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JNI to Use Tensilica Technology in Next Generation Fibre Channel Controller ASICs
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 23, 2001--Tensilica®
Inc and JNI® Corporation (Nasdaq:JNIC), announced today that JNI has
licensed Tensilica's Xtensa(TM) technology and plans to incorporate it
into a System-on-Chip Fibre Channel Controller product. JNI
Corporation is a leading manufacturer of enterprise-level storage area
network (SAN) products and Fibre Channel based host bus adapters
(HBA). Tensilica, Inc. is the leading provider of extensible,
configurable processor technology. By utilizing Tensilica's technology
in its next-generation Fibre Channel products, JNI will provide
superior solutions to both its HBA and IC customers.
``We chose Tensilica's technology over several available RISC
processor core options after an extensive technical evaluation,'' said
Sassan Teymouri, vice president of the JNI Semiconductor Division.
``Among other reasons, Xtensa has a proven high performance capability
in 0.18-micron technology, and provides a completely integrated suite
of software development tools.
``Fibre Channel technology is expanding rapidly,'' Teymouri
continued. ``We want to offer a class of extremely programmable and
flexible controllers that meets a wide range of requirements from
SAN-to-WAN applications to Storage Virtualization applications.
Xtensa's unique extensibility feature will facilitate tailoring the
processor to accommodate specific protocols and streamline its
performance - two very important requirements for our program.''
Bernie Rosenthal, Tensilica's vice president of marketing and
business development, said ``This engagement validates our Xtensa
processor's applicability in the rapidly growing Storage Area Network
(SAN) space. By joining other industry leaders using Xtensa in the
set-top box, wireless and data communications markets, JNI
demonstrates the flexibility of our technology. We welcome JNI as a
valued customer and partner.''
About JNI Corporation
JNI Corporation is a leading manufacturer of enterprise-level
products used to create storage networks, and is the dominant
manufacturer of host bus adapters (HBAs) for the Solaris environment.
JNI offers a broad line of FibreStar® HBAs, Emerald(TM) ASICs, and
EZ Fibre(TM) and DriverSuite(TM) software for SANs. JNI's products
operate on Solaris, Windows 2000, Windows NT, HP-UX, AIX, Novell,
Linux and Mac OS systems. JNI customers, distributors and strategic
partners include Acal FCS, Avid, Bell Microproducts, Brocade,
Chaparral, Compaq StorageWorks, Consan, Crossroads, EMC, Eurologic,
Gadzoox, GE Access, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi Data Systems, IBM, Info
X, LSI Logic, McDATA, Nishan Systems, StorageTek, Sun Microsystems,
TidalWire and Veritas. Company headquarters are in San Diego, with
offices throughout the U.S. and Munich (Munchen), Germany.
The company is headquartered in San Diego, California (92121) at
10945 Vista Sorrento Parkway. The company's toll-free telephone is
800/452-9267 and its main switchboard number is 858/523-7000. The fax
number is 858-523-7001, and web site is www.jni.com .
About Tensilica
Tensilica was founded in July 1997 to address the fast-growing
market for configurable processors and software development tools for
high volume, embedded systems. Using the company's proprietary Xtensa
Processor Generator, system-on-chip (SOC) designers can develop a
processor subsystem hardware design and a complete software
development tool environment tailored to their specific requirements
in hours.
Tensilica's solutions provide a proven, easy-to-use, methodology
that enables designers to achieve optimum application performance in
minimum design time. The Company has over 130 engineers engaged in
research, development, and customer support from its offices in Santa
Clara, California; Burlington, Massachusetts; Princeton, NJ; Houston,
Texas; Oxford, U.K.; Stockholm, Sweden; Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.; and
Yokohama, Japan.
Tensilica is headquartered in Santa Clara, California (95054) at
3255-6 Scott Boulevard, and can be reached at 408/986-8000 or via
www.tensilica.com on the World Wide Web.
Editors' Notes: ``Tensilica'' is a registered trademark and ``Xtensa''
is a trademark belonging to Tensilica Inc. JNI, JNIC, Emerald,
FibreStar, DriverSuite and EZ Fibre are trademarks or registered
trademarks of JNI Corp. All other registered trademarks or trademarks
are property of their respective owners.
Tensilica's announced licensees are, in alphabetical order,
Berkeley Wireless Research Center, Cisco Systems, Conexant Systems,
Fujitsu Limited, Galileo Technology, Hughes Network Systems, Ikanos
Communications, JNI Corporation, Mindspeed Technologies, National
Semiconductor, NEC Networks, NEC Solutions, NTT, ONEX Communications,
TranSwitch Corporation and ZiLOG.
Visit Tensilica at Embedded Systems Conference 2001, September
4-7, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Mass., booth number 115.
Contact:
Tensilica
Kim Alfaro, 408/327-7343
kim@tensilica.com
or
JNI
Chris Wildermuth, 858/523-7243
wildermuth@jni.com
or
Tanis Communications
Nikki Tanis, 408/371-9394
nikki@taniscomm.com
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