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API NetWorks Contacts:
Guy Ludden Katy Brennan/Mary Beth West
Senior Marketing Communications Manager LNS Communications, Inc.
API NetWorks, Inc. Tel: 617-577-9777
Tel: 978-318-1142 kbrennan@LNScom.com
guy.ludden@api-networks.com mwest@LNScom.com
SandCraft Contact:
Patricia Colby
Pacifico, Inc.
Tel: 408-293-8600
pcolby@pacifico.com
SandCraft Boosts I/O Performance of MIPS Processors, Advances Network and
Communications Applications with HyperTransport TM IP from API NetWorks
Agreement Signals Growing Acceptance of HyperTransport Technology
Concord, MA and Santa Clara, CA, July 23, 2001—API NetWorks, co-developer of
HyperTransport™ technology with AMD, and SandCraft, a leader in the design of high-performance
MIPS® processors, today announced that SandCraft has licensed API
NetWorks’ HyperTransport technology intellectual property (IP) to address the system-level
bandwidth and performance in its high-end MIPS processors -- the computing
engines for high-performance embedded applications.
SandCraft’s family of ultra high performance microprocessor products is primarily
targeted for use in networking and communication applications, such as control plane
processing in Internet infrastructure cores, edge switches and routers. SandCraft is one
of several companies to select IP from API NetWorks, signaling a growing acceptance of
HyperTransport technology as the preferred standard for the high-end MIPS market.
HyperTransport technology is a new high-speed, high-performance, point-to-point link for
integrated circuits, developed to enable the chips inside of PCs, servers, networking and
communications devices to communicate with each other faster than with existing
technologies. HyperTransport technology allows system designers to reduce the
number of buses within a system and enable chips to communicate with each other up
to 24 times faster. API NetWorks’ IP delivers the highest I/O speed, performance and cost flexibility available today allowing companies such as SandCraft to bring its next-generation
products to market quicker with HyperTransport technology.
"SandCraft has selected API NetWorks’ HyperTransport IP as the best available solution
to address system-level performance issues, providing a balance between CPU
performance and system bandwidth," said Michael Barar, vice president of sales and
marketing, SandCraft Inc. "HyperTransport complements SandCraft’s superscalar MIPS-based
processors for use in high-performance applications in Internet infrastructure
cores and edge systems."
“Our IP enables SandCraft to meet speed and efficiency requirements demanded by high
performance networking applications while optimizing system performance and reducing
overall system cost and time-to-market,” said David Rich, general manager at API
NetWorks. “HyperTransport’s ability to meet the needs of next-generation processors is
creating significant demand for HyperTransport as the preferred I/O standard for the high-end
MIPS market.”
API NetWorks is licensing HyperTransport technology IP to leading hardware vendors in
the form of the HyperTransport technology physical interface and protocols for the design
of custom chips and ASICs. In addition, API NetWorks continues to develop IP and
products that will accelerate the use of HyperTransport technology in next generation
systems, such as its AP1011, the industry's first HyperTransport technology-to-PCI
bridge chip. API NetWorks is showcasing this technology at the Platform Conference
this week in San Jose, CA.
Additional information about API NetWorks’ HyperTransport IP and product development
is available at www.api-networks.com/silicon .
About HyperTransportÔ technology
HyperTransport interconnect technology is a new high-speed, high-performance, point-to-
point link for integrated circuits, developed to enable the chips inside of PCs,
networking and communications devices to communicate with each other faster than
with existing technologies. HyperTransport technology's bandwidth of 12.8GB/sec
represents up to a 48-fold increase in data throughput, compared with existing system
interconnects that typically provide bandwidth up to 266MB/sec. HyperTransport
complements externally visible bus standards like the Peripheral Component
Interconnect (PCI), as well as emerging technologies like InfiniBand and 10Gb Ethernet.
About API NetWorks, Inc.
API NetWorks, Inc., a private company based in Concord, Massachusetts funded by
Samsung Electronics Co., LTD. and Compaq Computer Corp, addresses the demand
for bandwidth and time-to-market requirements in the electronics industry. API
NetWorks' high-performance, high-density component technologies are ideal for markets
such as network infrastructure, telecommunications, PCs, workstations, servers, among
others. API NetWorks also leads the development of high-performance, high-density
server and component technologies ideal for today's high-performance computing (HPC)
and Internet markets. Additional information about API NetWorks and its complete
product line can be accessed on the World Wide Web at www.api-networks.com.
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