Sandburst Joins the Arapahoe Working Group to Drive the Advanced Switching Interface Specification.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ANDOVER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 2003 Sandburst Corporation, an innovative provider of solutions for modular networks, today announced that it has joined the Arapahoe Working Group (AWG (American Wiring Gauge) A U.S. measurement standard of the diameter of non-ferrous wire, which includes copper and aluminum. In general, the thicker the wire, the greater the current-carrying capacity and the longer the distance it can span. ). AWG is developing the Advanced Switching (AS) interface specification for switched data interconnection in storage, computing and communications equipment. AS provides advanced communication features on PCI Express technology. Sandburst will actively support the development of the AS specification. Sandburst's unique expertise in high performance packet-switching architectures will be a primary contribution to the AWG AS effort. Sandburst's central role in storage and blade server standards, including iSCSI and RDMA (Remote Direct Memory Access) A communications protocol that provides transmission of data from the memory of one computer to the memory of another without involving the CPU. InfiniBand, Virtual Interface (VI) and RDMA Over IP are all forms of RDMA. on IP, will also help to develop AS as a universal platform for modular storage, computing and communication systems. Sandburst plans to support AS-based equipment in future products. "We look forward to sharing our quality of service (QoS), traffic management and packet switching expertise in the AS standardization effort," said Stephen Bailey, chief technologist of Sandburst Corporation. "The broad adoption of AS will reduce development costs and accelerate delivery of next generation modular systems." Arapahoe Working Group members include Intel Corporation, Agere Systems, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Integrated Device Technology IDT (NASDAQ: IDTI) was founded in 1980 as a semiconductor vendor. Employing approximately 2500 people worldwide, headquartered in San Jose, California and operating a fab in Hillsboro, Oregon, the company both designs and fabricates semiconductor components. , Vitesse Semiconductor Corp., AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. , Agilent Technologies Inc., Huawei Technologies, Alcatel, Siemens AG, Sun Microsystems Inc., EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. , Fujitsu Ltd., Hitachi Ltd. and numerous other companies with expertise in storage, computing and communications. About Sandburst Sandburst is a leading provider of scalable packet networking solutions. The SandWorks Foundation Architecture provides Sandburst's system vendor clients with a complete packet switching data path for Enterprise and Metropolitan Area Networks. A privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. , Sandburst is financed by leading venture capital investors. Sandburst services the worldwide networking market from its headquarters in Andover, MA. For more information, go to: www.sandburst.com. |
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