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News Release from: SBE | Subject: HighWire HW400c/M
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 20 June 2001
Intelligent CompactPCI core processing
platform
The HighWire HW400c/M from SBE is an intelligent CompactPCI core platform with dual PCI Telecom Mezzanine Card sites and a dual-node CompactPCI packet-switched backplane interface.
The HighWire HW400c/M from SBE is an intelligent CompactPCI (cPCI) core platform with dual PCI Telecom Mezzanine Card (PTMC) sites and a dual-node CompactPCI packet-switched backplane (cPSB) interface This newest addition to SBE's carrier-class HighWire product family integrates emerging PTMC and cPSB technologies with the H.110 computer telephony and 64bit/66MHz PCI buses
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 14 Jun 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The HW400c/M PTMC sites provide computer telephony bus connectivity for Computer Mezzanine Card form factor modules used in VoIP, VoATM, VPN, and AIN applications.
Dual-node cPSB technology overlays the cPCI backplane with a high-availability packet switching fabric.
Both PTMC and cPSB are currently undergoing standardization by the PCI Industrial Computer Manufactures Group (PICMG).
PTMC and cPSB functionality allows integrators to build flexible, standards-based telephony solutions from off-the-shelf components.
"The HW400c/M was designed to bring the latest emerging technologies to telecommunications server and embedded solution markets", said William B Heye Jr, president and CEO of SBE.
"Offering both interface flexibility and onboard protocol processing, the HW400c/M is tailor made for use in next-generation networks".
The PTMC modularity of the HW400c/M provides a core platform enabling a wide range of communications solutions.
The dual PTMC mezzanine sites provide full support for both the new PTMC and existing PMC modules.
The HW400c/M may be integrated with SBE's wanPTMC modules for T1/E1/J1 and channelised T3 connectivity, the existing SBE wanPMC family of modules, and a wide range of standards-compliant third-party modules.
Software selectable support for dual 10/100 Ethernet or dual-node cPSB, combined with full CompactPCI hot swap capability, make the HW400c/M an ideal solution for both existing and future carrier-class high-availability systems.
Support for both front and rear I/O access positions the HW400c/M as a solution for today's global telecommunications market.
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