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Weekly UpdatesChelsio Communications, Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif., a leading provider of 10-GigabitEthernet (10GbE) adapters and ASIC solutions, Avid Technology, Inc. have qualified the latest 10Gb Ethernet Unified Wire adapters for its Avid Unity(TM) ISIS(R) v2.0 systems, delivering high speed interconnectivity in a collaborative environment. The Avid Unity ISIS solution is a scalable enterprise-class network storage platform that serves as the backbone of broadcast and post-production facilities, enabling multi-user access to digital media files in real time.
"The success of today's collaborative workflows relies heavily on the ability to provide real-time, high-bandwidth connectivity across a broad range of content creation and shared storage systems. By using Chelsio's latest adapters in our ISIS solutions, we further strengthen our positioning and ability to deliver against the evolving needs of our users in post and broadcast environments," said Bill Moren, storage product manager at Avid Technology, Inc. "Now, with Avid Unity ISIS systems, customers can take advantage of a highly scalable solution, while significantly lowering overhead costs to have a highly reliable, redundant and flexible storage infrastructure that is easy to configure, expand, service and administer."
"Chelsio is pleased to have its adapters be part of the Avid ISIS solution," said Kianoosh Naghshineh, president and CEO of Chelsio. "The single processor data-flow TOE architecture of our T3 chip is uniquely suited to accelerating a single connection to wire rate -- a key requirement for media and video applications."
The integrated traffic manager enables shaping and pacing of traffic on a per connection or per class basis to a variety of consumers. In combination with support for iWARP, iSCSI, TOE, and forthcoming Mac OS X and Solaris drivers, Chelsio is providing a complete solution for the media industry.
Two video applications that directly benefit from the T3 are post-production, where very large distributed storage files need to be moved quickly and traffic management is essential for scaling the storage solution; and video streaming and distribution, where low CPU and system memory usage, high connection count support, and per-flow rate control allow very high density per server.
About Avid Technology, Inc.
Avid is a worldwide leader in tools for film, video, audio and broadcast professionals -- as well as for home audio and video enthusiasts. Avid professional and consumer brands include Avid(R), Digidesign(R), M-Audio(R), Pinnacle Systems(R), Sibelius(R) and Sundance Digital(R). The vast majority of primetime television shows, feature films, commercials and chart-topping music hits are made using one or more Avid products. Whether used by seasoned professionals or beginning students, Avid's products and services enable customers to work more efficiently, productively and creatively. For more information about the company's award-winning products and services, visit http://www.avid.com/.
Avid, Avid Unity, ISIS, Digidesign, M-Audio, Media Composer, Pinnacle Systems, Sibelius and Sundance Digital are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Avid Technology, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks contained herein are property of their respective owners.
About Chelsio Communications, Inc.
Chelsio Communications is leading the convergence of networking, storage and clustering interconnects with its robust, high-performance and proven unified wire technology. Featuring a highly scalable and programmable architecture, Chelsio is shipping 10-Gigabit Ethernet and multi-port Gigabit Ethernet adapter cards, delivering the low latency and superior throughput required for high-performance computing applications.
For more information, visit http://www.chelsio.com or call 408/962-3677. >TX BROADCOM ENABLES ANDROID TO SUPPORT WIRELESS "COMBO CHIPS" >TX Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ:BRCM), Irvine, Calif., a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, has announced that the software that controls its industry-leading Wi-Fi(R)/Bluetooth(R)/FM combination solution is a standard component of the latest Android operating system. This is the first time that the Android platform includes native support for a multi-functional wireless connectivity solution (or "combo" chip). Open access to portions of Broadcom's combo drivers provides Android developers with a head-start in designing mobile devices and applications that utilize the best in wireless connectivity solutions.
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and FM technologies are becoming increasingly common in today's mobile phones, enabling a variety of popular media and data applications. The current generation of Android-based handsets features both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, but uses discrete components. The Broadcom(R) BCM4325 is the best-selling Bluetooth and Wi-Fi combo chip on the market, offering best-in-class space, power, cost and coexistence features. Adding Broadcom's BCM4325 drivers to the Android platform simplifies the integration of these connectivity technologies and accelerates platform development cycles.
"Two of the most exciting trends in the handset industry are the growing popularity of Android and the transition to combo chips for connectivity," said Chris Bergey, Director of Broadcom's Embedded WLAN line of business. "As a founding member of the Open Handset Alliance, we are committed to advancing the Android platform by contributing our software and facilitating greater access to our combination chips in the open source community. We expect a plethora of products and applications to evolve from the connected Android platform in the not-so-distant future."
The inherent benefits of multi-radio integration have changed the way many handset manufacturers think about connectivity features, which is driving significant growth for combo chips. According to IDC, a global market intelligence firm, combo chips will account for nearly 60 percent of connectivity solutions that ship into mobile phones by 2012. Broadcom was the first chipmaker to successfully combine Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and FM technologies on a single silicon die, and now offers the industry's largest portfolio of wireless combo chips.
About the Android Platform
Developed by the Open Handset Alliance (OHA), Android is the first free and open mobile platform. It includes everything a manufacturer or operator needs to build a mobile phone, including an operating system, middleware and key mobile applications. Developers can take advantage of the comprehensive software stack to develop innovative applications and compelling services. By contributing to the Android platform, members of the OHA can make it easier for developers to distribute and commercialize their applications.
About Broadcom
Broadcom Corporation is a major technology innovator and global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications. Broadcom products enable the delivery of voice, video, data and multimedia to and throughout the home, the office and the mobile environment. We provide the industry's broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art system-on-a-chip and software solutions to manufacturers of computing and networking equipment, digital entertainment and broadband access products, and mobile devices. These solutions support our core mission: Connecting everything(R).
Broadcom is one of the world's largest fabless semiconductor companies, with 2008 revenue of $4.66 billion, and holds over 3,100 U.S. and over 1,400 foreign patents, more than 7,600 additional pending patent applications, and one of the broadest intellectual property portfolios addressing both wired and wireless transmission of voice, video, data and multimedia.
Broadcom is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., and has offices and research facilities in North America, Asia and Europe. Broadcom may be contacted at 949/926-5000 or at www.broadcom.com.
Important factors that may cause such a difference for Broadcom in connection with software drivers for its combination chips include, but are not limited to:
-- the rate at which our present and future customers and end-users adopt Broadcom's combination solutions for mobile devices;
-- trends in the consumer electronics market in various geographic regions, including seasonality in sales of consumer products into which our products are incorporated, and possible disruption in commercial activities related to terrorist activity or armed conflict in the United States and other locations;
-- the gain or loss of a key customer, design win or order; and
-- competitive pressures and other factors such as the qualification, availability and pricing of competing products and technologies and the resulting effects on sales and pricing of our products.
For more information, visit http://www.broadcom.com or call 949/926-5663. >TX XILINX VIRTEX-5 TXT FPGA PLATFORM WINS "2009 DESIGNVISION" >TX Xilinx (NASDAQ:XLNX), San Jose, Calif., has announced that the Xilinx(R) Virtex(R)-5 TXT FPGA platform was selected by the International Engineering Consortium (IEC) for a 2009 DesignVision Award. This is the sixth consecutive year Xilinx has been honored as a winner or finalist in this prestigious, annual awards program, celebrating the design tools and products most unique and beneficial to the semiconductor industry.
In addition to the Xilinx Virtex-5 TXT FPGA platform, which won in the Semiconductor Components and ICs category, Xilinx Virtex-5 FXT and TXT FPGAs for PCI Express(R) version 2.0 and Xilinx ISE(R) Design Suite 10.1 were both named finalists in this year's awards program.
"Both the winners and finalists of the DesignVision Awards certainly exemplify some of the 'brightest minds in electronic design,' which is what we themed this year's event," commented IEC Executive President Roger Plummer. "The IEC's DesignVision Awards recognize top contributions to the design engineering industry. We're pleased to recognize Xilinx as a DesignVision Awards Winner for its Virtex-5 TXT FPGA platform."
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