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Tundra Semiconductor Host Bridge for PowerPC(R) Selected for Industry's First PrAMC Module for High-Performance Telecom Applications
Tundra Semiconductor Host Bridge for PowerPC(R) Selected for Industry's First PrAMC Module for High-Performance Telecom Applications.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\nTundra Tsi109(TM)Design Support Speeds Time-to-Market for Telum(TM)\nTSPE01 PrAMC\n\nOTTAWA, Aug. 2 /CNW Telbec/ - Tundra Semiconductor Corporation \n(TSX: TUN), the leader in System Interconnect, today announced that GE Fanuc\nEmbedded Systems, formerly SBS Technologies, has incorporated the Tundra\nTsi109 Host Bridge, the industry's highest performing host bridge for PowerPC,\ninto its new Telum TSPE01 processor Advanced Mezzanine Card (AdvancedMC(R)),\nthe first PrAMC on the market.\nCompliant with the AMC.0 and AMC.2 specifications, the Freescale\nSemiconductor MPC7447A processor-based TSPE01 is designed for use in a broad\nrange of high-performance telecom applications such as wireless base stations,\nVoice over IP, test and measurement systems, media servers, base station\ncontrollers, and server blade applications.\nGE Fanuc Embedded Systems selected Tundra to deliver the best mix of\nperformance and power management, backed by Tundra's world-class design\nsupport. The Tsi109 Host Bridge supports the emerging DDR2 memory standard and\nhas a 200 MHz 60x processor bus, while consuming just 2.5 Watts of power. In\naddition, Tundra, along with Freescale, was able to provide GE Fanuc Embedded\nSystems with a complete reference design, shortening its design cycle and\ntime-to-market.\n\"With the Tsi109's DDR2 memory support and low power consumption, Tundra\nprovided us with the high-level system performance and capacity that our\ncustomers are demanding,\" said Rubin Dhillon, Communications Product\nManagement for GE Fanuc Embedded Systems. \"Also, by providing us with an\nevaluation board including the Freescale processor, we were able to ensure\nthat we met our go-to-market schedule, avoiding the normal delays which can\narise when you're working with new form factors such as AMC that have limited\necosystem support.\"\n\nAbout the Tsi109 Host Bridge\n\nThe Tsi109's innovative feature set and high reliability, backed by\noutstanding design support, provides designers with, greater overall system\nperformance, reduced system design complexity and superior power efficiency.\nThe Tsi109 host bridge sets industry benchmarks for performance and power\nmanagement through an innovative feature set supported by world-class design\nsupport. This host bridge supports a dual processor bus at 167 MHz, which\nenables higher sys...