Attention Business/Financial Editors:
NHC COMMUNICATIONS INC. POISED TO REVOLUTIONIZE $3.5 BILLION DOLLAR (US) MARKET THROUGH
ITS NEW GENERATION MICROCHIP
MONTREAL, Sept. 18 /CNW/ - NHC Communications Inc. (NHC, a leading
international manufacturer of Switching and Fiber Optic Solutions announced
today the successful completion of final testing on its Gallium Arsenide
matrix chip (SX88). NHC's new chip addresses a market potential which has
been quoted to reach as high as $3.5 billion dollars (US), and NHC and
Nortel are cited as the two key players within this arena. (based on 1997
DataPro Report)
``Development of this innovative technology is an extraordinary
achievement for NHC, and an integral element of our corporate product
direction,'' said Sylvain Abitbol, President and CEO. ``Strategic foresight
and
calculated focus to obtain exact specifications for the chip have provided NHC
with the necessary key to redefine future switching technology. Our
perseverance over the past two and a half years has finally culminated in
tangible results,'' added Abitbol.
Current solutions are crippled in terms of the size and scope of
applications. NHC's new chip positions the Corporation with the capability to
build category 5 standard and higher physical switching products, in addition
to solutions supporting higher speeds such as ATM. With this new
technological foundation in place, R & D efforts at NHC are making significant
headway with further developing new chips and maintaining a cutting edge
within this evolving market.
This new chip technology is the latest addition to NHC's high-performance
cross-connect switching family. Eliminating the need to manually maneuver
physical LAN and/or WAN connections, NHC's family of electronic switches
deliver an automated and proactive approach to managing networks. The SX88
chip will allow NHC switches to exchange data signals at very high speeds,
thereby extending performance and scalability within a family of switching
products. Solutions oriented, NHC products can be integrated into a wide range
of applications, including desktop video, resource sharing, fall-back
switching for Internet Service Providers (ISPs), security, and moves,
adds and changes (MACs).
It is estimated that the world-wide number of MACs in 1997 will amount to
20 million connections. This number is expected to grow to 25 and 31 million
connections in 1998/99, respectively. The majority of these connections are
still performed manually today. Performing automated MACs and optimizing
network time is a lucrative market which NHC is strongly poised to address
with a line of mixed media, high-speed cross-connect electronic switching
products integrating the new SX88 chip.
The SX88 chip was created on a Gallium Arsenide platform due to its
superior characteristics at very high frequency operations. Initial research
on the microchip technology was undertaken by NHC in collaboration with
Dr. Bozena Kaminska and her team of post doctorate and master students at the
Ecole Polytechnique, an internationally recognized engineering institution
based in Montreal, Canada. Dr. Kaminska has written an exhaustive amount of
technical papers and has numerous patents. She is also a member of the
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and chairs the
Mixed-Signal Testing Committee.
Founded in 1987, NHC Communications Inc. (TSE sym: NHC) vision is to be a
leading developer of products that increase the competitive edge of its
customers by applying innovative technology approaches to the delivery of
high-speed mixed media switched access and transmission networks. A sample of
a few current NHC world-wide Fortune 500 customers include, American Express,
Shell Oil, A.T. & T., Allstate Insurance, Exxon, IBM, Sprint and BBN, one of
the world's largest Internet Service Providers. NHC products are certified
for use in over 30 countries world-wide and cover a range of industry sectors
including banking and financial services, Internet Access Providers, medical,
government, military and education.
NHC sells through leading resellers supported by sales locations in
Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Richmond (VA), New York and Montreal.
International sales are supported by offices in Amhem (Holland), Paris,
York (UK), and Singapore.
NHC MAY BE CONTACTED THROUGH ITS WEB SITE: WWW.NHC.COM.
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