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News Release from: Force Computers | Subject: ATCA-F300 and ATCA-715 family
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 07 April 2004
Expansion for AdvancedTCA line
One year after being the first company to bring AdvancedTCA SBCs and systems to commercial realisation, Force Computers has introduced two new cost-effective ATCA devices.
One year after being the first company to bring AdvancedTCA SBCs and systems to commercial realisation, Force Computers has introduced two new cost-effective ATCA devices One is the ATCA-F300, the only Gigabit Ethernet switch in the industry that has both a base and fabric interface for telecommunications applications
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 12 Dec 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The other is the ATCA-715 family, the industry's first SBCs in the AdvancedTCA form factor to feature the Intel Pentium M processor with Intel E7501 chipset and Intel 6300ESB I/O controller hub.
Each product is designed for PICMG 3.0 and 3.1 compliant systems and features a single-slot, 8U form factor.
Both deliver the optimum performance and system reliability required for next-generation networks, as well as for telecommunications applications that require an integrated solution.
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These new ATCA products continue the momentum set in 2003 when Force introduced its ATCA-710 SBCs, which offer 1.8GHz performance, and its Centellis DS31KX system, which enables immediate development of cutting-edge access equipment.
With the addition of the ATCA-F300 and ATCA-715, Force remains firmly committed to lowering costs and speeding time-to-market for OEMs with products that provide a total AdvancedTCA solution, including the chassis, shelf management controller, CPU blades and switches.
The ATCA-F300 features a 24-port managed Layer 3 switch with Gigabit Ethernet support for 14 payload slots, a Gigabit Ethernet interface for connecting to a shelf management controller with IPMI support, and a connection for a second ATCA-F300 for redundant network architectures.
It also includes eight Gigabit Ethernet uplink interfaces for the base channel and one for the fabric channel via the rear transmission module, IPMC V1.5 functionality, an SNMP agent for switch management, and the option of adding a TDM clock generator module for synchronising line cards and other shelves.
The ATCA-715 is particularly suited for wireless and wireline infrastructure solutions designed for RNC, SGSN or telco servers, as well as for central office servers.
It features Intel's 1.6GHz Pentium M processor with a high MIPS/watt capability that delivers robust, server-class performance for control- and data-plane processing, and for supporting high-end communications.
It also includes an Intel E7501 chipset with a memory bandwidth of 4.3Gbyte/s, and accommodates four PMC modules with telecomms clocking synchronisation for additional processing power and/or I/O.
Also available is the ATCA-717 version of the ATCA-715.
It features a, multilayered 16-port Gigabit Ethernet switch that delivers the flexibility required for routing Gigabit Ethernet interfaces between the base board control processor, the PMC-based processing or I/O nodes, and the AdvancedTCA Base and Fabric interface.
The ATCA market is forecast to reach up to $20 billion by 2007.
The introduction of products such as the ATCA-F300 and ATCA-715 demonstrates the effectiveness of Force's high availability architecture design concept, which is based on a set of open standards for ensuring HA-management-and-service-software compatibility of Force's PICMG 2.16 and ATCA platforms.
Early access units will start shipping during the second quarter of 2004 with volume deliveries scheduled for the fourth quarter.
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