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Follow UsNEW DELHI: Force Computers India, a design arm of Force Computers Inc. and a
Solectron company dealing in embedded computing, has announced a new network
interface card (NIC) which provides state-of-the-art technology for high-speed
network input/output (I/O) performance.
Capable of automatically negotiating data transfers at 10, 100 or 1,000
Megabits per second in full or half-duplex mode, the new Gigabit Ethernet Card
offers embedded systems developers the ideal solution for decreasing development
costs and time-to-market as well as provides a seamless upgrade from current
Fast Ethernet-based products. And by leveraging industry standards–the PCI
mezzanine card (PMC) form-factor and RJ-45 connector–this NIC enables flexible
system integration for industrial control, data communications,
telecommunications and other network applications.
"Embedded developers can now access the latest Intel I/O technology on a
compact PMC form-factor with the introduction of Force’s new PMC Gigabit
Ethernet NIC card," said M G Krishnan, Director, Force Computers India.
"Capable of auto negotiation the new card alleviates the need for manual
configuration to achieve optimum network performance. And with throughput rated
at up to 1 Gigabit per second, the network interface card can effectively
maximize the data bandwidth on CAT cabling using a standard RJ-45
connector."
With a standard RJ-45 connector interfacing the new card to a driver-enabled
host system, no adapter cables are required to establish full duplex mode. And
by using Intel’s cutting-edge 82543 LAN controller Gigabit Ethernet technology
in standard PMC form-factor, the new card offers a cost-effective solution for
expanding I/O on single board computers with PMC slots such as Force’s
CPCI-680 and CPCI-735/736 CompactPCI SBCs as well as the company’s VME SBCs.
The new network interface card is now available under Force’s Early Access
Unit (EAU) program with volume shipments scheduled for August 2001.