XYLAN WINS CONTRACT TO SUPPLY VITESSE.Byline: Ben Sullivan Daily News Staff Writer Xylan xylan /xy·lan/ (zi´lan) any of a group of pentosans composed of xylose residues; major structural constituents of wood, straw, and bran. Corp. said Monday it has won a contract from nearby Vitesse Semiconductor to supply switching equipment that will be used to upgrade a communications network The transmission channels interconnecting all client and server stations as well as all supporting hardware and software. linking Vitesse's headquarters and its Colorado factory. Vitesse makes integrated computer circuits. In order to allow employees at its headquarters in Camarillo Camarillo (kă'mərē`yō), city (1990 pop. 52,303), Ventura co., S Calif.; inc. 1964. It is the center of a fertile farm area where citrus fruits and flowers are grown. to swap information with the company's Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, city (1990 pop. 281,140), seat of El Paso co., central Colo., on Monument and Fountain creeks, at the foot of Pikes Peak; inc. 1886. It is a year-round resort and a booming military, technological, and commercial city. , Colo.-based manufacturing plant, Vitesse is building a computer network that can transfer 155 megabytes of information per second between points. A megabyte One million bytes, or more precisely 1,048,576 bytes. Also MB, Mbyte and M-byte. See mega and space/time. (unit) megabyte - (MB, colloquially "meg") 2^20 = 1,048,576 bytes = 1024 kilobytes. 1024 megabytes are one gigabyte. is approximately 8 million bits of data; by comparison, a 56-kilobaud computer modem can transfer just 56,000 bits of data per second. Calabasas-based Xylan said Vitesse will purchase 11 of its OmniSwitches for an undisclosed price. Xylan's switches act something like a traffic cop, directing pieces of information flowing on a network to their proper destination. Xylan shares closed at $25.50 on Monday. |
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