Power X Formalizes Partner Program to Promote Interoperability Between Network
Mutual Customers Benefit From Proven Interoperation of Devices in a Real World
Environment
MANCHESTER, England and ATLANTA, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Power X Limited, the leading designer of high-performance switch fabric silicon subsystems, today launched the Power X Partners Program. Charter members, including Agere, C-Port, SiTera and Vitesse, worked closely with Power X to demonstrate interoperation of their respective devices with TeraChannel(TM), Power X's advanced switch fabric (see press release, September 9, 1999).
The Power X Partner Program was established to address the needs of system designers developing high-performance carrier and enterprise class data switching systems. The goals of the Power X Partner Program are to complement these efforts with a proven environmental context within which TeraChannel operates, and to demonstrate interoperation across logical, physical and electrical interfaces.
The Power X Partner Program is moving from a phase of co-verification and simulation to the creation of hardware reference platforms as silicon and advanced connectors from partners become available.
Phil Mercer, chief executive officer of Power X, said, "From a loose association of complementary technology partners that emerged from our establishment of the CSIX Consortium with XaQti, the Power X Partner Program has evolved into a vital tool for our joint customers. We are committed to demonstrating interoperability in a real-world environment so that our mutual customers can hit the ground running with our joint designs."
About TeraChannel
TeraChannel is a protocol-independent switch fabric silicon subsystem capable of scaling into the Terabit range. The product is realized in cost-effective 0.35um CMOS technology. TeraChannel employs high speed, low power synchronous serial links, developed by Power X, to achieve very high data density.
A 20Gb/s TeraChannel fabric card requires only three fabric chips and can reside on a printed circuit board measuring just 7 inches by 8 inches. First generation TeraChannel technology provides up to 80Gb/s of full duplex non-blocking user bandwidth and requires only six chips per fabric card. A system that provides the facility of redundant operation requires two TeraChannel fabric cards and occupies only 1.6 square feet of real estate. This compares with as much as 6.0 square feet for a redundant 20Gb/s fabric from a leading competitor. The result is a 4X increase in throughput in 1/4 of the real estate.
About Power X Partners
Agere, Inc. is a network processor company providing datacom and telecom equipment manufacturers with powerful multi-protocol solutions for complex Layer 2 through 7 processing. Agere was founded to develop and commercialize a proven, patented technology for the construction of wire-speed programmable routers, switches and network management equipment. Agere enables system vendors to provide carriers, service providers and enterprises with the ability to quickly offer new OC-12, OC-48, and Gigabit Ethernet services. Founded in 1998, Agere is a privately held company headquartered in Austin, Texas. Agere has attracted venture funding from TL Ventures and Austin Ventures. ( agere.com )
C-Port Corporation is a privately held startup company focused on radically improving the networking industry's ability to develop, deploy and provision communications services. Combining expertise in full-custom microprocessors, networking, and software development tools, C-Port's unique team offers the industry's first communications platform, called C-Ware(TM). Leveraging the C-5 Digital Communications Processor, the C-Ware platform enables vendors to develop high-speed networking products quickly and cost-effectively, shrinking their development cycles and freeing them to concentrate on delivering innovative features and services for their enterprise and service provider customers. ( cportcorp.com )
SiTera Incorporated, pioneering Intelligent Network Processing, accelerates the development of next generation high-speed networking equipment, allowing system developers to rapidly introduce intelligent network services for the enterprise, service provider and carrier edge markets. The SiTera Network Acceleration Platform includes intelligent network processors, SiTera's SoftNet library of networking software, and an integrated development suite. ( sitera.com )
Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation is a leading provider of high bandwidth communication chips for driving the Internet. The Active-Flow Processors from the XaQti network processor group enable the construction of universal network system platforms for user-driven customization of networks and the rapid deployment of end-to-end IP services such as IP QoS, IPv6, IP multicast, IP Sec, Mobile IP, and Policy management. Vitesse is delivering Gigabit Ethernet, Fiber Channel, ATM and Packet Over SONET (PoS) chips and system design tools to leading networking OEMs today. ( vitesse.com )
About Power X
Power X Limited is a privately owned fabless silicon vendor with headquarters in Manchester, England. The company was initially funded in 1996 to develop an efficient and cost-effective high-performance interconnect technology capable of moving vast amounts of data between connected devices. The result is TeraChannel(TM), a low-latency, high-throughput switch fabric chip set that offers scalable, high performance interconnect technology suitable for Gigabit Ethernet, ATM and multiprocessor interconnect applications. For more information, contact the company: px.uk.com ; telephone +44 161 286 2000; email info@px.uk.com.
NOTE: Power X and TeraChannel are trademarks of Power X, Ltd. All other brands or products mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners and should be treated as such.
SOURCE Power X Ltd.
CO: Power X Ltd.
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