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.

With 17-slot, 8-slot, 6-slot, and 4-slot PICMG 2.17 backplanes available, Elma offers a wide range of chassis solutions for various applications. The versatile chassis line features a range of 2U-12U units with features depending on one's needs: maximizing density in a rack, achieving "five-nines" High Availability (HA), etc. High-end options such as the 12U HA unit boast top and bottom redundant cooling, N+1 redundant power supplies, and system management options. The superior cooling design consists of individual fan modules allow for replacement of one fan without taking the entire cooling system offline.

All Elma units are "turnkey" systems -- delivered fully assembled, wired and tested. Custom and modified enclosures to meet specific customer needs are also available. Additional information on Elma Electronic's switched fabric enclosures, and other products can be obtained by contacting sales@elma.com or by visiting www.elma.com.

Pricing for the PICMG 2.17 chassis start at $875.00 with a 6-8 week lead time.

The StarFabric technology addresses next-gen communications equipment requirements such as trunk speed evolution from OC3 to OC12/OC48 and beyond, allowing 10K to 100K ports per single chassis. StarFabric supports simultaneous transmission of packet, cell, and voice (TDM) traffic and provides High Availability features such as fault detection and isolation, hardware fail-over, and hot swappability. The StarFabric solution provides an elegant migration path from existing bus-based architectures like PCI, H.110, Utopia, etc. It is 100% backwards compatible to existing PCI and CompactPCI technology; so new drivers, software, etc, do not need to be created. Further, StarFabric is a migration path to PCI Express Advanced Switching.

About Elma Electronic
Elma Electronic Inc. is a leading manufacturer and supplier of enclosures, backplanes, cabinets, cases, and "ready-to-run" packaging for CPCI, Rugged COTS, VME/64x, VXI, PC and custom bus structures. Elma's component product line offers a wide selection of top quality switches knobs and LED arrays. The company has been a worldwide supplier of dependable, high performance products for over 35 years. Elma operates three facilities in the continental United States plus has locations in Switzerland, Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Israel.

Elma Electronic Inc. is located at:

44350 Grimmer Blvd.
Fremont, CA 94538
USA
Telephone (510) 656-3400
Fax (510) 656-3783
www.elma.com

For more information, contact:

Justin Moll
Bustronic Corporation
510-490-7388
jmoll@Bustronic.com

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