Tundra Semiconductor Demonstrates Next Generation VME Technology
Tundra Tsi148 VME-to-PCI/X Bus Bridge preserves legacy VME technology while enabling new high-performance applications
OTTAWA, ON, Jan. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tundra Semiconductor (TSX:TUN), the leader in System Interconnect, today announced successful demonstration of 2eSST technology using the Tundra Tsi148(TM) VME-to-PCI/X Bus Bridge.
The Tsi148 implements the 2eSST protocol - the first significant VMEbus upgrade in a decade. This new protocol opens the door for innovative products to be brought to market by systems manufacturers in the VME arena. The 2eSST protocol allows streaming transactions and is capable of achieving backplane bandwidth up to 320 Megabytes per second, an 8-fold increase over conventional VME. This improvement is equivalent to 2.5Gb/s, which enhances VMEbus ability to compete against next generation architectures. The Tsi148 provides an increase in overall processing capability on legacy backplanes, while transparently enabling the high-performance distributed processing that new applications demand.
The Tsi148 bridges PCI or PCI-X on the local bus to the VMEbus. It eliminates performance bottlenecks by operating as a peer with other devices on the local bus. This can reduce the total number of bridges that VMEbus product vendors and end-users - in the military, industrial automation, communications, storage and medical industries - require for bandwidth management on the host card. On the system interface, the Tsi148 operates in master or slave mode for traditional VME, 2eVME and 2eSST transactions. These protocols are industry standards developed by the VMEbus International Trade Association (VITA).
The Tsi148, a small and pin efficient device, complements Tundra's current VME product line that includes the Universe(TM) II VMEbus-to-PCI Bus Bridge and the SCV64(TM) VME64-to-Host Processor Bridge.
Availability
Early access partners will have access to Tsi148 alpha samples before general availability, which is scheduled for mid-summer 2004. These partners will get a time-to-market advantage with integration support from Tundra.
About the Tsi148 Program
In August 2002, Tundra announced an agreement with Motorola to verify, market, manufacture, sell, and support the Tsi148 in the general embedded market. The Tsi148, previously named 'Tempe', was developed as part of the VME Renaissance program driven by Motorola Computer Group, a part of Motorola, Inc.
"Tundra applied its extensive experience in VME bridging to emulate and verify the performance of the Tsi148. This device is the culmination of Motorola's and Tundra's complementary development and testing expertise," said Tim Warland, VME Product Manager at Tundra. "This device responds to the VME market's needs for next generation VME System Interconnect while protecting customers existing investments in this technology."
"Tundra is committed to VMEbus technology and products," said Rick O'Connor, Chief Technology Officer at Tundra. "The Tsi148 strengthens Tundra's VME System Interconnect product portfolio and ensures that our customers have a backward-compatible migration to next generation VMEbus system architectures."
Tundra provides outstanding support and manufacturing expertise for Tsi148 customers," said Chau Pham, Chief Technology Officer, at Motorola Computer Group. "The Tundra and Motorola relationship provides a winning situation for our customers because it provides them access to a proven distribution channel for the chip and world-class support from Tundra."
About Tundra
Tundra Semiconductor Corporation designs, develops, and markets standards- based System Interconnect for use by the world's leading communications and storage system companies. Tundra supports RapidIO, VME, PCI standards. Tundra System Interconnect is a vital communications technology that enables customers to connect critical system components while compressing development cycles and maximizing performance. Applications include wireless infrastructure, storage networking, network 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, a European sales office in Maidenhead, U.K., and an American sales office in Dallas, Texas. Tundra sells its products worldwide through a network of direct sales personnel, independent distributors and manufacturers' representatives. Tundra employs about 180 employees worldwide.
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