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News Release from: Tundra Semiconductor | Subject: Tsi400 and Tsi500
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 27 March 2003
RapidIO interfaces hit the ground
running
The Tsi400 RapidIO to PCI-X bus bridge and the Tsi500 RapidIO multiport switch are the first commercially available RapidIO system interconnect products.
Tundra Semiconductor has released the first commercially available RapidIO system interconnect products: the Tundra Tsi400 RapidIO to PCI-X bus bridge and the Tundra Tsi500 RapidIO multiport switch Tundra is the first company to build system interconnect devices for RapidIO
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 25 May 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Today's announcement is the culmination of extensive investment in research, development and testing", said Jim Roche President and CEO of Tundra.
"These products respond to the need for intelligent, off-the-shelf System Interconnect solutions.
Next generation systems must demonstrate robust and flexible performance to support a myriad of embedded applications.
The launch of the Tundra Tsi400 and Tsi500 makes this a reality and opens the door to a new and expanding RapidIO market for Tundra".
Motorola, as part of an agreement announced in September 2000, collaborated with Tundra to support RapidIO product development.
"Tundra has been a key driver of the RapidIO standard and is the first to bring RapidIO system interconnect to market", said David Perkins, Corporate Vice President and General Manager, Motorola's Networking and Computing Systems Group.
"These next-generation system interconnect products show the Tundra and Motorola commitment to delivering system solutions based on RapidIO connectivity".
The RapidIO Trade Association was formed to drive the adoption of open-standard, high-performance, interconnect architectures needed for embedded systems.
"I am pleased to see one of our key members deliver the industry's first RapidIO system interconnect silicon", said Sam Fuller, President of the RapidIO Trade Association.
"Tundra - a founding member of the RapidIO Trade Association - continues to provide leadership in the advancement and realization of the standard".
The Tundra Tsi400 is a high-performance bus bridge that connects PCI and PCI-X devices to RapidIO devices.
The Tsi400 performs transactions mapping from PCI or PCI-X to RapidIO and vice-versa.
This enables full application level transparency for legacy PCI-based subsystems that are integrated into scalable RapidIO systems.
The Tundra Tsi500 is a high-performance RapidIO multiport bus switch, based on the RapidIO standard.
The Tsi500 has four 8bit, full duplex, double-datarate RapidIO interfaces.
Each RapidIO interface has performance monitoring capabilities that enable the Tsi500 to observe data traffic and gather statistics on each interface.
The performance monitoring capabilities optimize system efficiency by highlighting areas of improvement in the system, hardware design and traffic flow.
The Tundra Tsi400 is available in sample quantities immediately at US $39 in 10,000-off quantities.
The Tsi500 is available in sample quantities immediately at US $59 in 10,000-off quantities.
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