Product category:
CompactPCI Boards and Assemblies
News Release from: Kaparel Corp
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 23 January 2002
StarGen StarFabric components
demonstrated
Kaparel has developed a backplane/chassis configuration to demonstrate the StarGen StarFabric switch fabric components at the 2002 Bus and Board Conference.
Kaparel has developed a backplane/chassis configuration to demonstrate the StarGen StarFabric switch fabric components at the 2002 Bus and Board Conference Kaparel will soon introduce its own StarFabric PS4800 Series of backplanes and low profile bridge module based on the PICMG 2.17 draft specification
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 25 May 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Jacques Houde, Director of Engineering for Kaparel, who sits on the PICMG 2.17 subcommittee stated, "The StarGen solution is attractive to the market in allowing customers to utilize their legacy hardware and software while getting the high availability benefit of a switch fabric design".
The StarFabric technology benefits vendors of carrier and enterprise communication platforms for next generation voice, data, and video networks.
Early adopters include companies building open standards-based access/edge equipment such as media over packet gateways, DLSMs, convergence switches, broadband access concentrators, wireless base stations, cable headend systems, edge routers and remote access platforms.
StarFabric technology provides a dramatic increase in equipment performance, reliability and quality of service, while retaining existing standards-based hardware and software investments.
Stephen Christo, Marketing Manager for StarGen said, "We are please to work with Kaparel in introducing StafFabric solutions to the market at Bus and Board.
Their unique modular backplane approach allows customers to quickly develop StarFabric based systems for the market".
StarFabric is one of the several adaptive switch fabric solutions being demonstrated at Bus and Board, providing the telecommunications industry with high capacity and high availability solutions.
These solutions will be important to the customer's demand for more voice and data information at higher speeds and without interruption.
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