Strategic Partnership between Nallatech and Starbridge Systems Targets High-Performance Computing Markets; Combination of Starbridge Design Software and Nallatech Hardware Delivers Scalable, Flexible, Affordable FPGA-Based Systems.SALT LAKE CITY & BALTIMORE -- Taking the lead in addressing strategic markets for field programmable gate array See FPGA. (FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) A type of gate array that is programmed in the field rather than in a semiconductor fab. Containing up to hundreds of thousands of gates, there are a variety of FPGA architectures on the market. ) systems, Starbridge Systems and Nallatech today announced a worldwide strategic partnership that offers a unique combination of software, hardware and services suited for high-performance computing High-speed computing, which typically refers to supercomputers used in scientific research. applications. These combined offerings make the power of FPGAs accessible to system engineers involved in high-performance computing applications in markets such as defense and military, homeland security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States and bioinformatics. The agreement follows the porting of Starbridge Systems Viva FPGA development software to Nallatech's reconfigurable computer systems. This combination provides ease of algorithm development on a wide range of FPGA platforms--from inexpensive low gate-count boards to powerful high-end multi-FPGA architectures. "This strategic alliance is truly a case of taking the best elements of two companies to establish a powerful, scalable and affordable computing system for demanding applications," said Allan Cantle cantle the back-most part of the saddle seat; the place to grasp when mounting. , CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Nallatech. "Starbridge's Viva provides a powerful and easy-to-use front end tool for Nallatech's FPGA-based hardware systems." "Offering Viva with Nallatech's scalable, modular hardware platform extends the benefits of Starbridge's expertise in Hypercomputing to a much broader range of users," said Kurt Dobson, CEO of Starbridge Systems. "The Nallatech/Starbridge relationship makes high-performance reconfigurable computing See adaptive computing. accessible to the entry level user as well as the power user. With Starbridge's Viva, a fully integrated, object oriented, graphical development environment, developers can create efficient custom circuitry for running complex algorithms directly in the FPGA hardware of Nallatech's reconfigurable computer systems. Viva algorithms can be tuned for maximum performance (by using more hardware), smallest physical size (by using very few gates), or anything in between. NOTE FOR EDITORS, FPGA EXPERTS: Nallatech and Starbridge will be demonstrating the shared development platform through a real-time video analysis application written in Viva running on Nallatech FPGA hardware at 2005 MAPLD MAPLD Military Applications of Programmable Logic Devices International Conference in Washington, D.C., September 7-9, 2005. For more information, please visit http://klabs.org/mapld05. About Nallatech Nallatech is the world's leading supplier of high performance FPGA solutions. A comprehensive product range delivers the highest performance-density, maximum scalability and most complete solutions available on the market today. Nallatech offers a unique high-speed architecture, combined with support for industry standard PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). , cPCI, PC/104 and VME (Virtual Machine Environment) An operating system from Fujitsu Services (formerly ICL) that runs on its Series 39 mainframes. Introduced in 1975, VME is a comprehensive product that provides a variety of utilities for datacenter operations. , along with software support for the most popular operating systems and programming languages. Nallatech provides flexible, easy to implement solutions for Data Communications, Digital Signal and Image Processing. Customers benefit from lower costs, reduced power consumption and improved performance in end markets including Telecommunications Infrastructure, Aerospace and Defense, Imaging and Scientific Computing. Nallatech is headquartered in Cumbernauld, U.K., its wholly-owned subsidiary Nallatech, Inc. has U.S. group offices in Baltimore and regional offices in Phoenix, Philadelphia and Boston. For more information, please visit www.nallatech.com. About Starbridge Systems: The Hypercomputing Company Utah-based Star Bridge Systems, Inc. was founded in 1998 to advance reconfigurable computing technologies, creating the powerful, high-performance Hypercomputer platforms. Compared with conventional processors, Starbridge's scalable Hypercomputers offer significant advantages in speed, flexibility, versatility and efficiencies of size, weight and power consumption. Starbridge's Viva development environment turns months into minutes by supporting highly parallel expression of algorithms and optimally configuring FPGA hardware for peak execution of each algorithm. Starbridge customers include such institutions as NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. , the U.S. Air Force and the National Cancer Institute. For more information, visit www.starbridgesystems.com, email info@starbridgesystems.com, or call 801-984-4444. |
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