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Banderacom Demonstrates First TCP/IP Offload Over InfiniBand
Technology Demonstration With Wind River Improves Computer and Network Efficiency by Dedicating CPU to Applications Rather Than Data Transmission
ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 18, 2001-- Banderacom, a leading fabless InfiniBand semiconductor company, and Wind River Systems (Nasdaq:WIND - news), a leading provider of software and services for connected smart devices in the Internet age, today announced the computer industry's first demonstration of TCP/IP offload over an InfiniBand connection.
``This industry-first demonstration, powered by Banderacom's IBandit chip set, and Wind River Systems' TCP/IP software solution, reinforces Banderacom's position as the leading provider of the silicon necessary to build high-performance InfiniBand targets,'' said Les Crudele, president and CEO of Banderacom. ``TCP/IP offload illustrates one of the major applications for InfiniBand to improve the performance of server, storage and networking systems.''
Wind River announced in October 2000 that it would partner with Banderacom to develop the InfiniBand functionality for Wind River's widely deployed VxWorks real-time operating system (RTOS).
``TINA's TCP/IP offloading capabilities provide Banderacom with a technology that is flexible and customizable in software,'' said David Fraser, group vice president and general manager of Wind River's Networks business unit. ``Wind River realizes InfiniBand's potential to break the bandwidth bottleneck. Banderacom's utilization of TINA to offload the TCP/IP stack onto an intelligent NIC helps clear that bottleneck for high throughput. With our TINA solution customers are better equipped to handle 10 Gigabit Ethernet.''
``Off-loading communications processing from server CPUs to the InfiniBand fabric will fundamentally improve the efficiency of computer and storage networks,'' said Jonathan Eunice, principal server analyst with Illuminata Inc., a leading IT analyst firm. ``Banderacom and Wind River Systems are basically giving a preview of how next-generation datacenters will be connected and optimized.''
In the demonstration at this week's InfiniBand Trade Association conference in Orlando, InfiniBand host servers offload TCP/IP requests to an IBandit-powered Gigabit Ethernet-to-InfiniBand TCP/IP offload target system. The target system contains an intelligent network interface card (iNIC) that is connected to a storage server on an Ethernet network. The host servers deliver broadband streaming videos to a computer without processing the TCP/IP themselves, illustrating how IBandit-powered InfiniBand equipment will enable richer broadband and multimedia experiences.
The TCP/IP offload software is implemented using Wind River's Tornado® for Intelligent Network Acceleration (TINA) and the IxWorks Real-Time Operating System (RTOS). The hardware for the TCP/IP offload target consists of a 1U (one and one-half inch high) rack-mount chassis, and was developed using an IBandit Application Development System (ADS) board, an Intel 80200 Processor with Intel XScale(tm) Microarchitecture and an Intel PRO-1000 Gigabit Ethernet network interface card.
The demonstration is hosted as part of a robust InfiniBand fabric made up of Intel and Banderacom host channel adapter (HCA) nodes, and a variety of Target Channel Adaptor (TCA) nodes powered by Banderacom's IBandit prototype chipset. Each IBandit node contains a Lane15 Subnet Management Agent (SMA), while other nodes use SMAs from Intel Corporation.
The entire subnet is managed by a Lane15 Fabric Manager and monitored by a graphical management interface both locally in the Banderacom booth and remotely from the Lane15 Software booth. A CATC InfiniBand Protocol Analyzer graphically demonstrates the InfiniBand traffic generated by the demonstration.
About InfiniBand Architecture
InfiniBand architecture is an industry standards-based interconnection technology that dramatically increases scalability, reliability and flexibility of server and storage systems used in modern networks.
InfiniBand architecture is expected to replace Gigabit Ethernet, Fiber Channel, SCSI and PCI as the technologies currently required to connect today's storage and server networks. InfiniBand architecture provides a universal interconnect fabric enabling new, lower cost, higher performance and more reliable networks that are not possible today.
About Wind River
Wind River, www/windriver.com, is a worldwide leader in embedded software and services for creating connected smart devices. Wind River provides software development tools, real-time operating systems, and advanced connectivity for use in products throughout the Internet, telecommunications and data communications, digital imaging, digital consumer electronics, networking, medical, computer peripherals, automotive, industrial automation and control, and aerospace/defense markets. Wind River is How Smart Things Think(tm). Founded in 1983, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, Calif., with operations in 16 countries worldwide.
About Banderacom
Banderacom is an Austin, Texas-based fabless semiconductor company focused on dramatically increasing the performance and reliability of networking, storage and server system products in the dynamic new world of InfiniBand. Banderacom provides flexible, high performance semiconductors based on InfiniBand specifications. Banderacom is also an active member of the InfiniBand Trade Association's Compatibility and Interoperability Working Group (CIWG) and will participate in the first InfiniBand plugfest in June in Orlando, Fla.
Banderacom was founded in 1999 by a veteran team from the microprocessor and communications semiconductor industries. Banderacom is funded by multiple capital partners including Austin Ventures, Infinity Venture Capital, Jato Tech Ventures, Trinity Venture Capital, Crossroads Systems, Intel and QLogic Corporation. Banderacom is a member of the InfiniBand Trade Association (www.infinibandta.org). For more information, visit our Web site at www.banderacom.com, or call 512/302-0002.
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