Monday November 6, 6:05 pm Eastern Time
Press Release
Interphase Fibre Channel Host Adapters Power
Award-Winning Video Server
Provides Fibre Channel Network Interface for Grass Valley Group's Emmy Award-Winning Profile
XP Media Platform
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 2000-- Interphase Corporation (Nasdaq:INPH - news) has announced that its
PowerSAN(TM) Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) have been chosen to provide the network interface for the Grass
Valley Group's Emmy® award-winning Profile XP Media Platform.
Storage performance is critical to today's video editing systems because the quality of video edits deteriorates as the
compression ratio used to transfer video files goes up. Interphase PowerSAN Fibre Channel HBAs are well suited for these
applications because of their high data throughput rates and scalable performance. Using PowerSAN adapters, video clips are
transferred from Profile XP Media Platform systems over a high-speed Fibre Channel network in a compressed native format,
eliminating the need to control the quality of the clips at their destination. By keeping the media in this format, workgroups can
share media quickly and reliably without generation loss.
The Grass Valley Group is a digital media leader and works with preeminent content producers including the four major United
States networks, additional cable channels and numerous network affiliates throughout the world including television groups in
England, Sweden, the Netherlands, China, India and Australia. The Profile XP Media Platform offers proven performance in
critical broadcast situations, and has been used in several recent highly watched broadcast events such as the 72nd Academy
Awards®, the Sydney 2000 Olympics and the World Series.
``Our customers have told us they need new approaches to their businesses to win in this multi-channel, multi-format video
world, as well as through traditional distribution channels such as terrestrial broadcast, cable and satellite,'' said Tim
Thorsteinson, president of the Grass Valley Group. ``Interphase PowerSAN adapters maximize the high-speed capabilities of
the Profile XP Media Platform. Customers can move files up to 30 to 40 times faster than play speed. This helps us to speed
the transfer of digital video, audio and data assets, while at the same time maintain the broadcast quality video and audio for
which the Profile line is known.''
``We're pleased to play a part in helping the Grass Valley Group enable broadcasters and video professionals to access and
distribute the content that keeps the world informed and entertained in the new millennium,'' said Greg Kalush, Interphase
president and CEO. ``As the on-air and online worlds continue to converge, digital video is being increasingly deployed in a
variety of settings from traditional broadcast and telecommunications networks to the Internet. Our PowerSAN architecture has
proven to provide the performance and reliability required by the new media applications.' |
