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Artesyn Communication Products, a subsidiary of Artesyn
Technologies (NASDAQ:ATSN), today announced that it will be
demonstrating its new micro-TCA development platform at 3GSM with
participation from several partners. The new system provides a
compact, cost-effective platform for evaluating and developing
wireless basestation (WiMAX and 3G), IMS, MSPP, and IPPBX
applications. Artesyn also announced that it will demonstrate, in
conjunction with its partner Surf Communications, an ATCA system
performing videoconferencing over IP. Artesyn will host both
demonstrations at its booth (G40 and G41) in Hall 2.
"Artesyn has been a pioneer in the development of open
architecture ATCA, AdvancedMC, and micro-TCA systems," said Todd
Wynia, vice president of marketing at Artesyn Communication Products.
"We were the first company to develop a production AdvancedMC module,
and the first company to demonstrate that module in a live micro-TCA
chassis. Now, we are taking micro-TCA to the next level, with a
full-featured system that includes the chassis, power supply, control
plane, data plane switch, application/protocol processing, and
platform management. With our new system, telecom OEMs will be able to
quickly evaluate and develop a variety of wireless and IMS
applications leveraging compact, cost-effective micro-TCA platforms."
Artesyn's micro-TCA development platform utilizes a 12-slot
micro-TCA chassis equipped with a micro-TCA Carrier Hub (MCH) module,
power supply, Fat Pipe switch module, application/protocol processing,
and platform management software, all developed by Artesyn. Artesyn's
unique design allows for independent control and data plane operation.
The MCH provides IPMI management, Gigabit Ethernet switching for the
control plane, and optional telecom clock distribution. The Fat Pipe
switch provides Serial RapidIO data plane switching for up to twelve
micro-TCA modules.
Artesyn's KosaiPM modules provide control, protocol, and
application processing for the system. The KosaiPM features a 1.4-GHz
Pentium M processor, one Mbyte of Level 2 cache, two Gbytes of SDRAM,
128 Mbytes of flash, and two Gigabit Ethernet channels, which
facilitate communications between the KosaiPM and the micro-TCA
backplane. The KosaiPM also features a USB interface, front panel
10/100BaseT management interface, an I2C-based IPMI system
management interface, and an optional storage interface, which
provides access to hard drives residing in other micro-TCA slots.
The system's IPMI-based (Intelligent Peripheral Management
Interface) SpiderWare platform management software features an
intuitive GUI that makes it easy to monitor key physical system health
characteristics such as voltages, fan speeds, temperatures, and power
supply status. Using this information, which each micro-TCA module
conveys via its I2C-based Intelligent Peripheral Management
Interface, the platform management software and network operators can
monitor system operation, take corrective action, optimize cooling and
system power allocation, perform remote shutdown/restart (typically on
a slot-by-slot basis), and log events. SpiderWare platform management
software is fully compliant with the Service Availability Forum's
Hardware Platform Interface (HPI) specification.
About micro-TCA
micro-TCA is a proposed PICMG specification for small form factor,
field-replaceable telecom chassis. Available in a variety of flexible
form factors (rack mount, cube, etc.), micro-TCA chassis can accept
any standard AdvancedMC module. Micro-TCA will provide scaleable
bandwidth up to 40 Gbit/sec, support star, dual-star, and full-mesh
topologies, employ a serial packet transport with up to 12.5 Gbit/sec
of bandwidth per channel, and provide a redundant Intelligent
Peripheral Management Interface. Micro-TCA will also be protocol
agnostic, enabling it to accommodate AdvancedMC modules running a
range of protocols, including Ethernet, PCI Express/Advanced
Switching, and Serial Rapid I/O.
About Artesyn Technologies, Inc.
Artesyn Technologies, Inc., headquartered in Boca Raton, Fla., is
a world leader in the design, manufacture, and sale of power
conversion and single-board computing solutions for infrastructure
applications in telecommunications and data-communications systems.
The Company's products are used in middle to high-end servers, data
storage devices, routers, hubs, high-speed modems, RF amplification
systems, basestation controllers, and transceivers. The Company has a
global sales reach, with design and manufacturing facilities in Asia,
Europe, and North America. Artesyn is a public company whose common
stock is traded on the Nasdaq stock market under the symbol ATSN. For
more information, please visit the Company's web site at
www.artesyn.com.