Force launches new Gigabit Ethernet Card

BANGALORE: Force Computers has launched a new Gigabit Ethernet Card that

would enable a network to operate at optimized input/output levels.

According to Force officials, the new Network Interface Card will decrease

development costs and time to market, and will also be a seamless upgrade from

the current Fast Ethernet based products. The new NIC card also leverages

industry standards like PCI mezzaine card (PMC) form factor and RJ-45 connector

enabling flexible system integration for industrial control, data

communications, telecommunications and other network applications.

Founded in 1981, Force Computers is a leading designer and

worldwide supplier of standard and custom systems, and board-level computer

platforms and services for the embedded market. The processor-independent

company helps its customers develop embedded applications based on Alpha, MIPS,

Pentium, PowerPC, PowerQUICC, SPARC, StrongARM and 68K technologies for embedded

UNIX, Linux, Windows NT and real-time applications. Force supports VME,

CompactPCI, PCI, PCI/ISA and PMC bus architectures, as well as custom form

factors.

An ISO 9001 certified company, Force Computers practices

Total Quality Management principles in all phases of the company’s global

operations. The company, along with its parent company, Solectron Corporation,

have twice won the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for Manufacturing.

Force’s corporate headquarters and Asia Pacific headquarters is located in

SanJose, California. Force (India) Private Ltd. is the Indian engineering and

design arm of Force Computers Inc.