GENROCO SMASHES OPEN SYSTEMS TCP/IP RECORD
(side note: the GSN-6466 uses a Patriot Scientific PSC1005 JAVA chip...)
GENROCO SMASHES OPEN SYSTEMS TCP/IP RECORD
SLINGER, Wisconsin, December 15, 2000 - Engineers at GEN-
ROCO, Inc. (OTCBB: "GRCI'') filed a benchmark accounting
with the Netperf Database maintained by Hewlett-Packard
which reports record TCP/IP performance using open systems
bus and network topologies. GENROCO's GSN-6466 PCI Giga-
byte Systems Network (GSN) host bus adapter (HBA) was
employed on a Sun Microsystems Ultra 60 running the Solaris
2.8 operating system and achieved 127 megabytes per second
(MB/s) of sustained throughput running the Netperf
TCP_STREAM benchmark tests. The previous best reported on
an open systems platform was 67 MB/s on a Sun machine using
SBus OC12 ATM. Only SGI's proprietary XIO bus GSN HBA has
achieved better results than the GENROCO gear.
TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) is
the basic communication language or protocol used on the
Internet and most private computer networks. PCI is an
open computer interconnection system between a microproces-
sor and attached devices in which expansion slots are spaced
closely for high speed operation. Developed by Intel as a
local CPU bus, PCI is now designed to be independent of
microprocessor design. PCI is installed on most new UNIX
servers and desktop computers.
GSN is the first ANSI standard, gigabyte per second network
interface. This technology represents the highest bandwidth
and lowest latency open interconnect, providing full duplex
8000 megabits per second of error-free, flow-controlled data
transmission.
Joe Nordman, Vice President of Research and Development for
GENROCO, remarked, "Our organization is very pleased with
initial benchmark testing of our PCI GSN adapter on Sun
machines. We expect that additional tuning and use of more
powerful models will allow for even higher performance in
the near future. Our staff is working diligently to improve
these results as well as to provide benchmark data for our
hardware and software on IBM, Compaq, and other UNIX plat-
forms."
GENROCO's GSN-6466 HBA bridges a 64 bit 66 megahertz PCI bus
to parallel 20 bit copper or 12 bit optical GSN interfaces,
providing payload bandwidth of 800MB per second in each
direction - eight times the speed of gigabit Fibre Channel
or Ethernet. The Company's sales last month to customers in
the U.S., Europe, and Japan, marked the first commercial
deployment of GSN host interfaces for open system super-
servers and workstations.
Carl Pick, GENROCO Chairman & CEO, stated, "Recent TCP/IP
benchmarks continue to depict our firm as the leading sup-
plier of ultra high performance, open systems, networking
products. Our current GSN interfaces, switches, and soft-
ware drivers are providing the foundation for future Infini-
Band, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, OC192, PCI-X and other emerging
interconnect technology offerings from GENROCO over the next
several years. "
GENROCO plans to demonstrate high performance storage and
network benchmarks at several industry and customer events
during the next several weeks.
About GENROCO
GENROCO, Inc. is a 26-year-old, engineering and marketing
company that specializes in providing I/O solutions for
users of high performance, network independent storage area
networks (SANs). By offering cross-platform support for its
patented technology, the Company is able to deliver unique,
extraordinarily high bandwidth, low host overhead products
for these markets. GENROCO enjoys a global customer base
that includes Compaq, Fujitsu, SGI, Sun, IBM, the US Depart-
ments of Defense and Energy, CERN, and other research insti-
tutions. Additional information about GENROCO can be found
at: genroco.com.
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This release contains forward-looking statements based on
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GENROCO, Inc. can be found in the company's filings with
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
contact:
Don Woelz, VP of Marketing
262-644-2505 don@genroco.com
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