Bhag, those links still work for me, the first one is from OEM Magazine(CMP publications) and begins like this: November 1, 1996
Issue: 433
Section: Telecom strategies
ATM courts VME -- There's a marriage of convergence in the works between an old bus and a
young switching technology, and both have much to gain from the relationship
By David Lieberman and Loring Wirbel
A marriage of convenience is in the works between a popular industrial bus standard and a would-be standard for
high-bandwidth data transport. Like all proud parents, the creators of the bus and the interconnect hope the union will prove
fruitful.
This latest wrinkle in the unfolding story of computer-telephony integration (CTI) has fabless semiconductor house TranSwitch
Corp., of Shelton, Conn., seeking to standardize its asynchronous-transfer-mode technology on a VMEbus backplane under
the auspices of the ANSI-accredited VITA Standards Organization (VSO) of the VMEbus International Trade Association.
The technology at issue, CellBus, essentially encapsulates point-to-point ATM virtual channels within a shared resource that
multiple devices can access-in other words, within a bus.... And, the second is from EE Times(CMP also) and begins like this: September 23, 1996
Issue: 920
Section: Design -- Computers & Communications
A marriage of convergence
By David Lieberman
One of the more interesting things about the convergence of computing and communications is how it has erased the traditional
dividing line between the two disciplines. In the good old days, the computer jock's responsibility and expertise usually ended
at the add-in-board slot. The province of the communications maven, on the other hand, began at the computer-chassis
connector, and his concern lay solely with the world beyond the box.
The network-board specialists who bridged the two disciplines, meanwhile, were frequently split into two camps:one for the
computer-related section of the board and one for the comms circuitry. And between those two internal camps, like the cream
holding together the wafers of the Oreo cookie, were the software gurus.
Then came computer-telephony integration (CTI), adding frosting to the cookie, and the world hasn't been the same since.
Multidisciplinary design is now the order of the day.
A marriage of VMEbus computing and asynchronous-transfer-mode (ATM) communications is in the works, appropriately
brokered by a leader in CTI:Dialogic Corp. That company's signal computing system architecture (SCSA) bus has become
one of two de facto CTI standards in the PC world, the other being Natural MicroSystem's multivendor integration protocol... Also, re my previous post on insider buying. Per Washington Service reports- On 10/21/96, Michael Stauff, CFO, bt. 10m shs. at $4.88-$5.13, bringing holdings to 15m shs. And, John Haynes, an officer, bt. 10m shs. at $5.00-$5.13, bringing holdings to 14m shs. The ASND news today was encouraging, obviusly the mkt. liked it. Good luck, Tim |
