SMC introduces two PCI adapters on one card; Industry leader's new EtherPower(2) Dual Channel cards provide users with functionality of two separate Ethernet adapters while saving PCI slot.HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 23, 1995--SMC, a pioneer in PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). (Peripheral Components Interface) technology, today became the first major networking vendor to introduce a high-performance, 10 Mbps Dual Channel PCI adapter card See adapter and expansion board. . SMC's new EtherPower(2) has two complete PCI adapters on one card and is designed for end users who need to cost-effectively increase the network performance of their servers for bandwidth-intensive applications. EtherPower(2) benefits end users by doubling network bandwidth, while saving a valuable slot in the server. Whereas users have typically increased network bandwidth by installing two cards, EtherPower(2) divides one 10 Mbps network into two 10 Mbps networks, thereby offloading network traffic. Additionally, EtherPower(2) is priced considerably less than buying two individual PCI cards. "With the introduction of the EtherPower(2) dual channel network cards, SMC SMC Saint Mary's College SMC Santa Monica College SMC Solaris Management Console SMC Smooth Muscle Cell SMC Small Magellanic Cloud (also see LMC) SMC Safety Management Certificate (maritime shipping) is demonstrating its strategy to offer users the best PCI price/performance and to provide a complete LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. Access solution under SMC unity," said Bob Sparanese, Ethernet product marketing manager, SMC. "This fact makes it the best PCI server adapter on the market." SMC became the first LAN adapter Same as network adapter. manufacturer to introduce Ethernet PCI adapters in September 1994 and was among the first major LAN vendors to introduce Fast Ethernet PCI adapters in February 1995. With the introduction of EtherPower(2), SMC has furthered its commitment to PCI LAN technology by offering users the most complete PCI product solution available today. The EtherPower(2)'s superior network performance is also achieved through the combination of SimulTasking technology, SMC's pipelined data transfer technique for peak throughput, and bus mastering for lower 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. utilization. The EtherPower(2)'s 32-bit PCI bus mastering, with bursts of up to 132 Mbps for rapid data transfer, enables the adapter to access the PCI bus directly without utilizing CPU cycles. This results in low CPU utilization which frees the CPU for other tasks. Features o Low CPU utilization through bus-mastering, allowing the CPU to service more requests o Full-duplex 10BASE-T support o 100% PCI compatibility o Automatic configuration on PC power-up o SMC's EZStart driver installation and diagnostic utility o SMC's SuperDisk containing a wide range of network drivers o Diagnostic LEDs o Lifetime warranty o Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure) The average time a component works without failure. It is the number of failures divided by the hours under observation. MTBF - Mean Time Between Failures ) of 400 years "As part of our mission to maximize network performance, the EtherPower(2) provides customers with the ability to deploy more bandwidth at lower cost while saving slots," Fred Thiel, director of product marketing, SMC Desktops Network Business Unit. Recommended Retail Price and Availability The EtherPower(2) is available in two models. The 10BASE-T EtherPower(2) is priced at $286 and the Combination 10BASE-T and BNC (hardware) BNC - A connector for coaxial cable such as that used for some video connections and RG58 "cheapernet" connections. A BNC connector has a bayonet-type shell with two small knobs on the female connector which lock into spiral slots in the male connector when it is twisted is priced at $338. Both models are available through SMC's distributors. "The need for more bandwidth is being felt at the server level and customers will look for the best PCI price/performance available," said Esmeralda Silva, analyst at International Data Corp. PCI Technology Background PCI is an industry-standard bus architecture that improves throughput by increasing the transfer rate of information moving from host-PC memory to peripheral devices. Higher throughput is becoming increasingly important as processor and network protocol speeds rise to meet the growing demand of bandwidth-intensive database, multimedia and imaging applications. Standard Microsystems Corp. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :SMSC SMSC Short Message Service Center SMSC Standard Microsystems Corporation (New York) SMSC Spiritual Moral Social Cultural (education) SMSC Stephenville Medical and Surgical Clinic ) provides a broad range of networking solutions for scaling, managing and connecting local area networks. SMC has annual sales of nearly $400 million and an installed base of over 9 million nodes. SMC's products include LAN switches, hubs, LAN adapters and network management software. SMC is based in Hauppauge and has locations in California, Massachusetts, Australia, Asia, Canada, Europe, Japan and Latin America. Contact SMC by calling 1-800-SMC-4-YOU in the U.S. and Canada, or 516/435-6255 elsewhere. SMC and Standard Microsystems are registered trademarks. Other products and company names are trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: SMC, Hauppauge Karen Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. , 516/435-6340 or Kahn Communications Group, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Tony Telloni, 212/593-6394 |
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