Wintegra And Tundra Collaborate to Shorten Development Cycles for Communications Infrastructure Equipment.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 27, 2002 Collaboration Promotes Business for WinPath Access Packet Processor and PowerSpan(TM) II System Interconnect Wintegra(TM) Inc., a fabless semiconductor company A fabless semiconductor company specializes in the design and sale of hardware devices implemented on semiconductor chips. It achieves an advantage by outsourcing the fabrication of the devices to a specialized semiconductor manufacturer called a semiconductor foundry or "fab. targeting the access infrastructure market, and Tundra Semiconductor Tundra Semiconductor Corporation (TSX: TUN) supplies communications, computing and storage companies with system interconnect products, intellectual property and design services backed by customer service and technical support. (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension :TUN), a leader in System Interconnect for the communications infrastructure and storage markets, today announced a cooperative effort that should result in greater business opportunities for Wintegra's WinPath(TM) Access Packet Processor, and the Tundra PowerSpan(TM) II, a PowerPC(TM)-to-PCI Bus Switch. The collaboration will facilitate product integration, allowing designers to reduce overall component count and increase system performance while delivering and managing faster data traffic. WinPath is a single-chip Access Packet Processor used by networking and communications equipment vendors worldwide in devices such as base stations, media gateways, access multiplexors and VoP switches, both wireless and wireline; while the Tundra PowerSpan II is an advanced PCI bus PCI bus - Peripheral Component Interconnect switch for devices based on the PowerPC bus. When used in the dual-PCI configuration (one PowerPC device and two PCI bus segments), the PowerSpan II bus switch allows data to pass from port to port, working as a bridge between the PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). interfaces without impacting with system performance. WinPath supports over 18 various networking and telephony protocols, providing a highly integrated network A network that supports both data and voice and/or different networking protocols. See converged network and new public network. processing solution. Specific equipment in which these two products would be used together are ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line concentrators, CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. base stations, VoIP gateways, exchange carrier switching equipment, 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. equipment or any other systems that require WinPath to be interfaced to a PCI bus. "Because of the PowerPC compatible bus on the WinPath Access Processor, customers can use any external PowerPC-bus compatible device to directly connect to WinPath. One of the industry's most popular devices of this type is the PowerSpan II to allow WinPath to connect to PCI," said Robert O'Dell, Wintegra VP of Marketing. "It is important to our customers that we are able to recommend this proven Tundra product that will shorten their development cycles. We're looking forward to many additional design wins for WinPath and PowerSpan II." The first public announcement of two communications components being designed in together came last month in an announcement by Interphase interphase /in·ter·phase/ (in´ter-faz) the interval between two successive cell divisions, during which the chromosomes are not individually distinguishable. in·ter·phase n. Corporation of their iNAV 4000. The iNAV 4000 is the industry's first PICMG An industry consortium that develops specifications for backplanes and interconnects for electronic equipment in the industrial and telecom fields. It was founded in 1994 as the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group, hence the acronym. (R) 2.16 Gigabit Ethernet An Ethernet standard that transmits at 1 Gbps. Used mostly to connect high-end workstations and servers as well as for network backbones, Gigabit Ethernet transmits full duplex from point to point using switches and half duplex in a shared environment (CSMA/CD) using a hub. CompactPCI Packet Switching A network technology that breaks up a message into small packets for transmission. Unlike circuit switching, which requires the establishment of a dedicated point-to-point connection, each packet in a packet-switched network contains a destination address. Backplane (CPSB CPSB Compact Packet-Switching Backplane (802.3 Ethernet standard) CPSB Consumer Product Safety Bureau (Canada) ) compliant card. "The WinPath processor family offers customers a revolutionary approach to handling multiple communication protocols which addresses the current and future networking requirements of designers," said Ian McGill, Tundra VP of Marketing. "The Tundra PowerSpan II provides off-the-shelf, PCI connectivity which allows access to a wide array of PCI-based networking peripherals. The on-going collaboration with Wintegra allows us to provide a complete system level solution for our mutual customers." About Winpath Access Packet Processor -- The availability of Single PCI (64-bit/66MHz) and Dual PCI (64-bit/66MHz, 32-bit/66MHz) PowerSpan II variants allow the devices to address a wide range of application requirements. -- A comprehensive PowerPC Processor bus interface that directly connects to the WinPath Access Packet Processor simplifies hardware development. -- The Switched PCI architecture, support for concurrent pre-fetched reads and the multi-port Direct Memory Access (DMA) capability provides a flexible, high performance, off the shelf PCI interconnect solution for the WinPath processor. -- The integrated, non-transparent PCI-to-PCI bridge in the Dual PCI PowerSpan II allows designers to improve overall system performance and save valuable board real-estate. About PowerSpan II: PowerPC -to- PCI Bus Switch -- The availability of Single PCI (64-bit/66MHz) and Dual PCI (64-bit/66MHz, 32-bit/66MHz) PowerSpan II variants allow the devices to address a wide range of application requirements. -- A comprehensive PowerPC Processor bus interface that directly connects to the WinPath Access Packet Processor simplifies hardware development. -- The Switched PCI architecture, support for concurrent pre-fetched reads and the multi-port Direct Memory Access (DMA) capability provides a flexible, high performance, off the shelf PCI interconnect solution for the WinPath processor. -- The integrated, non-transparent PCI-to-PCI bridge in the Dual PCI PowerSpan II allows designers to improve overall system performance and save valuable board real-estate. More information on the WinPath can be found at http://www.wintegra.com/spb_nov12.pdf More information on the Tundra PowerSpan II can be found at http://www.tundra.com/page.cfm?TREE_ID=101029 About Wintegra, Inc. Founded in January 2000, Wintegra, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company that enables communications infrastructure equipment providers to migrate their product lines toward the next generation of access networks with a family of single chip solutions. The company's mission is to be the #1 provider of protocol-handling components in the access infrastructure. Its WinPath(TM) access packet processor family offers best in class aspects of ASICs, network processors, communications processors, and communications peripherals, creating a new approach to protocol handling. Wintegra has announced more than 25 design wins with numerous customers including Tier 1s, and announced production in June 2002. For more information, go to www.wintegra.com.(TM) About Tundra Tundra Semiconductor Corporation ("Tundra")(TSX:TUN) designs, develops, and markets System Interconnect for use by the world's leading communications infrastructure equipment and storage companies. Tundra System Interconnect is a vital communications technology Noun 1. communications technology - the activity of designing and constructing and maintaining communication systems engineering, technology - the practical application of science to commerce or industry that enables customers to connect critical system components while compressing development cycles and maximizing performance. Tundra products offer value to a range of applications including, wireless infrastructure, storage, networking access, military applications, and industrial automation. Tundra headquarters are located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The Company also has a design center in South Portland, Maine South Portland is a city in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 23,324. Geography South Portland is located at (43.631549, -70.272724)GR1. , United States and a sales office in Maidenhead Maidenhead, city (1991 pop. 59,809), Windsor and Maidenhead, S central England, on the Thames River. It is a residential town with brewing and milling industries as well as a resort. The 13th-century stone bridge was rebuilt in the 1770s. , U.K. Tundra sells its products worldwide through a network of direct sales personnel, independent distributors and manufacturers' representatives. Tundra employs about 200 employees worldwide. More information is available at www.tundra.com. TUNDRA is a registered trademark of Tundra Semiconductor Corporation (Canada, U.S.A. and U.K.). TUNDRA, the Tundra logo, and Silicon Behind the Network are trademarks of Tundra Semiconductor Corporation. |
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