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Tundra announces high performance Host Bridge for PowerPC(R) with PCI Express
Tundra announces high performance Host Bridge for PowerPC(R) with PCI Express.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\nNew Tundra Tsi110(TM) Integrates PCI Express to Deliver the Industry's \nBest System Performance, Power and Cost\n\nOTTAWA, Jan. 17 /CNW Telbec/ - Tundra Semiconductor Corporation\n(TSX: TUN), the leader in System Interconnect, today announced the Tundra\nTsi110 Host Bridge, the industry's highest performing host bridge for PowerPC.\nThe latest addition to Tundra's industry-leading family of host bridges is\noptimized for a broad range of applications for the wireless and wireline\nnetworking, storage and embedded computing markets.\nThe Tsi110 Host Bridge sets industry benchmarks for performance and power\nmanagement through an innovative feature set supported by world-class design\nsupport. Ideal for power sensitive and cost sensitive applications, the Tsi110\nintegrates several communications peripherals - including two 4-lane PCI-\nExpress ports, four Gigabit Ethernet ports and one PCI-X port. This high level\nof integration offers system designers numerous options for I/O connectivity\nand reduces external component count.\nIncluded in the Tsi110's innovative feature set is Gigabit Ethernet\nhardware acceleration, which off-loads the host processor and allows the four\nGigabit Ethernet ports to run at full line rate for data plane applications.\nThe Tsi110 packaging, ball map, and I/O features were all designed with\nreliability and signal integrity in mind to ease the challenge of high-speed\nboard designs. The Tsi110 is also software compatible with the Tsi109(TM) and\nTsi108(TM), allowing software reuse and accelerating development cycles. The\ncombination of the Tsi110's features, reliability and Tundra's world-class\nsupport provides designers with the benefits of greater overall system\nperformance, reduced system design complexity, better integration and superior\npower efficiency.\n\"Tundra continues to innovate in this space, and along with the industry,\npredicts strong growth in the scope of PowerPC's leadership in the markets we\nserve,\" says Rick O'Connor, Tundra's chief technology officer. \"Tundra is the\nleader in delivering System Interconnect solutions for greater system\nperformance, power and cost benefits that designers need to build high-\nperformance, scalable designs.\"\n\nTsi110 Host Bridge Well Received By Leading PowerPC Processor Vendors\n\nThe Tsi110 offers best system performance-per...