V3 Semiconductor's High Performance PCI System Controller Chosen by Ramp Networks for Next Generation ADSL Platform.Business/Technology Editors TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 24, 2000 V3 Semiconductor (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 : VVVI) announced today that Ramp Networks (NASDAQ: RAMP), a leading worldwide provider of high-speed Internet See broadband. access solutions, has chosen V3's V320USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. high performance PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). system controller for use in Ramp's ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line router. Ramp's powerful next generation ADSL access platform is designed for small offices and enterprise remote offices that require high-bandwidth Internet based communication and applications. V3 will receive substantial orders from Ramp for the V320USC, and Ramp has deployed the ADSL product through its telco carrier partners. V3's V320USC high performance system controller is a third-generation PCI product that integrates many of the functions needed in a typical embedded system Any electronic system that uses a CPU chip, but that is not a general-purpose workstation, desktop or laptop computer. Such systems generally use microprocessors, or they may use custom-designed chips or both. . The platform was designed to provide a scaleable, powerful, secure platform for fast carrier deployment of high speed Internet services to small business customers. Because of the flexible system architecture and high performance design, advanced features such as firewalling and VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. (Virtual Private Networks) security can be readily supported. "Small offices need an intelligent platform at the edge of the network with a flexible architecture at an affordable price," said Elie Habib, Vice President of Engineering at Ramp. "We chose the V320USC because of its high throughput capability and its ability to work seamlessly with the Hitachi SuperH RISC processor." "We are experiencing strong market acceptance of the V320USC into intelligent CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment (Customer Premise Equipment) platforms at the edge of the communications network," says Stacy Joseph, V3's Marketing Manager. "PCI started on the desktop, and is now embedded in today's Internet infrastructure equipment. We are now witnessing the strong use of PCI in Routers and Internet Access products. Ramp's use of the V320USC further validates V3's focus on providing high integration, low cost PCI system controller products for these highly embedded platforms." About V3 Semiconductor V3 Semiconductor (NASDAQ: VVVI), the Embedded Intelligence Company, designs, develops and markets high performance silicon. V3 enables its customers to develop systems faster than ever before to meet the explosive demands of the new internet economy. V3 targets leading manufacturers of communications network infrastructure equipment, network edge connectivity devices, internet appliances, set top boxes, mass storage sub-systems and industrial embedded computers. Certain statements contained in this press release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995, such as statements relating to financial results and plans for future business development activities, and are thus prospective. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to; economic conditions, competition and other uncertainties detailed from time to time in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. V3 SEMICONDUCTOR INC inc - /ink/ increment, i.e. increase by one. Especially used by assembly programmers, as many assembly languages have an "inc" mnemonic. Antonym: dec. ., the Embedded Intelligence Company, is a manufacturer of integrated circuits for the embedded systems market. V3 Semiconductor's clients include: ATI Technologies Inc., Cisco Systems, Data General Corporation, Eastman Kodak Company, Hewlett Packard Company, Hitachi America Ltd., Intel Corporation, International Business Machines (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) ), Lucent Technologies, Nortel Networks, Matsushita Corporation (Panasonic), Samsung Telecommunications, Toshiba Corporation, Xerox Corporation and other large corporations. To contact us please call V3 Semiconductor at 1-877-283-7364 or visit our Internet Web site at http://www.vcubed.com for current product information and ongoing announcements. V3 Semiconductor Inc. 250 Consumers Road, Suite 901, North York, ON, Canada M2J 4V6 Phone: (416) 497-8884 (International) Fax: (416) 497-1160 Toll Free: (877-283-7364) (Canada and US) World Wide Web : www.vcubed.com (c)2000 V3 Semiconductor Inc., is a registered trademark of V3 Semiconductor. Any other names mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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