Chip giant says technologies will reduce cost of networking components
Intel is to adopt the proposed Advanced Switching specification and PCI Express architecture interconnect technologies in its future communications and networking products.
The chip giant said it plans to incorporate PCI Express architecture, widely adopted as the successor to PCI technology, as its general-purpose, chip-to-chip interconnection standard to improve I/O performance in both computing and communications applications.
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Intel is to adopt the proposed Advanced Switching specification and PCI Express architecture interconnect technologies in its future communications and networking products.
The chip giant said it plans to incorporate PCI Express architecture, widely adopted as the successor to PCI technology, as its general-purpose, chip-to-chip interconnection standard to improve I/O performance in both computing and communications applications.
News source: vnunet.com
It also promised to adopt Advanced Switching, a standards-based next-generation extension of the PCI Express technology.
According to Intel, Advanced Switching will reduce equipment costs as it is the first interconnect technology to be widely accepted, modular and standards-based.
Until now, technologies for interconnecting components and system boards in networking, storage and embedded solutions have been costly, time-consuming and largely proprietary, the company said.
The company said both technologies would be incorporated into a wide array of its communication products, including network and storage processors, Ethernet controllers and chipsets.
"The PCI Express and Advanced Switching technologies are essential to realising the promise of the convergence of computing and communications by providing for the first time a common interconnect approach that will enable feature-rich, cost-effective solutions," said Eric Mentzer, vice president and Intel Communications Group chief technology officer.
"We expect Advanced Switching to be broadly adopted throughout the communications industry to address ever more demanding switched-interconnect and data-fabric requirements."
Intel promised to roll out building blocks and development tools based on the PCI Express architecture by the end of 2003, and on the Advanced Switching specification in the first half of 2005.
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