San Diego, CA — (press release excerpt) — Team ASA Inc. today announced a new network-oriented single-board computer (SBC) based on Intel's XScale 80321 CPU. Dubbed the NPWR-FC, the new SBC integrates two Gigabit Ethernet ports, two Fibre Channel ports, and four Serial ATA (SATA) ports on a single card.

The NPWR-FC is designed to allow manufacturers and OEMs in the storage and networking marketplaces to quickly and easily produce and release IP connected Fibre channel and SATA based products. This product will address the need to connect SAN and other switch based networks via TCP/IP and iSCSI protocols.

The NPWR-FC is powered by an Intel XScale 80321 (Verde) processor, a RISC CPU with clock rates reaching as high as 600MHz. In addition to the previously mentioned I/O interfaces, the SBC also includes 8-32 MB of FLASH ROM and 256-1024 MB of DDR SDRAM.

Every NPWR-FC includes either a Linux or a NetBSD CDROM. The NPWR CDROM also includes all tools, documentation and sources needed to make any NPWR-based product an immediate success. NPWR-FC is factory-configured with a Flash ROM disk running Linux or the NetBSD O.S. to ensure expedited product development.

Beta quantities of the NPWR-FC will be available in late November 2002, with full production to follow in January 2003. Suggested pricing for a fully configured NPWR-FC is as follows: $1,595 for the 400 MHz NPWR, $1,795 for the 500 MHz NPWR, and $1,995 for the 600 MHz. NPWR. OEM pricing is available on request.

 
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