| 2008-07-30 |
RapidIO evaluation platform cuts time-to-market, BOM |
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Tundra Semiconductor Corp. has introduced an evaluation platform centered on its Tsi620 multi-standard RapidIO switch |
| 2008-06-02 |
RapidIO switch targets low-power compliance |
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Tundra Semiconductor targets cost-sensitive applications with the introduction of the Tsi572 Serial RapidIO switch, which is well suited for a broad spectrum of wireless, wireline, and imaging/video applications |
| 2008-05-01 |
Use MSGQ module to optimize sRIO gains |
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Serial RapidIO overcome limitations of traditional DSP I/Os by providing a high performance, packet-switched, interconnect technology which is very beneficial for complex DSP topologies |
| 2007-11-13 |
Serial RapidIO switches connect 'any' digital media component |
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IDT has launched a new family of serial RapidIO-based central packet switches that could be used to connect virtually any digital media component to any other, in applications ranging from wireless infrastructure to enterprise storage, imaging applications and beyond |
| 2007-11-07 |
A technical overview of RapidIO |
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The RapidIO protocol defines both serial and parallel PHY interfaces with multiple lane widths, giving developers the ability to trade off between latency, data rate, physical channel length and number of differential pairs used based on the needs of a particular application |
| 2007-10-22 |
RapidIO switch slashes 3G baseband costs |
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Tundra has released the Tsi620, a multi-standard serial RapidIO switch that lowers 3G baseband costs by bridging RapidIO-based DSP clusters to low cost embedded processors and FPGAs |
| 2007-09-24 |
Practical design considerations: Ethernet vs. RapidIO standards |
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The desire to use a familiar technology runs the risk of stretching the technology beyond its capabilities, complicating designs and creating unforeseen problems. |
| 2007-08-23 |
Tundra Serial RapidIO switch wins Huawei design-in |
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Tundra Semiconductor has announced that its Serial RapidIO switch was selected by Huawei Technologies for the latter's next-generation production systems |
| 2007-07-02 |
Low-cost FPGAs prop up GbE, PCIe, RapidIO |
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Altera Corp. has officially rolled out a line of entry-level FPGAs built to support Gigabit Ethernet, PCI Express and serial RapidIO transceivers at the lowest possible price for a programmable part |
| 2007-06-25 |
Platform leverages Serial RapidIO technology |
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Freescale Semiconductor Inc. and Tundra Semiconductor Corp. have introduced a development platform that combines Freescale's multicore MSC8144 programmable DSPs with Tundra's low-power Tsi578 Serial RapidIO (sRIO) switch |
| 2007-03-29 |
RapidIO 1.3 spec passes as new ANSI standard |
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The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has approved RapidIO Interconnect Specification 1.3 as a new ANSI standard |
| 2007-03-27 |
It's a four-way battle for the backplane |
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Competing silicon vendors are gearing up chips to put Ethernet, Infiniband, PCIe and RapidIO in pole position for next-generation servers and communications systems that link multiple processing cards over a backplane |
| 2007-03-22 |
Tundra offers RapidIO Endpoint IP for license |
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Tundra Semiconductor Corp. is developing RapidIO Endpoint IP for license, offering designers low risk and accelerated time-to-market |
| 2007-02-06 |
Tundra transfers RapidIO interoperability testing facility to FET |
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Fabric Embedded Tools Corp. has acquired the business and operations of Tundra Semiconductor Corp.'s RIOLAB, the world's 'first' RapidIO interoperability testing facility |
| 2007-02-01 |
Address SI issues in high-speed board design |
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This article discusses some of the SI challenges and the factors associated with high-speed interface designs that are enabled with key features of a RapidIO switch |
| 2007-01-01 |
IDT rolls 10Gbps RapidIO serial buffer |
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A new 12Mbit serial buffer from IDT is designed as a RadioIO-specific memory for use in 10Gbps networks for advanced mobile video services in wireless-infrastructure apps. |
| 2006-11-23 |
Zarlink unrolls AMC optical extender for Serial RapidIO |
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Zarlink has introduced an optical extender card for Serial RapidIO that delivers up to 25Gbps of ATCA and microTCA system interconnect in a hot pluggable, standard AMC form factor |
| 2006-10-17 |
RapidIO devt platform cuts design risk, time-to-market |
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The Tsi578 Serial RapidIO development platform promises customers flexibility and the overall benefit of reducing both their design risk and time-to-market |
| 2006-10-10 |
Serial RapidIO-to-PCIe Bridge IP core reduces system development time |
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The Serial RapidIO-to-PCIe bridge IP core from Mercury Computer Systems features complete protocol translation, an optimized dual-channel multi-threaded DMA engine and a pipelined PCI Express-to-RapidIO mapping table |
| 2006-09-20 |
RapidIO design summits set in Tokyo, Bangalore |
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The RapidIO Trade Association announced that it will be holding its Asia-Pacific Global Design Summits in Tokyo, Japan and Bangalore, India on October 20 and November 29, respectively |
| 2006-09-18 |
Upgraded RapidFET complements TI DSPs in network management |
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Fabric Embedded Tools Corp. announced RapidFET version 2.1which leverages host capable Serial RapidIO endpoints such as Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) DSPs like TMS320C6455 and TMS320TCI6482 |
| 2006-08-01 |
Intelligent switch guides DSP clusters |
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Integrated Device Technology Inc. has developed a Serial RapidIO-based switch for controlling DSP clusters in cellular base stations |
| 2006-07-31 |
New Serial RapidIO switch offers 40Gbps bandwidth |
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With 40Gbps of non-blocking bandwidth, Tundra's new Serial RapidIO switch is expected to set industry benchmarks for high performance and low power consumption |
| 2006-06-23 |
Preprocessing switch controls DSP clusters |
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Integrated Device Technology has developed a Serial RapidIO-based switch, called a preprocessing switch, for controlling DSP clusters in cellular base stations |
| 2006-06-06 |
Serial RapidIO switch targets DSP-intensive apps |
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Tundra expanded its Serial RapidIO switch family with a device that is designed to perform DSP aggregation on line cards in wireless, networking and video infrastructure apps |
| 2006-05-18 |
RapidIO-based starter kit based on VXS multicomputer |
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Mercury Computer Systems Inc. announced the details and availability of the PowerStream 6100 VXS Starter Kit |
| 2006-05-16 |
Tips for maximizing RapidIO |
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RapidIO is an open, standards-based interconnection technology for midsize and large embedded systems. Travis Scheckel discusses tips for designers working with it for the first time |
| 2006-04-03 |
Serial RapidIO IP core available for Virtex, Spartan FPGAs |
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Mercury announced the availability of a new Mercury Serial RapidIO IP core for Xilinx Virtex (high-performance) and Spartan FPGA families |
| 2006-03-10 |
DSP enables robust sRIO ecosystems |
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Texas Instruments announced the availability of a TMS320C6455 DSP evaluation module and a DSP starter kit, both with a Serial RapidIO bus interface |
| 2006-03-08 |
Serial RapidIO switch has multicast capability |
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Tundra Semiconductor announced the Tundra Tsi578 Serial RapidIO switch for applications such as wireless base stations and video infrastructure |
| 2006-03-03 |
RapidIO association hails group's interoperability testing |
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Applauding the efforts of Freescale, Texas Instruments, Tundra Semiconductor and Xilinx, the RapidIO Trade Association hailed the group's demonstration of first-level interoperability testing |
| 2006-03-01 |
Spec covers high-speed signaling boards |
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The VITA has approved a working standard for a ruggedized board and connector format that will support high-speed signaling standards, including PCI Express, Serial RapidIO, Infiniband and Advanced Switching Interconnect |
| 2005-12-22 |
Thales bundles PowerNode 3 with PMC-RIO card |
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Thales Computers announced that they have developed a serial RapidIO distributed switch solution designed for VME systems |
| 2005-12-22 |
50MHz waveform generators include PLL capabilities |
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Although technologies such as microwave RF, RapidIO and PCI Express occupy the leading-edge limelight these days, not everyone needs GHz-domain test gear. There are still many applications for lower-frequency equipment |
| 2005-10-13 |
Interconnect standards set to flourish, says In-Stat |
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Three emerging chip-to-chip interconnect standards¡ªHyperTransport, PCI Express, and RapidIO¡ªare being included in integrated circuits and systems at an increasing rate and their use will grow over the next several years according to market research company In-Stat |
| 2005-07-01 |
Industry sees promising market for sRIO |
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While the parallel version of RapidIO has almost been the standard in most backplane designs, the serial version is relatively new in the design community |
| 2005-06-10 |
Tundra aids designers to build high performance comm. systems |
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Tundra's new Tsi564A serial RapidIO switch promises to deliver the performance, power and configurability that enable embedded designers to build reliable, high performance communications systems |
| 2005-05-25 |
DSP includes Serial RapidIO bus |
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Texas Instruments disclosed that its new DSP offers improved performance, reduced code size plus more on-chip memory and high bandwidth integrated peripherals, including the Serial RapidIO bus for inter-processor communications |
| 2004-11-01 |
RapidIO technology moves up to Fabric |
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Engineers are developing extensions to RapidIO, creating a flexible and efficient fabric for a variety of communications systems |
| 2004-10-05 |
Wind River to support Freescale's PowerQUICC III |
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Wind River Systems Inc. has revealed plans to support Freescale Semiconductor's future PowerQUICC III processors that are designed to offer serial RapidIO functionality |
| 2004-09-02 |
RapidIO steps into data plane |
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The RapidIO Trade Association has finished two specifications considered key for using the packet-switched interconnect technology in data plane applications for communications systems |
| 2004-05-03 |
Mercury, Tundra team on ATCA platform |
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Mercury Computer Systems and Tundra Semiconductor have teamed to produce an AdvancedTCA development platform that incorporates serial RapidIO technology |
| 2004-04-30 |
GDA IP cores based on RapidIO technology |
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The GRIO controller IP cores from GDA Technologies are fully compliant with the Serial and Parallel RapidIO specs |
| 2003-06-24 |
RapidIO expands to data plane apps |
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The RapidIO Trade Association has revealed its plans to expand its focus to fully cover data plane applications for telecom networks |
| 2003-04-16 |
RapidIO and PCI Express: so similar, yet so different |
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In this technical article, RTA president Sam Fuller attempts to dispel the myths and confusions surrounding two interconnect technologies - RapidIO and PCI Express |