VMETRO Announces PCI Express(R) Analysis for the AdvancedMC (AMC) Form Factor.HOUSTON -- VMETRO expands the highly successful Vanguard Express analyzer family with the introduction of the Vanguard Express PCI Express A high-speed peripheral interconnect from Intel introduced in 2002. Note that although sometimes abbreviated "PCX," PCI Express is not the same as "PCI-X" (see PCI-SIG and PCI-X for comparison). As a result of the confusion, "PCI-E" or "PCIe" is the accepted abbreviation. (R) Protocol and Link Analyzer for the AdvancedMC (AMC (Advanced Mezzanine Card) See AdvancedTCA. ) form factor. Designed for debugging, testing and validating the PCI Express protocol, the Vanguard Express AdvancedMC allows testing of AMC.1 type 1, 2, 4 and 8 modules. The Vanguard Express family incorporates more than 20 years of VMETRO bus and protocol analyzer expertise and is VMETRO's first product offered for the AdvancedMC form factor. The Vanguard Express AdvancedMC is a self contained unit that installs between the device under test and the host system, and allows testing with minimal intrusion to the system under test. The Vanguard Express AdvancedMC is operated via USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. or Ethernet while using VMETRO's BusView 5 Graphical User Interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to software. A single workstation can control multiple Vanguard analyzers for monitoring different protocols and form factors including PCI Express, PCI-X/PCI, PMC (1) See Portable Media Center. (2) (PCI Mezzanine Card) A PCI-based mezzanine card that is widely adapted to VMEbus, CompactPCI and PCI cards. , CompactPCI or 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. . At the heart of the Vanguard Express AMC is VMETRO's unique Serial Analyzer Engine module (SAE). The SAE can be used on various VMETRO adapters providing PCI Express Analysis in multiple form factors. This makes the Vanguard Express the most flexible and cost-effective PCI Express Analyzer on the market! "With the adoption of the AdvancedMC standard in the telecommunications industry, VMETRO cooperated with several key players in that market to develop the Vanguard Express AMC," says Stein Erik Maurice, Group Marketing Manager at VMETRO asa. "The end result is a cost effective analyzer package that will significantly improve time to market for our customers." For ease of use and to increase productivity, the Vanguard Express Analyzers and BusView 5 include protocol decoding as well as display trace data in multiple views. The PCI Express protocol is decoded throughout the user interface including setup screens, trace displays, statistics and all utilities. The user can arrange trace data in chronological order or grouped as link or split transactions for improved readability. Other unique trace views are available including data, packet details or lane views making data easy to read and interpret for all users, regardless of expertise and task. Real Time Performance Analysis is also included with the Vanguard Express AMC Analyzer. The Vanguard Express statistics engine offers concurrent real-time measurements including Event Counting, Link Utilization, PLP (Presentation Level Protocol) A North American standard protocol for videotex. Distribution, TLP TLP Tension Leg Platform TLP Thread-Level Parallelism TLP Transactional License Program (Adobe software license program) TLP Transitional Living Program TLP The Learning Partnership TLP Transmission Level Point TLP Tanzania Labor Party Distribution, DLLP Distribution, Payload Length Distribution and Transfer Rate. In addition, post processing statistics are generated on any acquired trace data using the Trace Count feature which calculates performance information based on trace samples of interest. Automatic error detection is performed by the Vanguard Express AdvancedMC's onboard protocol checker. The protocol checker aids the user in tracking down link hardware errors and logical faults without the need to understand the nature of the problem. Each error includes online help to assist with debugging. Features: --PCI Express Protocol and Link Analysis for AdvancedMC systems --AMC.1 type 1, 2, 4 and 8 support --Independent and Concurrent Operation of Analyzer, Statistics and Protocol Checker --USB and Ethernet Communication --256MB Trace Buffer --8 Trigger Events The Vanguard Express AdvancedMC products are available from June 2006. Pricing starts at $23,950. PCI Express is a registered trademark of the PCI-SIG. About VMETRO VMETRO provides integrators of high-end embedded computer systems with products and services, from development through deployment, with the highest levels of performance, innovation and reliability. The products are based mostly on open standards like VXS, PCI Express, VME, PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). and CompactPCI. Founded in 1986 in Oslo, Norway, VMETRO is the world's largest manufacturer of bus analyzers for standard buses such as VME, PCI and PCI Express. VMETRO also offers an extensive line of high-performance signal processing solutions, real-time data recorders, PMC 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 controllers and modules for real-time data processing, acquisition and networking. VMETRO has been traded on the Oslo Stock Exchange Oslo Stock Exchange An exchange founded in 1819 and trading stocks, bonds, and stock options that is considered the options market of Norway. (Ticker:VME) since 1997. For more information, please visit www.vmetro.com. |
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