Performance Technologies Adds New Communication Modules to Powerful Lineup of Integrated Hardware and Software
AMCs and Tightly Integrated Software Complement Award-winning MicroTCA™ Platform, Enabling Design Engineers to Save Time and Resources
November 12, 2008 - ROCHESTER, NY - Performance Technologies (NASDAQ: PTIX), a leading developer of communication platforms and systems, today announced the availability of two new communication controllers. These new products, the AMC304 and AMC305, join the company’s growing list of AdvancedMC™ (AMC) modules for deployments in telecommunications, aerospace and defense, as well as commercial markets needing time-division multiplexing (TDM) communication controllers in an AMC form factor.
The new offerings are part of Performance Technologies’ product strategy to increase the number of supporting AMCs with integrated software to its customer base who use the company’s award-winning MicroTCA™ platform, the MTC5070. Communication equipment manufacturers can now select from these two new, mid-size, single-slot communication controllers for their products.
Both AMCs are fully integrated with the company’s NexusWare®, a robust Carrier Grade Linux® OS and development environment, as well as a complete suite of integrated communications protocols including MTP2 (SS7), HDLC, ISDN, X.25, and Frame Relay. The combination of the company’s tightly integrated hardware and NexusWare provides equipment manufactures with a highly cost-effective approach to rapid product integration and deployment that can help improve bottom-line results.
Each AMC module features four individually selectable T1/E1/J1 connections and provides the ability to deliver a wide range of Voice-over-IP, wireless, and IP Multi-media Subsystem (IMS) infrastructure application elements. Both feature a Freescale™ MPC8560 PowerQUICC®III processor running at 833MHz and up to 1GB of SDRAM. PCI Express® and gigabit Ethernet enable rapid exchange of payload information. TDM traffic can be transmitted to other modules in a system via an I-TDM-over-Ethernet interface that is available on the AMC305 model only.
"In today’s cost-conscious economy, everyone is looking to reduce costs, including equipment manufacturers," said Steven Wigent, product manager at Performance Technologies. "Using our new AMC modules along with our NexusWare Carrier Grade Linux software suite and cost-effective MicroTCA solutions, developers can easily and more affordably bring carrier-grade packet and protocol processing, network access, and media applications into their designs."
Online Resources
Embedded engineers needing more information on Performance Technologies’ MicroTCA and AMC solutions can reference the following online resources:
About Performance Technologies (www.pt.com)
Performance Technologies (NASDAQ: PTIX) is a global supplier of integrated IP-based platforms and solutions for advanced communications networks and innovative computer system architectures. Our Embedded Systems Group offers robust application-ready platforms that incorporate open standards-based software and hardware, providing significantly accelerated end product deployment benefits for equipment manufacturers. Our Signaling Systems Group offers the SEGway™ product suite, which includes IP STPs, SS7 over IP transport solutions, and signaling gateways that enable lower operating costs through utilization of IP networks, thereby creating competitive advantages for carriers in existing and emerging markets.
Performance Technologies is headquartered in Rochester, New York. Additional engineering facilities are located in San Diego and San Luis Obispo, California, and Kanata, Ontario, Canada.
Forward Looking Statements
The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a "safe harbor" for certain forward-looking statements. This press release contains forward-looking statements which reflect the Company's current views with respect to future events and financial performance, within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and is subject to the safe harbor provisions of those Sections. The Company’s future operating results are subject to various risks and uncertainties and could differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements and may be affected by various trends and factors which are beyond the Company’s control. These risks and uncertainties include, among other factors, general business and economic conditions, rapid technological changes accompanied by frequent new product introductions, competitive pressures, dependence on key customers, inability to gauge order flows from customers, fluctuations in quarterly and annual results, the reliance on a limited number of third party suppliers, limitations of the Company’s manufacturing capacity and arrangements, the protection of the Company’s proprietary technology, the dependence on key personnel, changes in critical accounting estimates, potential impairments related to goodwill and investments, foreign regulations, and potential material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting. In addition, during weak or uncertain economic periods, customers’ visibility deteriorates causing delays in the placement of their orders. These factors often result in a substantial portion of the Company’s revenue being derived from orders placed within a quarter and shipped in the final month of the same quarter. Forward-looking statements should be read in conjunction with the audited Consolidated Financial Statements, the Notes thereto, Risk Factors, and Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of the Company as of December 31, 2007, as contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, and other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The names of actual companies, products, or services may be the trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of their respective owners in the United States and/or other countries.
November 12, 2008 - ROCHESTER, NY - Performance Technologies (NASDAQ: PTIX), a leading developer of communication platforms and systems, today announced the availability of two new communication controllers. These new products, the AMC304 and AMC305, join the company’s growing list of AdvancedMC™ (AMC) modules for deployments in telecommunications, aerospace and defense, as well as commercial markets needing time-division multiplexing (TDM) communication controllers in an AMC form factor.
The new offerings are part of Performance Technologies’ product strategy to increase the number of supporting AMCs with integrated software to its customer base who use the company’s award-winning MicroTCA™ platform, the MTC5070. Communication equipment manufacturers can now select from these two new, mid-size, single-slot communication controllers for their products.
Both AMCs are fully integrated with the company’s NexusWare®, a robust Carrier Grade Linux® OS and development environment, as well as a complete suite of integrated communications protocols including MTP2 (SS7), HDLC, ISDN, X.25, and Frame Relay. The combination of the company’s tightly integrated hardware and NexusWare provides equipment manufactures with a highly cost-effective approach to rapid product integration and deployment that can help improve bottom-line results.
Each AMC module features four individually selectable T1/E1/J1 connections and provides the ability to deliver a wide range of Voice-over-IP, wireless, and IP Multi-media Subsystem (IMS) infrastructure application elements. Both feature a Freescale™ MPC8560 PowerQUICC®III processor running at 833MHz and up to 1GB of SDRAM. PCI Express® and gigabit Ethernet enable rapid exchange of payload information. TDM traffic can be transmitted to other modules in a system via an I-TDM-over-Ethernet interface that is available on the AMC305 model only.
"In today’s cost-conscious economy, everyone is looking to reduce costs, including equipment manufacturers," said Steven Wigent, product manager at Performance Technologies. "Using our new AMC modules along with our NexusWare Carrier Grade Linux software suite and cost-effective MicroTCA solutions, developers can easily and more affordably bring carrier-grade packet and protocol processing, network access, and media applications into their designs."
Online Resources
Embedded engineers needing more information on Performance Technologies’ MicroTCA and AMC solutions can reference the following online resources:
- AMC304/305 product page: http://go.pt.com/amc304-305
- MicroTCA and AdvancedMC products: http://go.pt.com/microtca-advancedmc
- MTC5070 product video overview: http://go.pt.com/mtc5070-overview
- NexusWare CGL software suite: http://go.pt.com/nexusware
About Performance Technologies (www.pt.com)
Performance Technologies (NASDAQ: PTIX) is a global supplier of integrated IP-based platforms and solutions for advanced communications networks and innovative computer system architectures. Our Embedded Systems Group offers robust application-ready platforms that incorporate open standards-based software and hardware, providing significantly accelerated end product deployment benefits for equipment manufacturers. Our Signaling Systems Group offers the SEGway™ product suite, which includes IP STPs, SS7 over IP transport solutions, and signaling gateways that enable lower operating costs through utilization of IP networks, thereby creating competitive advantages for carriers in existing and emerging markets.
Performance Technologies is headquartered in Rochester, New York. Additional engineering facilities are located in San Diego and San Luis Obispo, California, and Kanata, Ontario, Canada.
Forward Looking Statements
The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a "safe harbor" for certain forward-looking statements. This press release contains forward-looking statements which reflect the Company's current views with respect to future events and financial performance, within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and is subject to the safe harbor provisions of those Sections. The Company’s future operating results are subject to various risks and uncertainties and could differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements and may be affected by various trends and factors which are beyond the Company’s control. These risks and uncertainties include, among other factors, general business and economic conditions, rapid technological changes accompanied by frequent new product introductions, competitive pressures, dependence on key customers, inability to gauge order flows from customers, fluctuations in quarterly and annual results, the reliance on a limited number of third party suppliers, limitations of the Company’s manufacturing capacity and arrangements, the protection of the Company’s proprietary technology, the dependence on key personnel, changes in critical accounting estimates, potential impairments related to goodwill and investments, foreign regulations, and potential material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting. In addition, during weak or uncertain economic periods, customers’ visibility deteriorates causing delays in the placement of their orders. These factors often result in a substantial portion of the Company’s revenue being derived from orders placed within a quarter and shipped in the final month of the same quarter. Forward-looking statements should be read in conjunction with the audited Consolidated Financial Statements, the Notes thereto, Risk Factors, and Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of the Company as of December 31, 2007, as contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, and other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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