Linux middleware vendor TeamF1 and PowerPC processor vendor AMCC will collaborate on a number of hardware/software reference designs, starting with a wireless access point (WAP) design, the companies have announced. The WAP will use TeamF1's ASAP networking stack, along with AMCC's “Yellowstone” evaluation board.

TeamF1 launched ASAP (Air Secure Access Point) last May, saying the product integrates the latest security and management features, while offering a flexible driver framework that supports 2.4- and 2.6-series Linux kernels.

AMCC's Yellowstone board is based on its 440GR, a system-on-chip powered by a 667MHz PowerPC 440 core, and targeting networking and storage control plane applications.

AMCC's Yellowstone board

The Yellowstone board will be coupled with a “standard off-the-shelf PCI-based Wi-Fi chipset” in the Team F1/AMCC WAP design, the companies said. Other board features include:

• 5 x 7 inch form factor
• 256MB DRAM
• 32MB Flash preinstalled with 2.6 Linux kernel, filesystem
• Two 10/100 ports
• JTAG connector
• Trace connector
• PCI host connector

The companies will additionally work together to validate and market other TeamF1 Linux middleware products on AMCC processors, they say.

AMCC's PowerPC software director, Charlie Ashton, stated, “Our partnership has resulted in an optimized solution for wireless access points. We look forward to future roadmap integrations with TeamF1.”

TeamF1's president, Mukesh Lulla, stated, “Our ongoing strategic engineering and marketing efforts with AMCC will provide our mutual customers with the high-quality solutions that they have come to expect of both companies.”

Availability

The WAP design is available now, with other hardware/software reference designs to follow. Also available with AMCC PowerPC optimizations are several TeamF1 network security components, including V-IPSecure (IPsec and IKE), SSLimSecure (SSL), SSHield (SECSH), and authentication solutions (Kerberos, RADIUS, digital certificates).

 
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