Press Releases

Bob Sullivan Appointed to StarFabric Trade Association Board of Directors

Ayer, Massachusetts, August 22, 2002 -Bob Sullivan, Vice President and Corporate Di-rector of Technology at Hybricon Corporation, has been appointed to the Board of Di-rectors of the StarFabric Trade Association. As an active member of the StarFabric Working Group, and a sponsor of the PICMG® 2.17 CompactPCI® StarFabric Specifica-tion, Mr. Sullivan has been involved with the implementation of StarFabric for the past two years...read more

Elma Electronic Announces PICMG 2.17 Development Platform

FREMONT, California, August 17, 2002 - Elma Electronic Inc., a global manufacturer of electronic packaging products, has announced a PICMG 2.17 Development Platform. Designed for prototyping of a system compliant to the recently ratified PICMG 2.17 specification, the development platform comes in a 9U-high chassis size....read more

StarFabric Architects to Assist in Development of PCI Express Advanced Switching Specification

MARLBOROUGH, MA and SANTA CLARA, CA – August 12, 2002 – The StarFabric™ Trade Association and PCI Express™ Advanced Switching Working Group today announced plans to ensure interoperability between the StarFabric architecture and emerging PCI Express Advanced Switching interconnect standards. The StarFabric Trade Association owns and manages the StarFabric architecture that today incorporates many features and capabilities that are expected to be included in the PCI Express Advanced Switching specification. The PCI Express Advanced Switching Working Group is developing communications-oriented switching specifications for PCI Express, the high-performance serial I/O technology targeted for communications, embedded and compute platforms....read more

Kaparel Corporation announces PS4800 Series of StarFabric Backplanes

WATERLOO, CANADA - August 6, 2002 - Kaparel Corporation today announced the launch of their PS4800 series of backplanes, as defined by the PICMG 2.17 StarFabric Specification. These backplanes support a StarFabric Topology and offer high capacity CompactPCI, incorporating PICMG 2.17 architecture for developers of next generation telecom networks. The PIMG 2.17 StarFabric Specification provides a seamless migration path from today's shared bus architecture to a robust switched interconnect, while retaining the existing hardware and software infrastructure. Star fabric, with its multiple classes of service, enables high bandwidth, high availability and scaleable point-to-point solutions, which provide control, voice, cell and packet data connectivity within a single interconnect....read more

BittWare Joins StarFabric Trade Association as Founding Member

CONCORD, NH - July 9, 2002 - BittWare, Inc., an industry-leading provider of embedded SHARC® DSP products, announced today that it has joined the StarFabric Trade Association as a founding member. BittWare will collaborate with StarGen, a leading fabless semiconductor company and the original developer of StarFabric, and other trade association members to develop integrated DSP systems using the StarFabric interconnect technology....read more

Next Generation StarFabric® PCI Interface Card Supports Investments in Legacy PCI Devices

Brockton, MA - June 27, 2002 - New from Aurora Technologies, Inc., the PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card enables users to support next generation systems requirements while maintaining investments in legacy PCI devices. This interface card is ideal for demanding real-time applications, such as VoIP, that require maximum scalability, bandwidth, and reliability....read more

StarGen and Dy 4 Systems Announce Strategic Technology Partnership

MARLBOROUGH, Mass. - June 24, 2002 - StarGen, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, today announced its strategic technology partnership with Dy 4 Systems of Kanata, Ontario, Canada. As the key benefit of this partnership, Dy 4 Systems, a division of Force Computers, a Solectron company, and a leading designer and manufacturer of COTS VME and CompactPCI products for harsh environments, gains access to StarGen's high-speed, point-to-point switched backplane and chassis-to-chassis interconnect solution, which is called StarFabric. It will be implemented in scalable and mission-critical embedded and communication products, including in Dy 4's new StarLink PMC module. Overall, StarFabric provides scalability, high availability and true quality of service (QoS) while maintaining 100-percent compatibility with existing hardware and software investments....read more

StarFabric Trade Association Founding Members, Bustronic and StarGen, Collaborate to Develop PICMG 2.17 Products

FREMONT, California, June 17, 2002 - Bustronic Corporation, an industry leading designer and manufacturer of high performance backplanes, and StarGen, a leading fabless semiconductor company, are collaborating to develop PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group (PICMG) 2.17 backplane solutions. Both companies are founding members of the StarFabric Trade Association, which owns the StarFabric architecture. The two companies continue to share a close relationship in StarFabric development, now focusing on solutions for the recently ratified PICMG 2.17 specification....read more

StarGen Announces SFS2100 StarFabric Switch Card for PICMIG 2.17 Platforms

Marlborough, Mass, 6 June 2002 - StarGen, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, today announced the availability of the SFS2100 StarFabric Switch Card, a powerful switching solution for CompactPCI® StarFabric Platforms (PICMG 2.17). StarFabric provides a seamless migration path for embedded equipment from today's bus-based interconnects to a robust switched interconnect architecture. StarFabric enables high-bandwidth, fault-tolerant, and scalable point-to-point solutions with support for multiple classes of service.....read more

Kaparel Corporation Becomes Founding Member StarFabric Trade Association

WATERLOO, Canada, May 21, 2002 The StarFabric Trade Association represents a wide range of organizations that are actively involved in the development of the StarFabric Architecture specification (PICMG 2.17) and will guide the future development and deployment of StarFabric switched interconnect technology. The goal is to promote the awareness and adoption of StarFabric....read more

StarFabric Trade Association Announces Eighteen New Members

Boston, MA, 13 May 2002 - The StarFabric Trade Association today announced the addition of eighteen founding members. The Trade Association, a non-profit, open membership industry group, was created to develop and promote the StarFabric switched interconnect technology. The founding members represent a wide range of organizations, which together provide the broad and diverse perspective required to ensure StarFabric will continue to meet the dynamic market requirements of next generation embedded and communication equipment....read more

SVA Networks, Inc. Chooses StarFabric Technology from StarGen for Next Generation Switching Products

Marlborough, Mass. - April 29, 2002 - SVA Networks, Inc., a US corporation with business operations in the US, China, and Taiwan, is demonstrating its new SVA 10K Series Ethernet Switch product line at Networld+Interop, Las Vegas May 7-9, Booth # 2674. A unique feature of this high performance next-generation design is its redundant control plane with fail-over capability between a primary and secondary host processor. SVA Networks has implemented this control plane with standard off-the-shelf components using StarGen's StarFabric technology...read more

New PCI-to-StarFabric® PMC Bridges Legacy PCI Devices Via a Revolutionary Fabric Interface

Brockton, Mass. - April 24, 2002 - Aurora Technologies' new PMC-SB StarFabric PCI Mezzanine Card, utilizing StarGen® Inc.'s StarFabric bridge technology, offers a flexible switch fabric interface to real-time networks that scale from a few to hundreds of nodes. The flexibility and scalability of the PMC-SB is ideal for many signal-processing applications, including voice, that require the use of multiple processors to achieve real-time response and throughput....read more

Marlborough, Mass. - April 24, 2002 - StarGen®, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, and Aurora Technologies, a leading provider of connectivity products, today announced the offering of the new PMC-SB StarFabric PCI Mezzanine Card. The PCI Mezzanine Card utilizes StarGen's StarFabric bridge technology, offering a flexible switch fabric interface to real-time networks that scale from a few to hundreds of nodes. The flexibility and scalability of the PMC-SB is ideal for many signal-processing applications, including voice, that require the use of multiple processors to achieve real-time response and throughput...read more

StarGen and Radstone Announce Technology Collaboration

Marlborough, Mass. - April 8, 2002 - Radstone to Launch Range of StarFabric-Based Products...read more

Next Generation StarFabric® PCI Interface Card Supports Investments in Legacy PCI Devices

Brockton, Mass. - March 21, 2002 - New from Aurora Technologies, Inc., the PCI-SB StarFabric PCI Interface Card enables users to support next generation systems requirements while maintaining investments in legacy PCI devices. This interface card is ideal for demanding real-time applications, such as VoIP, that require maximum scalability, bandwidth, and reliability.....read more

StarGen Releases StarFabric Software Development Kit v1.0 to Accelerate Time-to-Market for Advanced Switching Features

Marlborough, Mass. - March 18, 2002 - Royalty-Free Source Code Enables System Designers to Add Peer-to-Peer Computing, High-Availability, Quality of Service, and Multicast Features to Switched Interconnect-Based Systems...read more

Wind River and StarGen Collaborate to Deliver Enhanced Solution for the Embedded Industry

Marlborough, Mass. - February 25, 2002 - StarGen, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, and Wind River Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:WIND), a leading provider of software and services for embedded systems developers, today announced the introduction of a StarFabric Bus Driver created for Wind River's market-leading VxWorks® embedded real-time operating system (RTOS)...read more

Wind River and StarGen Collaborate to Deliver Enhanced Solution for the Embedded Industry

Marlborough, Mass. - February 25, 2002 - StarGen, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, and Wind River Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:WIND), a leading provider of software and services for embedded systems developers, today announced the introduction of a StarFabric Bus Driver created for Wind River's market-leading VxWorks® embedded real-time operating system (RTOS)...read more

StarFabric Interconnect Technology Available Now to Address Real-World System Interconnect Problems

LONG BEACH, Calif. - January 22, 2002 - StarGen, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, today announced that it will demonstrate its production-ready StarFabric technology, a high-speed, point-to-point switched backplane and chassis-to-chassis interconnect solution, at this week's Bus&Board/2002Conference taking place at the Hyatt Regency in Long Beach, Calif. In addition, nine other companies....read more

StarGen Launches the SG3010, a New StarFabric Bridge Chip Designed for Next-Generation Communication Applications

Marlborough, Mass. - January 14, 2002 - StarGen, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, today announced the launch of the StarGen SG3010 TDM to StarFabric bridge, built on the company's collaboration with Agere Systems (NYSE: AGR.A) in switched time division multiplexing (TDM) interconnect technology. The device enables connection of TDM devices including DSPs, framers, and voice processors as well as the H.110 TDM bus directly to the StarFabric serial switch interconnect...read more

StarGen Partners with Altera to Provide StarFabric Switched Interconnect Cores for Mercury PLDs

San Jose, Calif. - December 18, 2001 - Altera Corporation and StarGen, Inc. announced today that they are joining forces to advance the rapid development of StarFabric-compatible solutions using Altera’s Mercury programmable logic devices (PLDs). Developed to meet the needs of next-generation communication and embedded systems, StarFabric is a high-speed switched interconnect technology that enables the creation of scalable, highly reliable systems with an easy migration path from existing industry-standard bus architectures. Bridging between StarFabric and existing or emerging architectures requires devices with the highest performance characteristics and leading-edge I/O capabilities. Equipped with integrated clock-data recovery (CDR) at speeds up to 1.25 Gbps, True-LVDS differential I/O support, and up to 18 independent transmit and receive channels, Mercury PLDs are the only programmable logic devices that meet these rigorous demands...read more

StarGen Appoints Former Mitel Semiconductor Sales Director to New Post of Director of Western Regional Sales

Marlborough, Mass. - December 10, 2001 - StarGen, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, today announced that Steven DeFrain has joined the company as director of western regional sales. DeFrain will be responsible for establishing and managing StarGen's sales operations in the western United States to help drive the sales of StarGen's StarFabric technology components...read more

StarGen Licenses Time Division Multiplexed (TDM) Access Technology from Agere Systems for Future StarFabric Devices

Marlborough, Mass. - December 3, 2001 - Agere Systems (NYSE: AGR.A) and StarGen, Inc. today announced a licensing agreement that builds upon the two companies' collaboration in switched time division multiplexing (TDM) interconnect technology. Agere Systems has licensed the TSI (Time Slot Switch) semiconductor technology found in Agere's Ambassador™ product line to StarGen. This technology will be used by StarGen to offer TDM-based StarFabric bridge products...read more

StarGen's StarFabric Design Utilized in New ITOX PC System Featuring 42 Expansion Card Slots

Las Vegas, Nevada - November 12, 2001 - ITOX® Applied Computing, a leading developer and manufacturer of Intel® based applied computing platforms for industrial and telecommunications applications, today announced that it is exhibiting a new PC system with 42 expansion slots, which incorporates design from StarGen™ Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, at this week's COMDEX Fall 2001. The system is an example of its Star Cluster concept, based on StarGen's advanced StarFabric switch products...read more

StarGen's StarFabric Interconnect Adopted in Numerous Markets

Marlborough, Mass. -October 29, 2001 - StarGen, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, today disclosed positive acceptance of its StarFabric switched interconnect technology in numerous applications across a variety of market segments. Developed to meet the needs of next-generation communication and embedded systems, StarFabric is a high-speed, point-to-point switched backplane and chassis-to-chassis interconnect solution. Design-in activity underway in a broad set of market segments clearly indicates strong early acceptance of StarFabric as a cost effective, easy-to-adopt solution to the interconnect issues confronting next generation equipment designers...read more

ITOX Unveils New CT Platform Concept Using Switch Fabric Technology

Los Angeles, CA - October 22, 2001 - Itox® Applied Computing, a leading developer and manufacturer of Intel based applied computer platforms for the computer telephony marketplace today unveiled, at Intel® Communications TechSummit, a new Star Cluster CT platform concept that is implemented with state-of-the-art switch fabric technology. The advanced platform provides the unprecedented capability to expand PCI and H.100 based telephony platforms to over a thousand expansion cards and is compatible with most currently installed Intel open architecture telephony systems. The new concept is applicable to systems implemented with either passive backplanes or traditional motherboard architectures, and can easily be extended to address CompactPCI platforms. The interconnection of multiple processing and storage systems is also supported by Star Cluster...read more

PICMG Kicks Off StarFabric CompactPCI Specification Effort

Wakefield, Mass. - July 31, 2001 - The PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturing Group (PICMG®), a consortium of over 700 companies that collaboratively develop open specifications that adapt PCI technology for use in industrial and telecommunication computing applications, has held a kickoff meeting for the PICMG 2.17 StarFabric CompactPCI® subcommittee. The technical subcommittee's objective is to rapidly provide designers, manufacturers, and integrators with a common set of guidelines for implementing backplanes and cards to deliver the benefits of the StarFabric interconnect in the CompactPCI environment. The group had its first meeting at the Embedded Systems Conference in Chicago on July 11... read more

StarGen's StarFabric Switch to Debut at Embedded Systems Conference

Chicago, Ill. - July 9, 2001 - StarGen, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, today announced that it will be demonstrating its SG 1010 StarFabric Switch at the Embedded Systems Conference in Chicago this week. StarGen's switch is a high-speed, cascadable, serial switch that provides 30 Gbps switching capacity with six ports and is a component of the StarFabric open switch fabric architecture. Developed to meet the needs of next-generation communication equipment developers, StarFabric is a high-speed, point-to-point switched backplane and chassis-to-chassis interconnect solution... read more

Bustronic and StarGen Unveil New Twenty-One Slot StarFabric Hybrid Backplane At Applied Computing Conference

Santa Clara, Calif. - May 14, 2001 - StarGen, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company and Bustronic, a leading designer and manufacturer of backplanes, today unveiled a new backplane prototype built using StarGen's new switch fabric technology. The 21-slot StarFabric hybrid backplane will be demonstrated at the Applied Computing Conference in Santa Clara this week... read more

StarGen and StarFabric Working Group Unveil Plan for Royalty-free Access to StarFabric Technology

Santa Clara, Calif. - May 14, 2001 - StarGen, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, and the StarFabric Working Group today announced plans for providing open access to the StarFabric technology. Royalty-free licenses will be available to allow companies to cost-effectively leverage the unique capabilities of StarFabric technology for creating interoperable and compatible StarFabric semiconductor devices. StarFabric is a high-speed point-to-point switched backplane and chassis-to-chassis interconnect solution targeted to meet the needs of next-generation communication equipment developers... read more

Agere Systems Announces StarFabric Bridge Chip That Provides Scalability for Computer Telephony Servers, VoIP Gateways

LOS ANGELES - March 6, 2001 - Agere Systems, the former Microelectronics Group of Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU), today announced a highly scaleable, higher-capacity switching chip solution for computer telephony servers, voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) gateways, wireless base stations, and other high density communications network equipment. The Ambassador™ T8150 H.100/H.110* to StarFabric** Bridge solution can provide up to 128 times the voice processing capacity, while helping to reduce electronics costs and time to market intervals. The solution is being announced during this week's CT Expo show here (booth #2263)... read more

CompactPCI Market Leaders Collaborate To Address Next Generation Open Communications Platform Requirements

SAN DIEGO, Calif. - January 15, 2001 at Bus&Board 2001 - Today the StarFabric Working Group, a group of leading communications industry companies exploring next generation technologies compatible with CompactPCI, disclosed their activities and plans for 2001. The StarFabric Working Group companies share a common vision of the need to build on the success of CompactPCI in the communications market in order to meet critical customer requirements for next-generation equipment... read more

StarGen Announces New Universal Switch Fabric Technology Designed for the Next Generation of Communications Equipment

MARLBOROUGH, Mass. - September 11, 2000 - StarGen, Inc. a fabless semiconductor company, today unveiled its technology blueprint and architecture for a scalable, open switch fabric. StarGen has focused its technology on the unique requirements of communication engineers designing for the next generation data, voice, and video networks... read more