HILLSBORO, Ore. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — RadiSys Corp., a leading global designer and manufacturer of embedded computing solutions used by OEMs in the telecommunications, automation and other industries, launched a new CompactPCI (cPCI) based single board computer — the EPC-3306 system controller.

Introduced at Computer Telephony Expo Spring 2000, March 7 – 9, the EPC-3306 is designed to interface and manage one or more of RadiSys' latest cPCI peripheral processors — EPC-3305 and EPC-3208 (both introduced at the show) — or peripheral processors from other manufacturers.

High performance and high availability are just some of the attributes found in RadiSys' EPC-3306. Designed for data intensive telecom/datacomm applications including telco billing systems, PBXs, media gateway controllers and telco switching systems, RadiSys' EPC-3306 system controller features Intel's Pentium III 500MHz Low Power Module (LPM) with 256K of on-die L2 cache and a passive
heat sink for processor cooling.

The system controller also addresses OEMs' needs for increased memory to run applications requiring high data integrity. The EPC-3306 offers three high reliability Error Correcting (ECC) SDRAM memory configurations — 128MB, 256MB, and 512MB.

OEMs can customize the system controller by using its two PCI mezzanine card (PMC) sites. These sites give the OEM greater functionality and flexibility in their system configuration by supporting both customized and standard (IDE or SCSI, T1/E1, digital and serial I/O, and video/mouse/keyboard) PMC designs from the front panel. An optional rear transition module (RTM) allows for I/O accessibility from the rear panel.

Operating in the cPCI system slot, the EPC-3306 interfaces and manages the various responsibilities — arbitration, clock distribution and reset functions — with one or more peripheral processors. All of this is done while offering telecom/datacomm OEMs a hearty feature set through the support of two PCI mezzanine card sites and while maintaining a single slot configuration.

“The introduction of RadiSys' system controller and two peripheral processors at CT Expo, shows our continued commitment to be the leading provider of cPCI building blocks to the telecom/datacomm OEMs markets,” says Venkataraman Prasannan, Director of Marketing, Telecommunications Division, RadiSys Corp.

Highlighted Features

RadiSys' system controller features dual Ethernet (one port through the front panel or both in the RTM), soft/hard reset with Watchdog Timer, the Intel 82440BX PCI chipset, and Phoenix BIOS. This cPCI solution is fully compliant with PICMG Revision 3.0 and is hot swappable.

Currently available, RadiSys' latest cPCI solution can be ordered under the product name EPC-3306. RadiSys' system controller is compatible with Linux, Solaris and Windows NT embedded operating systems and comes with a two-year warranty.

 
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