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News Release from: Tundra Semiconductor | Subject: Tundra Tsi350
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 16 August 2006
Industry-standard bridge saves power and
money
An low-cost industry-standard low-power asynchronous PCI-to-PCI bridge targets new designs or existing board footprints using standard 32bit 66MHz PCI-to-PCI bridges.
Tundra Semiconductor Corporation has announced availability of the Tundra Tsi350, a 32bit PCI-to-PCI bridge The Tsi350 is an industry standard, low power 32bit 66MHz asynchronous PCI-to-PCI bridge that is competitively priced and targets new designs or existing board footprints using standard 32bit 66MHz PCI-to-PCI bridges
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 25 May 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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"By acquiring and bringing the Tsi350 to market, we are ensuring the highest quality performance and most reliable supply chain for our PCI bridge customers", said Rick O'Connor, Chief Technology Officer at Tundra Semiconductor.
"We are offering customers greater choice".
"Competitively priced, the Tsi350 offers low power backed by Tundra's world-class customer support and service".
Broadening Tundra's PCI, PCI-X and PCI Express bridge portfolio In May 2006 Tundra acquired the assets of the Alliance SSBU.
The acquisition included intellectual property and several products both in production and under development, including the Tsi350 (formerly the AS90L10150).
In addition to the immediate benefit of a broader product offering by adding PCI Express, HyperTransport and PCI bridge products, Tundra gained two highly experienced and innovative teams in Santa Clara and Hyderabad, India.
The launch of the Tsi350 is the first step of a long-term strategy and momentum behind the Tundra PCI, PCI-X and PCI Express Bridge portfolio.
"As a result of the Alliance SSBU acquisition we are building momentum behind our System Interconnect Bridge portfolio", added O'Connor.
"Anchored by the additional PCI and HyperTransport engineering expertise of the Hyderabad design team and the benefit of the newly acquired products and IP, we have created a positive combination that uniquely positions Tundra to rapidly develop and deliver a market-leading PCI Express product portfolio in the short-term".
The Tsi350 32bit PCI-to-PCI bridge is now sampling and will be in full production in October 2006.
Volume pricing is under US $8.00 in 1000-unit quantities.
The device is produced in 31 x 31mm 208-PQFP and 256 PBGA packages.
The bridge is drop-in, pin-for-pin and software compatible with industry standard PCI bridges.
The device is 3.3V I/O and 5V tolerant.
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