Press Releases

Aurora Technologies Awarded "Best of Show" at Internet Telephony ® Conference & Expo Miami 2003

Brockton, MA - February 26, 2003 - Aurora Technologies, Inc. today announced that it's CP-SFX8 Fabric Card has been named a "Best of Show" winner at Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC™)'s INTERNET TELEPHONY ® Conference and Expo Miami 2003. The show is widely considered the industry's most respected event focused on voice, video, facsimile, and data convergence. read more

Aurora’s StarFabric Development Kit Accelerates StarFabric Product Development and Time to Market

Brockton, MA - January 31, 2003 - Aurora Technologies, Inc. announces the release of its StarFabric Development Kit for designers interested in a portable tool kit for quick-to-market StarFabric application development. read more

Adapter Cards from Bustronic Convert CompactPCI to StarFabric

Fremont, CA - January 21, 2003 - Bustronic Corporation, an industry leading designer and manufacturer of high performance backplanes, has announced new StarFabric Adapter Cards. The cards are PICMG 2.17-compliant and convert standard PCI to StarFabric traffic. read more

Aurora Technologies First to Market with StarFabric, PICMG 2.17 Compliant Switch

Brockton, MA - January 20, 2003 - New from Aurora Technologies, Inc., the CP-SFX8™ Fabric Card provides a high-bandwidth and cost-effective solution for switching StarFabric in high-availability platforms. read more

StarFabric Trade Association to Demonstrate PICMG 2.17 Backplane Architecture at Bus&Board/2003

Long Beach, CA - January 20, 2003 - The StarFabric Trade Association today announced plans to host a multi-vendor demonstration based on the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group (PICMG) 2.17 CompactPCI StarFabric Specification at this week's Bus&Board/2003 in Long Beach, CA. read more

Synergy Microsystems and StarGen Announce StarFabric Technology Collaboration

San Diego, CA - January 17, 2003 - Synergy Microsystems, Inc. (Synergy) announced today the introduction of a powerful new class of VME single-board computers (SBCs) and PMC modules equipped with StarGen's StarFabric point-to-point switched back-plane and chassis-to-chassis interconnect technology. read more

StarGen Expands Global Distribution

MARLBOROUGH, Mass. - January 13, 2003 - StarGen, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, today announced the expansion of its international operations to include distribution of StarFabric across Asia by Unique Memec, a leading specialist semiconductor distributor. read more

Elma Electronic Announces PICMG 2.17-Compliant StarFabric Platforms

Fremont, CA - January 8, 2003 - Elma Electronic Inc., a global manufacturer of electronic packaging products, has announced new PICMG 2.17-complaint chassis. The line includes versions in horizontal and vertical configuration and various heights. read more

Stargen Reaches Major Milestones in 2002

MARLBOROUGH, MA - December 16, 2002, StarGen, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, today announced that the company has experienced dramatic growth in 2002, including the full-volume availability of its SG 1010 StarFabric Switch and SG 2010 PCI-to-StarFabric Bridge. read more

Aurora's New StarFabric Paper Outlines Seamless Migration to Advanced Switching Technologies

BROCKTON, MA - December 6, 2002, Aurora Technologies, Inc. announces the availability of the Starting with StarFabric: The StarFabric Connectivity Guide, a primer designed to educate readers about the features and benefits of the new Switch Fabric technology. read more

Aurora's Director of Engineering Named CTO of StarFabric Trade Association

BROCKTON, MA - October 15, 2002, Aurora Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of fabric and I/O connectivity solutions, announces that Frank Fitzgerald, the company's Director of Engineering, was named Chief Technology Officer of the StarFabric Trade Association at it's inaugural meeting. In addition to being a founding member of the Board of Directors, Fitzgerald was also elected as an executive officer. read more

StarFabric Trade Association Announces Board of Directors

MARLBOROUGH, MA. - October 15, 2002,The StarFabric Trade Association, a non-profit, open membership industry group created to develop and promote the StarFabric switched interconnect technology, today announced the members of its board of directors.read more

StarGen and Aurora Strategic Partnership Produces Early-to-Market StarFabric-to-PCI Products

Ayer, MA. - October 7, 2002,StarGen, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, announces that it has formed a strategic technology partnership with Aurora Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of fabric and I/O connectivity solutions that include a suite of new StarFabric-enabled bridging products.read more

StarGen and Hybricon Corporation Announce Collaboration

Ayer, MA. - September 30, 2002, StarGen, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, and Hybricon Corporation, a worldwide leader in the design and manufacturer of high performance packaging solutions, today announced that they are collaborating to develop end user solutions for PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group (PICMG®) 2.17 applications.read more

New Product Release - PICMG® 2.17 StarFabric CompactPCI® Backplane

Ayer, MA. - September, 2002, Hybricon Corporation announces the release of a PICMG 2.17 backplane that complies with the PICMG 2.17 specification, which was approved and released in May, 2002. The PICMG 2.17 StarFabric CompactPCI Backplane specification provides a standardized way to implement a StarFabric Switch Fabric in a standard backplane without the use of cables, and using standardized backplane connector pinouts. As a sponsor of the PICMG 2.17 subcommittee and as the company chosen by PICMG to perform all of the signal integrity simulation work for PICMG 2.17, Hybricon is intimately familiar with the PICMG 2.17 specification. read more

New Product Release - PICMG® 2.17 StarFabric CompactPCI Development Kit

Ayer, MA. - September, 2002, Hybricon Corporation announces the release of a PICMG 2.17 development chassis that complies with the PICMG 2.17 specification which was approved and released in May, 2002. The PICMG 2.17 StarFabric CompactPCI Backplane specification provides a standardized way to implement a StarFabric Switch Fabric in a standard backplane without the use of cables, and using standardized backplane connector pinouts. As a sponsor of the PICMG 2.17 subcommittee and as the company chosen by PICMG to perform all of the signal integrity simulation work for PICMG 2.17, Hybricon is intimately familiar with the PICMG 2.17 specification.read more

StarGen to Develop StarFabric-To-PCI Express Bridge

INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM, SAN JOSE, CA - September 9, 2002 - StarGen, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, today announced plans to develop a StarFabric-to-PCI Express™ bridge product as well as a portfolio of Advanced Switching for PCI Express™ bridge and switch products for delivery in 2004. StarGen developed the StarFabric architecture to address the needs of embedded systems designers who require highly scalable and highly available systems. StarFabric is a backplane and chassis-to-chassis interconnect that is cost effective, easy to implement, and compatible with existing bus-based architectures. The StarFabric-to-PCI Express bridge device will enable system designers to quickly incorporate PCI Express processor subsystems into scalable StarFabric based designs....read more

Advanced TCA PICMG 3.3 specification to include both StarFabric AND PCI Express

Marlborough, MA - September 5, 2002 - Following the recent announcement from the StarFabric Trade Association, which adopted PCI Express Advanced Switching as the high-speed future enhancement for StarFabric, the PICMG 3.3 subcommittee recently approved a new Statement of Work to now include PCI Express as well as StarFabric...read more

StarFabric Chief Architect Mayhew Selected to Speak on Advanced Switching at Intel Developer Forum

Marlborough, MA - September 3, 2002 - StarGen, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, today announced that chief StarFabric architect, David Mayhew, was selected to present in two courses discussing the impending PCI-Express Advanced Switching specification at the upcoming Intel Developer Forum (IDF) to be held September 9-12 at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, CA....read more