Broadband Technology News articles from August 2000

Broadband Technology News archives from August 2000

CACHING/DATA STORAGE: First Virtual Interface Over Ethernet.(Brief Article)
August 9, 2000... Giganet, Inc. (Tel: 978/461-0402, Website: www.giganet.com) has announced the industrys first virtual interface architecture based networking over standard ethernet, a technology designed to shatter the performance bottlenecks found in existing...

Compaq Enters NAS Market.(Brief Article)
August 9, 2000... Compaq Computer Corp. (Website: www.compaq.com) has entered the network attached storage market with the introduction of its task smart N-series appliance server (NAS), billed as the first high- performance NAS product to provide customers with...

Exploration Data Warehousing Introduced.(Brief Article)
August 9, 2000... Sand Technology (Tel: 514/939-3477, Website: www.sandtechnology.com) has reported its Nucleus business intelligence solution to run on the IBM AS/400. Until now the Nucleus has been available only for the 64 bit Unix and 32-bit Windows 9X/NT...

Web Server Acceleration and Management Solution.(Brief Article)
August 9, 2000... ExodusComunications (Tel: 408/220-2200, Website: www.exodus.com) and CacheFlow (Tel: 408/220-2330, Website: www.cacheflow.com) are teaming up to offer a new managed service designed to allow enterprise and e-business websites to more easily...

Raid Controllers for Mission-Critical Applications.(Brief Article)
August 9, 2000... Chaparral Network Storage (Tel: 303/684-3200, Website: www.chaparral.com) has introduced its third-generation G-series Ultra 160 raid controllers. The new generation controllers are designed for mission-critical applications requiring the...

DSL: Verizon Begins Voice Over DSL Trial.(Brief Article)
August 9, 2000... Verizon Communications (Website: www.verizon.com) is conducting a technical trial of voice over DSL technology that provides high- speed Internet access and up to 16 separate telephone lines over a single copper wire into a home or business....

Self-Installation Tool for DSL Service.(www.sprint.com)(Brief Article)
August 9, 2000... Sprint (Tel: 303/684-3200, Website: www.sprint.com) will be providing selected customers with the tools to self-install their own FastConnect digital subscriber line (DSL) services. As described by the company, when customers call to sign up...

Plug and Play G.Lite Solution.(www.nettonet.com)(Brief Article)
August 9, 2000... Net to Net Technologies (Tel: 603/427-0600, Website: www.nettonet.com) has expanded its extensive DSL product portfolio with the introduction of its plug and play G.lite ADSL module for the companys IP DSL access multiplexers (IP DSLAMS)....

FIBER OPTICS Parallel Optic Interconnect Solutions.(Brief Article)
August 9, 2000... 3M (Website: www.3M.com) interconnect solutions division has introduced the first offering in a projected family of parallel optic interconnect solutions. The assemblies, called the MTP/MTO multi-mode fiber optic cable assemblies feature whats...

VOA Evaluation System for DWDM.(Kymata Ltd.)(www.kymata.com)(Brief Article)
August 9, 2000... Kymata (Tel: 603/427-0600, Website: www.kymata.com) has introduced a new evaluation system for dense wavelength division multiplexing applications. By using the system, to be called the P114-variable optical attenuation (VOA), complex optical...

Wavelength Stability For Next-Generation DWDM.(Brief Article)
August 9, 2000... Ditech Corp. (Website: www.ditech.com) has announced an advanced optical amplifier designed to provide the wavelength stability for all-optical networks. The product, Ditech says, will allow optical amplifiers to restore transient response time...

MICROPROCESSORS: Billion Bit Per Second Read/Write Circuit.(Lucent Technologies Inc.)(www.lucent.com)(Brief Article)
August 9, 2000... Lucent Technologies (Tel: 908/508-8412, Website: www.lucent.com) has announced a billion-bit or one gigabit-per second, read/write preamplifier integrated circuita key electronic component of hard disk drives for computer data storage. The...

NEXT GENERATION NETWORK MANAGEMENT Faster Cellular Equipment Deployment.(Tundra Semiconductor's Power Pro device)(www.tundra.com)(Brief Article)
August 9, 2000... Tundra Semiconductor (Tel: 613/592-0714, Website: www.tundra.com) has announced the shipment of its first Power Pro prototypes. The Power Pro, an off-the-shelf discrete memory controller targeted at power PC architectures, is designed to...

Remote Service Connects Workers to WANs.(InternetConnect)(www.internetconnect.com)(Brief Article)
August 9, 2000... InternetConnect (Tel: 310/974-2836, Website: www.winternetconnect.com) has introduced the first product extension to its InternetConnect virtual private network service. The new system, called the VPNplus remote utilizes a combination of...

800 Megabyte Per Second Gigabyte System.(Genroco Inc. introduces new network interface card TURBOfibre GSN-6466)(www.genroco.com)(Brief Article)
August 9, 2000... Genroco, Inc. (Tel: 262/644-2513, Website: www.genroco.com) has demonstrated its new 800-megabyte per second gigabyte system network (GSN) interface card. The product, to be called the Genroco TURBOfibre GSN-6466. GSN provides an interface from...

WIRELESS: Performance Management for Wireless Web.(Mercury Interactive Corp.'s LoadRunner and ActiveTest software)(www.mercuryinteractive.com)(Brief Article)
August 9, 2000... Mercury Interactive Corp. (Website: www.mercuryinteractive.com) has introduced a set of wireless performance management solutions for the wireless web applications market. These are designed for wireless device manufacturers, infrastructure...

Digital Radio Circuits Support Wireless.(Intersil's new CommLink digital radio circuits)(www.intersil.com)(Brief Article)
August 9, 2000... Intersil (Tel: 321/724-7252, Website: www.intersil.com) has announced that its CommLink family of digital radio circuits will now activate and support all next-generation wireless networks standards. The devices are specifically designed with...

In-Vehicle 3G Wireless Internet.(Nortel Networks' advanced intelligent mobile entertainment)(www.nortel.com)(Brief Article)
August 9, 2000... Nortel Networks (Website: www.nortel.com) has showcased a fully operational in-vehicle mobile solution, named advanced intelligent mobile entertainment (AIME,) that delivers wireless Internet and streaming multimedia content into automobiles....

INDUSTRY NEWS: Broadcom to Acquire Silicon Spice.(Broadcom Corp.)(www.broadcom.com)(Brief Article)
August 9, 2000... Broadcom Corp. (Tel: 800/457-9834, Website: www.broadcom.com) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Silicon Spice, Inc. Silicon spice is a private company based in Silicon Valley, which is developing semiconductor technology, software,...

Cisco to Acquire Ipmobile.(Cisco Systems Inc.)(IPmobile Inc.)(www.cicso.com)(Brief Article)
August 9, 2000... Cisco Systems, Inc. (Tel: 408/525-4856, Website: www.cisco.com) will acquire privately held Ipmobile of Richardson, Texas, a leading provider of software systems permitting service providers to build next-generation IP-based wireless...

Hybrid Networks, THOMAST Team-Up on Fixed Wireless.(Brief Article)
August 9, 2000... Hybrid Networks (Tel: 408/323-6215, Website: www.hybridnetworks.com) has formed an alliance with THOMCAST communications for the delivery of a complete fixed broadband wireless package to service providers. Under the terms of the alliance...

Nortel Networks Buys Alteon WebSystems.(Brief Article)
August 9, 2000... Nortel Networks (Website: www.nortelnetworks.com) has made public a definitive agreement to acquire Alteon WebSystems of San Jose, California, a leader in content aware switching. Nortel will pay an estimated $7.8 billion in its common shares...

DSL: Integrated Dial-Back-Up for Small Enterprise Offices.(Brief Article)
August 23, 2000... Ramp Networks (Tel: 781/762-9300, Website: www.rampnetworks.com) has introduced enhancements to the WebRamp 510I, Ramps symmetrical digital subscriber line (DSL) router. It is specifically designed for the broadband connection needs of small...

SDSL Router for Small Offices.(Brief Article)
August 23, 2000... Efficient Networks (Tel: 972/852-1000, Website: www.efficient.com) has announced that the next release of its SpeedStream 5851 symmetric digital subscriber line (SDSL) router and SpeedStream 7451 integrated access device (IAD) will support...

OPTICAL NETWORKS: Worlds Most Advanced Quantum Computer.(Brief Article)
August 23, 2000... BM Research (Tel: 408/268-3373, Website: www.ibm.com) has developed the worlds most advanced prototype quantum computer. These computers get their power by taking advantage of certain physics properties of atoms or nuclei that allow them to...

Ultra-long Reach with Full Spectrum Multiplexing.(Brief Article)
August 23, 2000... OptiMight Communications (Tel: 650/254-5988, Website: www.optimight.com) has introduced full spectrum wave division multiplexing (WDM) for the ultra-long reach market. The full- spectrum WDM, according to the company, takes the best of...

First Electrically Pumped 1.3 Micron Vertical Cavity Diode.(Brief Article)
August 23, 2000... Nova Crystals (Tel: 408/434-6682, Website: www.novacrystals.com) has demonstrated the worlds first practical, electrically pumped, 1.3 micron vertical cavity surface emitting laser diode (VSEL) with the highest power reported to date. The...

Multi-Purpose Synchronous Digital Hierarchy MultiPlexer.(Brief Article)
August 23, 2000... Tellabs (Tel: 630-512-8032, Website: www.tell.abs.com) has announced the FOCUS LX system designed to help service providers create a more efficient and flexible communications network to transport voice and data. The system, which is part of...

Bi-Directional Transmission Over a Single Fiber.(Brief Article)
August 23, 2000... ECI Telecom (Fax 973/401-6406, Website: www.ecitelecom.com) has announced the deployment of its bi-directional dense wave division multiplexing (DWDM) as part of its LumiNet family of DWDM optical networking products and XDM solution. The new...

Multiple Port Gigabit Ethernet.(Brief Article)
August 23, 2000... Marvell (Tel: 408/222-1918, Website: wwwmarvell.com) has debuted what it describes as the worlds first multiple port Gigabit ethernet over copper transceiver with high-speed optical interface, offering advanced functionality and higher density...

MICROPROCESSORS: MP3 Decoders on Single DSP Chip.(Brief Article)
August 23, 2000... Rosun Technologies (Tel: 510/770-0888, Website: www.sosuntechnologies.com) has debuted a new family of MP3 decoder chips, created for next-generation Internet appliances and designed to be the most versatile MP3 chips ever made. The decoders...

Four-chip PRISM WLAN Supports Home Networking.(Brief Article)
August 23, 2000... Intersil (Tel: 949/341-7062, Website: www.intersil.com) has announced a new family of wireless chips to support the development of a wide variety of small Internet information appliances that will give users speedy, wire-free access to data,...

4xD3F Devices for Edge And Access.(Brief Article)
August 23, 2000... PMC-Sierra (Tel: 604/415-6065, Website: www.pmc-sierra.com) has announced three new broadband communication devices, providing physical layer processing for next generation access and metro-based equipment. The chips are ideal for network...

NEXT-GENERATION NETWORK MANAGEMENT Edge Stream Processor Providing Broadband Services.(Conexant Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 23, 2000... Conexant Systems (Website: www.conexant.com) has announced the availability of EdgeMaker software for the CX27510 edge stream processor (ESP) family. It is designed to deliver the industrys first complete network processor solution to include...

Embedded Ethernet Switch Increases System Throughput.(Performance Technologies Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 23, 2000... Performance Technologies (Tel: 716/256-0200, Website: www.pt.com) has introduced an embedded ethernet switch. It is designed to significantly increase system throughput at a lower cost and in a radically smaller footprint by overlaying a new...

Advanced Traffic Monitoring System.(VisionTech Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 23, 2000... Vision Tech (Tel: 845/352-3700, Website: www.visiontech.com) announced that that its Kfir chip is being incorporated into S-links advanced traffic monitoring and control system. S- Link incorporates modular road information system (MoRIS), a...

HDTV and Set-Top Box System on a Chip.(Brief Article)
August 23, 2000... QuArc (Tel: 408/980-8011, Website: www.quarc.com) has announced the newest member of the Videris family of core IP, Videris-MC. The companys new high-bandwidth memory controller is designed for HDTV and set-top box system on a chip...

WIRELESS: Airdata Deploys WIMAN Systems.(Airdata WIMAN Systems)(Brief Article)
August 23, 2000... Airdata WIMAN Systems (Tel: 941/596-7313) has announced that all three test networks of the 2Mbps WIMAN ll system are deployed and operating a high-speed, cost-effective, wireless last-mile solution for internet service providers and other...

WML Browser to Bring WAP to Linux.(5NINE)(Brief Article)
August 23, 2000... 5NINE (Tel: 514/866-8080, Website: www.5nine.com) has announced the launch of its WMLBrowser.org, an open development project for creating a wireless markup language (WML) browser to work with all types of Linux environments. WML is the...

First Web-Enabled Wireless Phone for Pre-paid Market.(Pre-Cell Solutions)(Brief Article)
August 23, 2000... Pre-Cell Solutions (Website: www.precellsol.com) will introduce the first web-enpowered intelligent handset for the U.S. prepaid market. The product will employ CDMA handsets, allowing wireless Internet web browsing along with advanced...