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Tundra Semiconductor Announces First End-to-End RapidIO Baseband Development PlatformRapidIO Enables 10 Gbps Bandwidth across the Backplane and Chip-to-ChipTexas Instruments Developers Conference 2008, Dallas, Texas – February 25, 2008 --Tundra Semiconductor Corporation (TSX:TUN), a leader in System Interconnect, today announced the availability of the market’s first end-to-end RapidIO®-enabled MicroTCA™ platform for wireless baseband. The platform, offers end-to-end 10 Gigabit RapidIO Interconnect for chip-to-chip and board-to-board links across the backplane. Four leading vendors supply the components of this industry-first RapidIO platform:
About Tundra RapidIO® SwitchesTundra switches provide chip-to-chip interconnect between RapidIO end-points and can replace existing proprietary backplane fabrics for board-to-board interconnect. As a founding member of the RapidIO Trade Association and long-time Steering Committee member, Tundra continues to provide leadership in the development of the RapidIO standard and was the first semiconductor vendor to bring Parallel and Serial RapidIO switches to market. RapidIO is the leading serial interconnect standard for embedded systems and is supported by industry leaders such as, Alcatel- Lucent Technologies, AMCC, EMC Corporation, Ericsson, and Freescale Semiconductor. The Tundra family of RapidIO switches includes the Tsi620™, Tsi578™, Tsi576™, Tsi574™, Tsi568A™, and Tsi564A™.About Texas Instruments DSP Baseband SolutionTI's TCI6487 offers three-times the performance of previous infrastructure solutions, providing greater channel enhancement and more flexibility while reducing design complexity for OEMs. Manufactured in 65nm process node, this new DSP is the highest performing processor in TI's TMS320C64x+™ DSP series. As a result, carriers will be able to deploy advanced networks quickly while future proofing their investments. The ability to upgrade performance with software enhancements also enables service providers to support emerging standards such as LTE, 3GPP and 3GPP+, while easily adding new features and services to their networks. This, in turn, will provide subscribers access to the latest and greatest services and capabilities that the wireless world can deliver.About TundraTundra Semiconductor Corporation (TSX:TUN) supplies the world’s leading communications, computing and storage companies with smart System Interconnect products and design services backed by world-class customer service and technical support. Tundra’s track record of product leadership includes over a decade of bridges and switches enabling key industry standards: RapidIO®, PCI, PCI-X, PCI Express®, Power Architecture™, VME, HyperTransport™, Interlaken, and SPI4.2. Tundra’s products deliver high functional quality and simplified board design and layout, with specific focus on system level signal integrity. Tundra's design services division, Silicon Logic Engineering, Inc., offers industry-leading ASIC and FPGA design services, semiconductor intellectual property and product development consulting. Tundra’s smart technology connects critical components in high performance embedded systems around the world. For more information, please visit www.tundra.com.About the Texas Instruments Developer NetworkTundra Semiconductor Corporation is a member of the TI Developer Network, a community of respected, well-established companies offering products and services based on TI analog and digital technology. The Network provides a broad range of end-equipment solutions, embedded software, engineering services and development tools that help customers accelerate innovation to make the world smarter, healthier, safer, greener and more fun.Product Ordering Information:Tundra Semiconductor www.tundra.comTexas Instruments www.ti.com CommAgility www.commagility.com Mercury Computer Systems www.mc.com Fabric Embedded Tools www.fetcorp.com TUNDRA and the Tundra logo are registered marks of Tundra Semiconductor Corporation (Canada the United States, European Union, and People's Republic of China). Tsi620, Tsi578, Tsi576, Tsi574, and Design.Connect.Go. are trademarks of Tundra Semiconductor Corporation. RapidIO is a registered trademark of the RapidIO Trade Association. Other registered and unregistered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Development of the Tsi620, Tsi578, Tsi576 and Tsi574 were made possible in part with the assistance of the Technology Partnerships Canada Program. © Copyright 2008 Tundra Semiconductor Corporation. All rights reserved. Information subject to change without notice. For more information contact:Keri Zeran |