expansion Systems Have 8x Better Performance Than Traditional PCI Expansion Systems.BOSTON -- 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 ) --Easy to use - no software required --Allows each PCI-X (PCI eXtended) An enhanced PCI bus technology originally developed by IBM, HP and Compaq that is backward compatible with existing PCI cards. PCI and 32-bit PCI-X slots are physically the same, and PCI cards can plug into PCI-X slots. and PCI card A circuit board that plugs into the computer's PCI bus and contains the control electronics for a peripheral device. Starting in the latter half of the 1990s, PCI became very popular. See PCI. to run at full capacity --Provides 7 available expansion slots in the new chassis --5U, 19-inch rackmount enclosure Today at the Embedded Systems Conference Boston 2004, SBS Technologies (Nasdaq:SBSE) continued its role as PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). expansion market leader by introducing the first expansion systems to take advantage of the speed of PCI Express for existing PCI-X and PCI cards. To deliver the 8x performance improvement, SBS See Small Business Server. leveraged the advantages of PCI Express technology, relieved the contention of going through a PCI bridge and used high bandwidth 4x cables to connect the host card to the expansion chassis. The full PCI Express bandwidth is available to the chassis' seven slots permitting PCI-X or PCI cards to run at full capacity. Two versions of the expansion system are available, with each system featuring a 4x PCI Express host card, a seven slot PCI-X/PCI chassis and 5-meter cables. The PCIE-PCIX-7S system has a standard height host card and the PCIE-PCIX-7S-LP system includes a low profile host card. The PCI Express host cards are hot pluggable. "For the first time, existing PCI-X and PCI cards can be used in a PCI Express-based system allowing large amounts of data to be transferred efficiently and at high speed," said Bill Molyneux, Vice President, 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 Products for SBS. "These new expansion systems are ideally suited 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 designs that need long term PCI support in a rapidly changing PC world," continued Molyneux. With seven 64-bit slots total, each system's chassis has one high throughput 133 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. PCI-X slot, two 100 MHz PCI-X slots and four 66 MHz PCI-X slots greatly expanding the card capability of existing systems. Price and Availability: The PCIE-PCIX-7S and PCIE-PCIX-7S-LP are available now, and pricing starts as follows: Complete Systems: PCIE-PCIX-7S: PCI Express to PCI-X Expansion System with 5U 19-inch rackmount chassis with 7-slot backplane, standard height PCI-X 4x host card and 5-meter cables -- US $1895.00. PCIE-PCIX-7S-LP: PCI Express to PCI-X Expansion System with 5U 19-inch rackmount chassis with 7-slot backplane, low profile PCI-X 4x host card and 5-meter cables -- US $1895.00. Components: PCIE-HST: PCI Express expansion 4x host card with standard front panel -- US $155.00. PCIE-HST-LP: PCI Express expansion 4x host card with low profile front panel -- US $155.00. PCIE-BP-7S: PCI Express expansion 7-slot, 4x backplane -- US $595.00. PCIX-7S-CHASSIS: PCI Express expansion chassis; 5U 19-inch rackmount; 7-slot backplane integrated backplane controller -- US $1555.00. IB4X-3: 3-meter 4x cable -- US $160.00. IB4X-5: 5-meter 4x cable -- US $185.00. About SBS Technologies SBS Technologies, Inc., (Nasdaq:SBSE) founded in 1986, designs and builds a wide range of standard and customized embedded computer products. Our products include processor boards, input/output modules, networking devices, and complete computer systems. Our products are used in many industries, including telecommunications, medical electronics, industrial automation and defense. 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 and support offices in six 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 Technologies, Inc.'s product strategy, technology capability, competitive leadership and product capabilities. 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; the impact of rapid technological and market change; and other risk factors listed from time to time in the SBS SEC reports, including those listed under "Risk Factors" in the 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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