JNI to Use Tensilica Technology in Next Generation
Fibre Channel Controller ASICs
Santa Clara, Calif., July
23, 2001 ... Tensilica, Inc. and JNI Corporation
(Nasdaq:JNIC), announced today that JNI has licensed
Tensilica’s Xtensa™ technology and
plans to incorporate it into a System-on-Chip
Fiber Channel Controller product. JNI Corporation
is a leading manufacturer of enterprise-level
storage area network (SAN) products and Fibre
Channel based host bus adapters (HBA). Tensilica,
Inc. is the leading provider of extensible, configurable
processor technology. By utilizing Tensilica’s
technology in its next-generation Fibre Channel
products, JNI will provide superior solutionsto
both its HBA and IC customers.
“We chose Tensilica’s technology over
several available RISC processor core options after
an extensive technical evaluation,” said
Sassan Teymouri, vice president of the JNI Semiconductor
Division. “Among other reasons, Xtensa has
a proven high performance capability in 0.18-micron
technology, and provides a completely integrated
suite of software development tools.
“Fibre Channel technology is expanding rapidly,” Teymouri
continued. “We want to offer a class of extremely
programmable and flexible controllers that meets
a wide range of requirements from SAN-to-WAN applications
to Storage Virtualization applications. Xtensa’s
unique extensibility feature will facilitate tailoring
the processor to accommodate specific protocols
and streamline its performance – two very
important requirements for our program.”
Bernie Rosenthal, Tensilica’s vice president
of marketing and business development, said “This
engagement validates our Xtensa processor’s
applicability in the rapidly growing Storage Area
Network (SAN) space. By joining other industry
leaders using Xtensa in the set-top box, wireless
and data communications markets, JNI demonstrates
the flexibility of our technology. We welcome JNI
as a valued customer and partner.”
About JNI Corporation
JNI Corporation is a leading manufacturer of
enterprise-level products used to create storage
networks, and is the dominant manufacturer of host
bus adapters (HBAs) for the Solaris environment.
JNI offers a broad line of FibreStar® HBAs,
Emerald™ ASICs, and EZ Fibre™ and DriverSuite™ software
for SANs. JNI’s products operate on Solaris,
Windows 2000, Windows NT, HP-UX, AIX, Novell, Linux
and Mac OS systems. JNI customers, distributors
and strategic partners include Acal FCS, Avid,
Bell Microproducts, Brocade, Chaparral, Compaq
StorageWorks, Consan, Crossroads, EMC, Eurologic,
Gadzoox, GE Access, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi Data
Systems, IBM, Info X, LSI Logic, McDATA, Nishan
Systems, StorageTek, Sun Microsystems, TidalWire
and Veritas. Company headquarters are in San Diego,
with offices throughout the U.S. and Munich (München),
Germany.
The company is headquartered in San Diego, California
(92121) at 10945 Vista Sorrento Parkway. The company’s
toll-free telephone is 800-452-9267 and its main
switchboard number is 858-523-7000. The fax number
is 858-523-7001, and web site is www.jni.com .
About Tensilica
Tensilica was founded in July 1997 to address
the fast-growing market for configurable processors
and software development tools for high volume,
embedded systems. Using the company's proprietary
Xtensa Processor Generator, system-on-chip (SOC)
designers can develop a processor subsystem hardware
design and a complete software development tool
environment tailored to their specific requirements
in hours.
Tensilica's solutions provide a proven, easy-to-use,
methodology that enables designers to achieve optimum
application performance in minimum design time.
The Company is engaged in research, development,
and customer support from its offices in Santa
Clara, California; Burlington, Massachusetts; Princeton,
NJ; Houston, Texas; Oxford, U.K.; Stockholm, Sweden;
Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.; and Yokohama, Japan.
Tensilica is headquartered in Santa Clara, California
(95054) at 3255-6 Scott Boulevard, and can be reached
at (408) 986-8000 or via www.tensilica.com on
the World Wide Web.
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Editors' Notes:
"Tensilica" is
a registered trademark and "Xtensa" is
a trademark belonging to Tensilica Inc. JNI,
JNIC, Emerald, FibreStar, DriverSuite and EZ
Fibre are trademarks or registered trademarks
of JNI Corp. All other registered trademarks
or trademarks are property of their respective
owners.
Tensilica’s announced
licensees are, in alphabetical order, Berkeley
Wireless Research Center, Cisco Systems, Conexant
Systems, Fujitsu Limited, Galileo Technology, Hughes
Network Systems, Ikanos Communications, JNI Corporation,
Mindspeed Technologies, National Semiconductor,
NEC Networks, NEC Solutions, NTT, ONEX Communications,
TranSwitch Corporation andZiLOG.
Visit Tensilica at Embedded
Systems Conference 2001, September 4-7, Hynes
Convention Center, Boston, Mass., booth number
115.
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