Artesyn Technologies' business is organized into two operating segments: Power Group and Communication Products Group. The two groups share a strategic direction, a set of core business values and many of the same customers, but have separate operations.

Built-in current sharing facilities allow implementation of DC supplies

27 January 2006 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Technologies has launched a series of high-efficiency full-brick isolated DC-DC converters designed specifically for use with radio frequency power amplifiers and similar telecom equipment. The new RFF series of converters comprises five 28 V output models, offering a choice of two input voltage ranges and three output current ratings for optimal applications flexibility. All five models feature high power output capabilities and are rated for continuous operation across a wide temperature range, making them ideal for use with high availability equipment deployed in demanding outdoor environments, such as cellular base stations and last-mile broadband systems. The top of the range RFF700 model is capable of delivering 25 A at 28 V (700 W), yielding a power density in excess of 7.7 W/cm3.

Artesyn announces industry's highest density ATCA signaling blade

16 January 2006 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products, a subsidiary of Artesyn Technologies, today announced AdvancedTCA implementations of its SpiderWareSS7 signaling blade and SpiderWareSG signaling gateway. The new blades, utilizing a common ATCA hardware platform, deliver twice the signaling density and line utilization of competitive signaling and gateway blades.

Pentium-based, half-height AdvancedMC card

05 January 2006 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products announced a half-height version of its KosaiPM Advanced Mezzanine Card. The new half-height module makes it easy to add control and packet processing performance to small-form-factor MicroTCA systems and low-profile custom carrier blades equipped with AdvancedMC sites.

Alliance to provide triple-play media processing

05 January 2006 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products is working with Surf Communications Solutions to develop open architecture, triple-play voice, video and data (fax/modem) media processing solutions.

MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition Available for Artesyn's KosaiPM AdvancedMC Modules

05 January 2006 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products today announced the availability of MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition for its KosaiPM AdvancedMC modules. KosaiPM customers will be able to purchase MontaVista Linux CGE directly from MontaVista Software, pre-configured for the KosaiPM.

Artesyn announces Half-Height Advanced Mezzanine Card

04 January 2006 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products, a subsidiary of Artesyn Technologies, today announced a half-height version of its KosaiPM Advanced Mezzanine Card. The new half-height module makes it easy to add control and packet processing performance to small-form-factor MicroTCA systems and low-profile custom carrier blades equipped with AdvancedMC sites.

Pentium-based module ideal for small form factor MicroTCA chassis

04 January 2006 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products, a subsidiary of Artesyn Technologies, today announced a half-height version of its KosaiPM Advanced Mezzanine Card. The new half-height module makes it easy to add control and packet processing performance to small-form-factor MicroTCA systems and low-profile custom carrier blades equipped with AdvancedMC sites.

Artesyn will soon release a half-height version of its KosaiPM Advanced Mezzanine Card

04 January 2006 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn will soon release a half-height version of its KosaiPM Advanced Mezzanine Card. The new half-height module makes it easy to add control and packet processing performance to small-form-factor MicroTCA systems and low-profile custom carrier blades equipped with AdvancedMC sites.

Pentium-based module ideal for small form factor MicroTCA chassis

04 January 2006 - Artesyn Technologies 'We see telecom OEMs adding AdvancedMC sites to proprietary telecom blades with tight pitch constraints,' said Jeff Durst, director of product marketing at Artesyn. 'We also see interest in using half-height modules within small-form-factor MicroTCA systems. Our new half-height KosaiPM modules enable telecom OEMs to squeeze more processing power into tight spaces, whether they're using a proprietary carrier or a standard MicroTCA shelf.'

AdvancedMC card keeps its head down

04 January 2006 - Artesyn Technologies A new half-height module makes it easy to add control and packet processing performance to small-form-factor MicroTCA systems and low-profile custom carrier blades equipped with AdvancedMC sites.

Artesyn announces half-height advanced mezzanine card

04 January 2006 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products, a subsidiary of Artesyn Technologies (NASDAQ: ATSN), today announced a half-height version of its KosaiPM Advanced Mezzanine Card. The new half-height module makes it easy to add control and packet processing performance to small-form-factor MicroTCA systems and low-profile custom carrier blades equipped with AdvancedMC sites.

Pentium-based module ideal for small form factor MicroTCA chassis

04 January 2006 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products, a subsidiary of Artesyn Technologies (NASDAQ: ATSN), today announced a half-height version of its KosaiPM Advanced Mezzanine Card. The new half-height module makes it easy to add control and packet processing performance to small-form-factor MicroTCA systems and low-profile custom carrier blades equipped with AdvancedMC sites.

Artesyn: Pentium-based, half-height AdvancedMC card

04 January 2006 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products announced a half-height version of its KosaiPM Advanced Mezzanine Card. The new half-height module makes it easy to add control and packet processing performance to small-form-factor MicroTCA systems and low-profile custom carrier blades equipped with AdvancedMC sites.

Full-Brick DC-DC Converters features 700 W Continuous

15 December 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Technologies has launched a series of high-efficiency full-brick isolated DC-DC converters designed specifically for use with radio frequency power amplifiers and similar telecom equipment. The new RFF series of converters comprises five 28 V output models, offering a choice of two input voltage ranges and three output current ratings for optimal applications flexibility.

Telecom engine comes on ProcessorPMC module

10 December 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products has unveiled the Pm8540, a ProcessorPMC (PCI mezzanine card)-based protocol and packet-processing engine for telecom-infrastructure equipment.

Surf Communication Solutions and Artesyn Communication

23 November 2005 - Artesyn Technologies SURF Communication Solutions today announced that it has partnered with Artesyn Communication Products, a subsidiary of Artesyn Technologies (Nasdaq: ATSN), to develop open architecture, Triple-Play (voice, video, and data [fax/modem]) media processing solutions. Surf will combine its PTMC and AdvancedMC DSP farms, based on Texas Instruments' TMS320C64x DSP generation, with Artesyn's PICMG 2.16 and AdvancedTCA blades to create media gateway and media server subsystems that deliver voice, video, fax and modem over IP, mobile, wireline, and wireless networks.

Artesyn, Surf Solutions Offer Triple-Play Media Gateway, Server Blades

21 November 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products announced that it has partnered with Surf Communications Solutions to develop open architecture, Triple-Play voice, video, and data (fax/modem) media processing solutions. Artesyn will combine its PICMG 2.16 and AdvancedTCA blades with Surf's PTMC and AdvancedMC DSP farms to create commercial, off-the-shelf media gateway and media server subsystems that deliver voice, video, fax and modem over IP, mobile, wireline, and wireless networks.

Artesyn & Surf Communication Solutions Partner to Offer Triple-Play Media Gateway

17 November 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products today announced that it has partnered with Surf Communications Solutions to develop open architecture, Triple-Play voice, video, and data (fax/modem) media processing solutions. Artesyn will combine its PICMG 2.16 and AdvancedTCA blades with Surf's PTMC and AdvancedMC DSP farms to create commercial, off-the-shelf media gateway and media server subsystems that deliver voice, video, fax and modem over IP, mobile, wireline, and wireless networks.

Mezzanine card gains Carrier Grade Linux

14 November 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products has revealed that MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition will be available for its KosaiPM AdvancedMC modules. KosaiPM customers will be able to purchase MontaVista Linux CGE directly from MontaVista Software, preconfigured for the KosaiPM. The Artesyn KosaiPM is a hot-swappable, single-wide, full-height, AdvancedMC card that makes it easy to add processing power to AdvancedTCA blades, MicroTCA systems, and proprietary systems equipped with AdvancedMC expansion bays.

MontaVista Linux Carrier-Grade Edition Available for Artesyn Modules Solution

12 November 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products, a subsidiary of Artesyn Technologies, has announced the availability of MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition for its KosaiPM AdvancedMC modules. KosaiPM customers will be able to purchase MontaVista Linux CGE directly from MontaVista Software, pre-configured for the KosaiPM.

MontaVista Configures Linux CGE for Artesyn's KosaiPM AdvancedMC Modules

11 November 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products announced the availability of MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition for its KosaiPM AdvancedMC modules. KosaiPM customers will be able to purchase MontaVista Linux CGE directly from MontaVista Software, pre-configured for the KosaiPM.

Availability of MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition for KosaiPM AdvancedMC modules

10 November 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products today announced the availability of MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition for its KosaiPM AdvancedMC modules. KosaiPM customers will be able to purchase MontaVista Linux CGE directly from MontaVista Software, pre-configured for the KosaiPM.

Based on the MPC8540 PowerQUICC III communications processor from Freescale Semiconductor

03 November 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Based on the MPC8540 PowerQUICC III communications processor from Freescale Semiconductor, Artesyn Communication Products' Pm8540, a new ProcessorPMC protocol and packet processing engine for telecom infrastructure applications, gives telecom OEMs a simple way to add protocol processing and system management capability to telecom systems equipped with PMC or PTMC (PCI Telephony Mezzanine Card) expansion slots, including Artesyn's own Katana AdvancedTCA and PICMG 2.16 blades.

Pm8560 an octal E1/T1 Protocol processor engine

13 October 2005 - Artesyn Technologies The Pm8560 is an octal E1/T1 Protocol processor engine based on the PowerQUICC III MPC8560 communication controller. Equipped with 512Mbytes of SDRAM, 32Mbytes of flash memory, and a 10/100/1000 Ethernet port, the module is optimised for protocol-processing applications such as SS7/SIGTRAN signalling and ATM AAL-5.

Artesyn Introduces Pm8540 ProcessorPMC Protocol Engine for Telecom

12 October 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products and a leading supplier of WAN infrastructure products, announced the Pm8540, a new ProcessorPMC protocol and packet processing engine for telecom infrastructure applications.

Artesyn: ProcessorPMC protocol and packet processing engine

12 October 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn announced the Pm8540, a new ProcessorPMC protocol and packet processing engine for telecom infrastructure applications. Based on the MPC8540 PowerQUICC III communications processor from Freescale Semiconductor, the Pm8540 gives telecom OEMs a simple way to add protocol processing and system management capability to telecom systems equipped with PMC or PCI Telephony Mezzanine Card expansion slots, including Artesyn's own Katana AdvancedTCA and PICMG 2.16 blades.

Mezzanine card expands protocol processing

11 October 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Available now from Artesyn Communication Products, the Pm8540 is a ProcessorPMC protocol and packet processing engine for telecomms infrastructure applications. Based on the MPC8540 PowerQUICC III communications processor from Freescale Semiconductor, the Pm8540 gives telecomms OEMs a simple way to add protocol processing and system management capability to telecomms systems equipped with PMC or PTMC (PCI Telephony Mezzanine Card) expansion slots, including Artesyn's own Katana AdvancedTCA and PICMG 2.16 blades.

ProcessorPMC Protocol Engine Based on the MPC8540 Processor for Artesyn

10 October 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn (NASDAQ:ATSN) has announced the Pm8540, a new ProcessorPMC protocol and packet processing engine for telecom infrastructure applications. Based on the MPC8540 PowerQUICC III communications processor from Freescale Semiconductor, the Pm8540 gives telecom OEMs a simple way to add protocol processing and system management capability to telecom systems equipped with PMC or PTMC (PCI Telephony Mezzanine Card) expansion slots, including Artesyn's own Katana AdvancedTCA and PICMG 2.16 blades.

Artesyn Announces ProcessorPMC Protocol Engine Based on the MPC8540

10 October 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products and a leading supplier of WAN infrastructure products, today announced the Pm8540, a new ProcessorPMC protocol and packet processing engine for telecom infrastructure applications. Based on the MPC8540 PowerQUICC III communications processor from Freescale Semiconductor, the Pm8540 gives telecom OEMs a simple way to add protocol processing and system management capability to telecom systems equipped with PMC or PCI Telephony Mezzanine Card expansion slots, including Artesyn's own Katana AdvancedTCA and PICMG 2.16 blades.

Artesyn announced it has partnered with MontaVista to offer MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition

30 September 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products announced that it has partnered with MontaVista to offer MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition for its telecom blades and modules. Artesyn will offer bundled, certified MontaVista CGE solutions for its PICMG 2.16, AdvancedTCA, AdvancedMC, ProcessorPMC blades and modules, preinstalled in flash memory. Artesyn blades and modules equipped with MontaVista CGE provide a modular open architecture platform for building scaleable, high-availability network infrastructure equipment.

ProcessorPMC protocol and packet processing engine for telecomms infrastructure applications

22 September 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Available now from Artesyn Communication Products, the Pm8540 is a ProcessorPMC protocol and packet processing engine for telecomms infrastructure applications. Based on the MPC8540 PowerQUICC III communications processor from Freescale Semiconductor, the Pm8540 gives telecomms OEMs a simple way to add protocol processing and system management capability to telecomms systems equipped with PMC or PTMC (PCI Telephony Mezzanine Card) expansion slots, including Artesyn's own Katana AdvancedTCA and PICMG 2.16 blades.

Telecommunication modules use embedded Linux

22 September 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products, a subsidiary of Artesyn Technologies has partnered with MontaVista to offer MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition for its telecom blades and modules.

Mezzanine card houses powerful protocol engine

22 September 2005 - Artesyn Technologies The Pm8560's high performance and versatile protocol support makes it ideal for a wide range of applications requiring multiple E1/T1/J1 interfaces for protocol and packet processing, including VoIP gateways, signalling gateways, basestation controllers, radio network controllers and base transceiver stations.

Blade and mezzanine card make the most of PowerPC

22 September 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products has released two enhanced telecomms infrastructure products based on Freescale's advanced MPC7448 PowerPC processor.

Modules meet latest telecomms specs

22 September 2005 - Artesyn Technologies AdvancedMC modules from Artesyn Communication Products will be featured in the industry's first physical MicroTCA demonstration at SuperComm 2005. 'Artesyn has been at the forefront of the AdvancedMC and MicroTCA standardisation efforts and was the first company to make AdvancedMC a reality', said Todd Wynia, Vice President of Marketing at Artesyn.

Telecomms blade gains Carrier Grade Linux support

22 September 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products has announced the availability of Wind River Systems' Platform for Network Equipment for Artesyn's KatanaQp AdvancedTCA telecomms blade.

3GSM debut for speedy blade

22 September 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products will demonstrate the industry's fastest AdvancedTCA telecomms blade at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France from 14th to 17th February 2005.

Telecomms blade features up to six PowerPCs

22 September 2005 - Artesyn Technologies The KatanaPPB is billed as the industry's fastest AdvancedTCA multiprocessor telecomms blade. 'ATCA is the consummate open architecture telecom platform, and KatanaPPB is the industry's fastest ATCA telecom blade', said Todd Wynia, Vice President of Marketing at Artesyn Communication Products.

Lucent repeats gold award

22 September 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products has received a 2004 Golden Link Award from Lucent Technologies' Supply Chain Networks Group. Artesyn is a leading provider of board-level subsystems and software for telecomms infrastructure applications.

Artesyn Communication Products has joined the Open Base Station Architecture Initiative

22 September 2005 - Artesyn Technologies This open framework gives BTS designers easy access to interoperable, best-of-breed components from a wide range of vendors, thereby reducing the development time and cost associated with building new basestation product lines.

Telecomms blade boasts speedy throughput

22 September 2005 - Artesyn Technologies 'The PowerPC 750GX's 1GHz operating speed and large multilevel cache, when combined with the Discovery III's high-speed memory access, I/O, and networking capabilities, provide a powerful baseline telecom engine', said Todd Wynia, Vice President of Marketing at Artesyn Communication Products.

Processor blade boasts ten Gigabit Ethernet ports

22 September 2005 - Artesyn Technologies 'KatanaQp's PTMC expansion sites give telecom OEMs, who want to get started with ATCA today, instant access to a wealth of third party PTMC modules'. 'This off-the-shelf expansion capability makes it easy to configure the KatanaQp for a wide variety of control and packet processing applications, including WAN access, SS7/Sigtran signalling, media gateways, traffic processing, wireless basestations and soft switches'.

Top performance claims for telecomms blade

22 September 2005 - Artesyn Technologies The KatanaT3752 is billed as the industry's highest performance CompactPCI Packet Switching Backplane telecomms blade. 'Artesyn set a new standard for high-performance packet processing when it introduced the Katana3750 last year', said Todd Wynia, Vice President of Marketing at Artesyn Communication Products.

Mezzanine card boosts telecomms processing power

22 September 2005 - Artesyn Technologies A new PowerPC-based PCI Mezzanine Card adds processing power to telecomms infrastructure applications. Note: Readers of the Editor's free email newsletter will have read this news the week it was The PmPPC7447 makes an ideal control plane processor for optical and wireless infrastructure.

Flexible interfacing for telecomms blade

22 September 2005 - Artesyn Technologies The Katana 750v CompactPCI packet switching backplane telecomms blade is based on IBM's PowerPC 750FX processor. 'Whether you're designing a Sigtran gateway, soft switch, or media gateway, Katana provides the open, flexible, high-availability platform needed to get high-performance network infrastructure products to market fast'.

Mezzanine card lends Pentium power to telecoms

22 September 2005 - Artesyn Technologies The hot-swappable KosaiPM gives telecomms OEMs an easy way to add processing power to AdvancedTCA or proprietary systems equipped with Advanced Mezzanine Card expansion bays. KosaiPM makes an ideal control plane processor for optical and wireless infrastructure.

McCowan focuses on communications markets

22 September 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Technologies has promoted Scott McCowan to President of the Artesyn Communication Products division. In November 1994, McCowan joined ACP as Vice President of Marketing and has been the Vice President of Sales since 1998. Prior to joining Artesyn, McCowan worked in various operational management positions at Tektronix and other leading companies in the electronics industry, after serving in the US Air Force as an Aircraft Commander.

Processors combine to boost infrastructure power

22 September 2005 - Artesyn Technologies A new dual-processor PowerPC PCI Mezzanine Card is aimed at telecomms infrastructure applications. The PmPPC2750 makes an ideal control plane processor for optical and wireless infrastructure. It is also well suited for augmenting packet processing and routing performance in voice gateways, and for enhancing protocol processing performance in SS7 and Sigtran signalling control points and gateways.

Artesyn to develop Carrier Grade Linux and VxWorks board support packages for Artesyn's telecom blades

22 September 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn and Wind River will work together to develop Carrier Grade Linux and VxWorks board support packages for Artesyn's telecom blades, beginning with the PowerPC-based KatanaQp AdvancedTCA blade. Wind River will provide validation services for the new BSPs. Both companies will work together to market the new products.

Artesyn - carrier grade Linux for telecom blades and modules

21 September 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products announced that it has partnered with MontaVista to offer MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition for its telecom blades and modules. Artesyn will offer bundled, certified MontaVista CGE solutions for its PICMG 2.16, AdvancedTCA, AdvancedMC, ProcessorPMC blades and modules, preinstalled in flash memory. Artesyn blades and modules equipped with MontaVista CGE provide a modular open architecture platform for building scaleable, high-availability network infrastructure equipment.

Artesyn Partners with MontaVista to Offer Carrier Grade Linux for AdvancedTCA Telecom Blades

20 September 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products, a subsidiary of Artesyn Technologies (Nasdaq: ATSN), today announced that it has partnered with MontaVista to offer MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition for its telecom blades and modules. Artesyn will offer bundled, certified MontaVista CGE solutions for its PICMG 2.16, AdvancedTCA, AdvancedMC, ProcessorPMC blades and modules, preinstalled in flash memory. Artesyn blades and modules equipped with MontaVista CGE provide a modular open architecture platform for building scaleable, high-availability network infrastructure equipment.

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Distribution agreement covers eight countries in central Europe

08 August 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Technologies has appointed Sasco Holz GmbH as a distributor for power conversion products in central Europe. The appointment is the direct result of Sasco Holz's successful penetration of key established and emerging markets in countries such as Germany, Hungary and the Czech Republic. Sasco Holz is part of Arrow Electronics, Inc., one of the world's largest distributors of electronic components and computer products.

Octal E1/T1 ProcessorPMC protocol engine

04 August 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products announced the Pm8560, an octal E1/T1 ProcessorPMC protocol engine based on the PowerQUICC III MPC8560 communication controller. Equipped with 512 MB of SDRAM, 32 MB of flash memory, and a 10/ 100/ 1000 Ethernet port, the new module is optimized for protocol processing applications such as SS7/ SIGTRAN signalling and ATM AAL-5.

Artesyn Introduces Pm8560 Octal E1/T1 ProcessorPMC Protocol Engine 8/4/2005

04 August 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products announced the Pm8560, a new octal E1/T1 ProcessorPMC protocol engine based on the PowerQUICC III MPC8560 communication controller. Equipped with 512 Mbytes of SDRAM, 32 Mbytes of flash memory, and a 10/100/1000 Ethernet port, the new module is optimized for protocol processing applications such as SS7/SIGTRAN signaling and ATM AAL-5.

Board enables SIGTRAN, ATM protocol processing

03 August 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Board maker Artesyn Communication Products is rolling out a less-than-$1500 protocol processing board for applications such as SS7/SIGTRAN (Signaling System 7/signal transport) signaling and ATM AAL-5 (asynchronous transfer mode).

PowerQUICC III MPC8560 Communications Processor

03 August 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products today announced the Pm8560, a new octal E1/T1 ProcessorPMC protocol engine based on the PowerQUICC III MPC8560 communication controller. Equipped with 512 Mbytes of SDRAM, 32 Mbytes of flash memory, and a 10/100/1000 Ethernet port, the new module is optimized for protocol processing applications such as SS7/SIGTRAN signaling and ATM AAL-5.

Board enables SIGTRAN - ATM protocol processing

03 August 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Board maker Artesyn Communication Products is rolling out a less-than-$1500 protocol processing board for applications such as SS7/SIGTRAN (Signaling System 7/signal transport) signaling and ATM AAL-5 (asynchronous transfer mode).

Artesyn Announces Octal E1/T1 ProcessorPMC Protocol

03 August 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products today announced the Pm8560, a new octal E1/T1 ProcessorPMC protocol engine based on the PowerQUICC III MPC8560 communication controller. Equipped with 512 Mbytes of SDRAM, 32 Mbytes of flash memory, and a 10/100/1000 Ethernet port, the new module is optimized for protocol processing applications such as SS7/SIGTRAN signaling and ATM AAL-5.

Octal E1/T1 ProcessorPMC Protocol Engine Based On PowerQUICC III MPC8560 Communications Processor

03 August 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products, a division of Artesyn Technologies (NASDAQ: ATSN), and a leading supplier of WAN infrastructure products, today announced the Pm8560, a new octal E1/T1 ProcessorPMC protocol engine based on the PowerQUICC III MPC8560 communication controller. Equipped with 512 Mbytes of SDRAM, 32 Mbytes of flash memory, and a 10/100/1000 Ethernet port, the new module is optimized for protocol processing applications such as SS7/SIGTRAN signaling and ATM AAL-5.

Compact 250 Watt AC-DC-Power Supplies are ideal front ends for distributed power

28 July 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Technologies has introduced a new series of compact 250 watt ac-dc power supplies that are ideal front-end conversion solutions for systems with distributed power architectures. The new NLP250 series power supplies provide a choice of 12 V, 24 V or 48 V outputs to simplify system integration, backed by extensive control and monitoring features to satisfy a wide variety of dc supply requirements. For distributed power applications, the 24 V and 48 V models are suitable for feeding on-board isolated brick or intermediate bus converters, while the 12 V model can be used to directly power boards fitted with multiple non-isolated point-of-load dc-dc converters.

Smallest 8 A module has very compact 22.9 x 8 mm footprint, needs just 1.9 cm2 board space

21 July 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Technologies today launched eight new vertical mount non-isolated point-of-load dc-dc converters designed specifically for applications where board space is at an absolute premium. The new PTV series converters are fully compatible with Point-of-Load Alliance standards, providing users with the flexibility and security of multiple sources of supply, and pack latest generation power conversion and control technology into exceptionally small footprint modules. The smallest model in the series, the PTV03010, is a 3.3 Vin, 8 A output unit that takes up a mere 1.9 cm2 of PCB real estate.

Power Conversion Products, New Shortform Catalogue

28 June 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Technologies has published a new edition of its popular 'Quick-select Guide to Power Conversion Products'. Now running to an information-packed 24 pages, issue 5 of this short-form catalogue is an invaluable source of reference data for electronics engineers and system developers. It covers all of Artesyn's standard ac-dc power supplies and dc-dc converters, offering thousands of configuration options, as well as customised products and specialised power sources for medical applications. Most of the products listed are available off-the-shelf or with very short lead times.

Three application-optimised models with isolated 12V outputs

27 June 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Technologies has launched a new series of ultra high efficiency Typhoon quarter-brick intermediate bus converters that generate up to 50% more useable power than previous generation models. The series includes the IBC38AQT unregulated, fixed ratio DC transformer for computing, and two semi-regulated models with input voltage ranges optimised for telecom (IBC28AQW) and networking (IBC30AQS) applications.

Blade and mezzanine card make the most of PowerPC

24 June 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products has released two enhanced telecomms infrastructure products based on Freescale's advanced MPC7448 PowerPC processor. The first, the KatanaQp, is an AdvancedTCA blade that combines a pair of MPC7448 processors with four PTMC expansion sites, redundant IPMI-based system management interfaces, and a high-speed PICMG 3.1-compliant ATCA interface. The second product, the PmPPC7448, is a ProcessorPMC mezzanine card that combines a single MPC7448 processor with up to 2Gbyte of RAM, 64Mbyte of Flash and three Ethernet ports, while consuming just 18W.

Artesyn Unveils Telecom Products Based on Freescale's MPC7448 PowerPC

23 June 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products announced the availability of two enhanced telecom infrastructure products based on Freescale's advanced MPC7448 processor based on a PowerPC® core. The first, known as the KatanaQp, is an AdvancedTCA blade that combines a pair of MPC7448 processors with four PTMC expansion sites, redundant IPMI-based system management interfaces, and a high-speed PICMG 3.1-compliant ATCA interface.

Freescale's advanced MPC7448 Power PCR Processor

22 June 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Freescale Technology Forum. Orlando, FL June 22. Artesyn Communication Products, a division of Artesyn Technologies (NASDAQ: ATSN), and a leading supplier of WAN infrastructure products, today announced the availability of two enhanced telecom infrastructure products based on Freescale's advanced MPC7448 processor based on a PowerPCr core. The first, known as the KatanaQp, is an AdvancedTCA blade that combines a pair of MPC7448 processors with four PTMC expansion sites, redundant IPMI-based system management interfaces, and a high-speed PICMG 3.1-compliant ATCA interface.

MicroTCA wireless infrastructure demonstration uses Artesyn's AdvancedMC CPU

22 June 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products, a leading supplier of blade products for telecom OEMs, today announced that its AdvancedMC modules will be featured in the industry's first physical MicroTCA demonstration at SuperComm 2005. The demonstration, performed by the PCI Manufacturer's Group (PICMG) at booth # 43085, will utilize Artesyn's Kosai™PM AdvancedMC CPU module and 48V MicroTCA power supply module. Artesyn will also demonstrate the industry's fastest AdvancedTCA blade, along with the KosaiPM AdvancedMC module, at its own booth (# 10035).

Artesyn & Wind River Partner Offer Carrier Grade Linux for Artesyn's Artesyn Communication

22 June 2005 - Artesyn Technologies A subsidiary of Artesyn Technologies (NASDAQ: ATSN), and Wind River Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:WIND), the global leader in Device Software Optimization, today announced that they have joined forces to offer Wind River Platform for Network Equipment on Artesyn's AdvancedTCA telecom blades. Artesyn also announced that it has joined Wind River's Alliance Program as a platform partner.

AdvancedTCA blade and PMC card support Linux

22 June 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn is sampling an AdvancedTCA blade and a ProcessorPMC mezzanine card based on Freescale's fastest PowerPC chip. The KatanaQp blade features dual MPC7448 processors, while the PmPPC7448 card runs a single MPC7448. Both boards support Wind River's Carrier Grade Linux and VxWorks, and target telecom equipment.

Wind River showcases Freescale partnership, adds ATCA support

22 June 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Wind River says it has partnered with Freescale's network processor group to ensure that its embedded Linux tools and vertical market platforms support Freescale's latest PowerPC and PowerQUICC processors. Wind River's Carrier Grade Linux offering, Platform for Network Equipment, Linux Edition, supports a Freescale PowerPC-based AdvancedTCA platform from Artesyn Technologies.

Artesyn, Wind River partner on Linux for blade servers

22 June 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products and Wind River Systems Inc. have joined forces to offer the Wind River platform for network equipment, running on Linux, for Artesyn's AdvancedTCA telecom blade servers.

Artesyn are offering support for network equipment running on Wind River Linux

22 June 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products today announced that they have joined forces to offer Wind River Platform for Network Equipment on Artesyn's AdvancedTCA telecom blades. Artesyn also announced that it has joined Wind River's Alliance Program as a platform partner.

Freescale's Advanced MPC7448 PowerPC® Processor with Enhanced AdvancedTCA

22 June 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products today announced the availability of two enhanced telecom infrastructure products based on Freescale's advanced MPC7448 processor based on a PowerPC® core. The first, known as the KatanaQp, is an AdvancedTCA blade that combines a pair of MPC7448 processors with four PTMC expansion sites, redundant IPMI-based system management interfaces, and a high-speed PICMG 3.1-compliant ATCA interface. The second product, known as the PmPPC7448, is a ProcessorPMC mezzanine card that combines a single MPC7448 processor with up to two Gbytes of RAM, 64 Mbytes of flash, and three Ethernet ports, while consuming just 18W.

High current pol converter modules for ready to use power solution

21 June 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Technologies has launched two new high current point-of-load converter modules that provide highly cost-effective, ready-to-use power solutions for densely populated boards. Occupying a board area of just 13.8cm2, the new PTHxx040W series converters employ an advanced topology to maximise conversion efficiency and current density, and minimise external component count, making it easy for designers to place high-current, low-voltage sources next to the silicon devices they are powering.

Modules meet latest telecomms specs

06 June 2005 - Artesyn Technologies AdvancedMC modules from Artesyn Communication Products will be featured in the industry's first physical MicroTCA demonstration at SuperComm 2005. 'Artesyn has been at the forefront of the AdvancedMC and MicroTCA standardisation efforts and was the first company to make AdvancedMC a reality', said Todd Wynia, Vice President of Marketing at Artesyn.

Artesyn and PICMG to Demonstrate First MicroTCA Chassis Prototype

06 June 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products announced that its AdvancedMC modules will be featured in the industry's first physical MicroTCA demonstration at SuperComm 2005. The demonstration, performed by the PCI Manufacturer's Group at booth # 43085, will utilize Artesyn's KosaiTMPM AdvancedMC CPU module and 48V MicroTCA power supply module. Artesyn will also demonstrate the industry's fastest AdvancedTCA blade, along with the KosaiPM AdvancedMC module, at its own booth (# 10035).

MicroTCA wireless infrastructure demonstration uses power supply modules

03 June 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Madison, WI. June 3, 2005--Artesyn Communication Products, a division of Artesyn Technologies (NASDAQ: ATSN), and a leading supplier of blade products for telecom OEMs, today announced that its AdvancedMC modules will be featured in the industry's first physical MicroTCA demonstration at SuperComm 2005. The demonstration, performed by the PCI Manufacturer's Group at booth # 43085, will utilize Artesyn's Kosai™PM AdvancedMC CPU module and 48V MicroTCA power supply module. Artesyn will also demonstrate the industry's fastest AdvancedTCA blade, along with the KosaiPM AdvancedMC module, at its own booth (# 10035).

Wind River's Carrier Grade Linux Available For Artesyn's ATCA Telecom Blades

01 June 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products today announced the availability of Wind River Systems' Platform for Network Equipment for Artesyn's KatanaQp AdvancedTCA telecom blade. Wind River's Platform for Network Equipment combines Linux 2.6 and OSDL Carrier Grade Linux with Wind River's Eclipse-based Workbench development suite and a rich set of networking middleware. The Platform makes it easy for telecom OEMs to develop and deploy network infrastructure equipment based on Artesyn's KatanaQp ATCA blade.

Carrier Grade Linux

01 June 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products, a subsidiary of Artesyn Technologies and Wind River Systems today announced that they have joined forces to offer the Wind River Platform for Network Equipment on Artesyn�s telecom blades. Artesyn also announced that it has joined Wind River�s Alliance Program as a platform partner.

Wind River's Carrier Grade Linux Available For Artesyn's ATCA Telecom Blades

01 June 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication (NASDAQ:ATSN) has announced the availability of Wind River Systems' Platform for Network Equipment for Artesyn's KatanaQp AdvancedTCA telecom blade. Wind River's Platform for Network Equipment combines Linux 2.6 and OSDL Carrier Grade Linux with Wind River's Eclipse-based Workbench development suite and a rich set of networking middleware. The Platform makes it easy for telecom OEMs to develop and deploy network infrastructure equipment based on Artesyn's KatanaQp ATCA blade.

PowerPC ATCA blade gains Carrier Grade Linux support

01 June 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Wind River is offering its Carrier Grade Linux OS, tools, and middleware for an ATCA telecom blade computer from Artesyn Communication Products. Wind River's Platform for Network Equipment, Linux Edition now supports Artesyn's KatanaQp, a dual-PowerPC system targeting control plane and packet processing network infrastructure equipment.

Artesyn & Wind River Partner To Offer Carrier Grade Linux For Artesyn's ATCA Telecom Blades

27 May 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products announced that they have joined forces to offer the Wind River Platform for Network Equipment on Artesyn's telecom blades. Artesyn also announced that it has joined Wind River's Alliance Program as a platform partner.

Artesyn And Wind River Partner For Artesyn's ATCA Telecom Blades

27 May 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products today announced that they have joined forces to offer the Wind River Platform for Network Equipment on Artesyn's telecom blades. Artesyn also announced that it has joined Wind River's Alliance Program as a platform partner.

Wind River will provide validation services for the new BSPs.

27 May 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Wind River Platform for Network Equipment, Linux edition is available with the latest mainstream releases of OSDL Carrier Grade Linux (version 2.0.1) and Linux 2.6, combines Wind River's Eclipse-based Wind River Workbench development suite with a rich set of networking middleware.

Artesyn and Wind River team up to support BSPs for telecom blades

26 May 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn and Wind River announced that they have joined forces to offer the Wind River Platform for network equipment on Artesyn's telecom blades. Artesyn also announced that it has joined Wind River's Alliance Program as a platform partner. Artesyn and Wind River will work together to develop Carrier Grade Linux and VxWorks board support packages for Artesyn's telecom blades, beginning with the PowerPC-based KatanaQp AdvancedTCA blade. Wind River will provide validation services for the new BSPs. Both companies will work together to market the new products.

Artesyn - Wind River Offer Carrier Grade Linux for ATCA Telecom Blades

25 May 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products announced that they have joined forces to offer the Wind River Platform for Network Equipment on Artesyn's telecom blades. Artesyn also announced that it has joined Wind River's Alliance Program as a platform partner.

Artesyn & Wind River Partner Offer Carrier Grade Linux for Artesyn's ATCA Telecom Blades

23 May 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products today announced that they have joined forces to offer the Wind River Platform for Network Equipment on Artesyn's telecom blades. Artesyn also announced that it has joined Wind River's Alliance Program as a platform partner.

Artesyn & Wind River to work together to develop Carrier Grade Linux & VxWorks board support packages

23 May 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn and Wind River will work together to develop Carrier Grade Linux and VxWorks board support packages for Artesyn's telecom blades, beginning with the PowerPC-based KatanaQp AdvancedTCA blade. Wind River will provide validation services for the new BSPs. Both companies will work together to market the new products.

New plug-in processor power module

25 April 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Technologies has launched a new plug-in processor power module for use with AMD's high performance 64-bit Opteron server processors. Fully compliant with the latest AMD64 processor specification, the new VRM64-80-12-U module has a continuous output current capability of 80A and accommodates fast load transients of up to 100A/µs.

A Chinese version of its web site is launched by Artesyn Technologies

07 April 2005 - Artesyn Technologies In a development that reflects the growing importance of the domestic power supply market in China, Artesyn Technologies has launched a Chinese version of its web site. Most of the navigation and search tools on the new site use Chinese nomenclature to help new and existing customers in the region find what they're looking for very quickly and easily.

Artesyn Technologies today announced the public release of Revision 1.0

31 March 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Technologies today announced the public release of Revision 1.0 of the PMBus open-standard digital power management protocol and the formal establishment of a special interest group known as the System Management Interface Forum, Inc., charged with further developing, enabling and promoting the PMBus power operating system.

Artesyn to demonstrate the industry's fastest AdvancedTCA telecom blade

10 March 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products is a leading supplier of blade products for telecom OEMs, today announced that it will demonstrate the industry's fastest AdvancedTCA telecom blade at the CTIA Wireless 2005 show in New Orleans from March 14 - 16. The new blade (KatanaPPB), combining up to six PowerPC processors with a high-speed ATCA fabric interface, provides a modular, scaleable, high-density solution that enables telecom OEMs to significantly increase control and packet processing performance while reducing blade count.

Raising the performance bar in high efficiency power conversion

08 March 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Technologies has once again raised the performance bar in high efficiency power conversion, by being the first to launch an eighth-brick intermediate bus converter with a 300W output capability. The new IBC25A fixed ratio DC transformer model generates an isolated, unregulated 12V/25A output with an exceptionally high full load efficiency of 96%.

Industry's fastest AdvancedTCA telecom blade

14 February 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products, a leading supplier of blade products for telecom OEMs, today announced that it will demonstrate the industry's fastest AdvancedTCA telecom blade at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France on February 14-17. The new blade (KatanaPPB), combining up to six PowerPC processors with a high-speed ATCA fabric interface, provides a modular, scaleable, high-density solution that enables telecom OEMs to significantly increase control and packet processing performance while reducing blade count.

World Congress in Cannes - Artesyn to show advancedTCA telecom blade

14 February 2005 - Artesyn Technologies telecom blade at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France on February 14-17. The new blade (KatanaPPB), combining up to six PowerPC processors with a high-speed ATCA fabric interface, provides a modular, scaleable, high-density solution that enables telecom OEMs to increase control and packet processing performance while reducing blade count.

Up to six PowerPC processors with a high-speed ATCA fabric interface - reducing blade count

11 February 2005 - Artesyn Technologies The KatanaPPB, combining up to six PowerPC processors with a high-speed ATCA fabric interface, provides a modular, scaleable, high-density solution that enables telecom OEMs to significantly increase control and packet processing performance while reducing blade count.

Artesyn Showcasing AdvancedTCA Blade

10 February 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn has unveiled the KatanaPPB telecom blade, which the company says is the fastest AdvancedTCA telecom blade available. Artesyn Communication Products, a subsidiary of Artesyn Technologies, has announced what it says is the industry's fastest AdvancedTCA telecom blade.

AdvancedTCA telecom blade demonstrated at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes

10 February 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products, a subsidiary of Artesyn Technologies (NASDAQ: ATSN), and a leading supplier of blade products for telecom OEMs, today announced that it will demonstrate the industry's fastest AdvancedTCA telecom blade at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France on February 14-17. The new blade (KatanaPPB), combining up to six PowerPC processors with a high-speed ATCA fabric interface, provides a modular, scaleable, high-density solution that enables telecom OEMs to significantly increase control and packet processing performance while reducing blade count.

Two series of ultra compact 30A point-of-load converter modules launched by Artesyn

20 January 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Technologies today launched two series of ultra compact 30A point-of-load converter modules for use on densely packed PCBs. The converters enable designers to overcome the problems of co-locating high-current, low-voltage sources with the silicon devices they are powering.

The KatanaPPB - a very fast AdvancedTCA multiprocessor telecom blade

19 January 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn announced the KatanaPPB, a. The KatanaPPB features up to six PowerPC processors, a versatile multiprocessor interconnect with separate control and data planes, and redundant IPMI-based system management interfaces. The KatanaPPB also features a high-speed PICMG 3.1-compliant ATCA interface with ten Gigabit Ethernet channels.

The KatanaPPB - a high-speed PICMG 3.1-compliant ATCA interface with ten gigabit Ethernet channels

18 January 2005 - Artesyn Technologies 'ATCA is the consummate open architecture telecom platform, and KatanaPPB is the industry's fastest ATCA telecom blade', said Todd Wynia, Vice President of Marketing at Artesyn Communication Products.

Artesyn will demonstrate the KatanaPPB at the Bus & Boards Show in Long Beach

18 January 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products announced the KatanaPPB, the industry's fastest AdvancedTCA multiprocessor telecom blade. Artesyn , CA on January 17-18. The KatanaPPB features up to six PowerPC processors, a versatile multiprocessor interconnect with separate control and data planes, and redundant IPMI-based system management interfaces. The KatanaPPB also features a high-speed PICMG 3.1-compliant ATCA interface with ten Gigabit Ethernet channels.

KatanaPPB, the industry's fastest AdvancedTCA multiprocessor telecom blade

17 January 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products, today announced the KatanaPPB, the industry's fastest AdvancedTCA multiprocessor telecom blade. Artesyn will demonstrate the KatanaPPB at the Bus & Boards Show in Long Beach, CA on January 17-18.

Artesyn announces industry's fastest advanced TCA packet processing blade

17 January 2005 - Artesyn Technologies AdvancedTCA Blade Combines Six PowerPC Processors with Versatile Data Flow Architecture and High-Speed Switched ATCA Fabric. Artesyn Communication Products today announced the KatanaPPB, the industry's fastest AdvancedTCA multiprocessor telecom blade. Artesyn will demonstrate the KatanaPPB at the Bus & Boards Show in Long Beach, CA on January 17-18.

Fastest AdvancedTCA multiprocessor telecom blade for Artesyn

17 January 2005 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products today announced the KatanaPPB, the industry's fastest AdvancedTCA multiprocessor telecom blade. Artesyn will demonstrate the KatanaPPB at the Bus & Boards Show in Long Beach, CA on January 17-18.

Artesyn receives a 2004 Golden Link Award from Lucent Technologies' Supply Chain Networks Group

22 December 2004 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products today announced that it has received a 2004 Golden Link Award from Lucent Technologies' Supply Chain Networks Group. This is the second straight year that Artesyn has received this prestigious award. Lucent bestowed the honor on nine of its top suppliers in a recognition event held at Lucent's Murray Hill, N.J headquarters on December 16.

Artesyn Communication Products announces it has joined Open Base Station Architecture Initiative

11 November 2004 - Artesyn Technologies OBSAI, currently numbering more than 100 members, was launched in October 2002 by leading vendors of base stations, modules, and components to create a set of specifications for open base station transceiver systems. OBSAI defines a high-level modular BTS architecture and provides detailed specifications for the internal interfaces among modules. This open framework gives BTS designers easy access to interoperable, best-of-breed components from a wide range of vendors, thereby reducing the development time and cost associated with building new base station product lines. The open framework will also benefit network operators by reducing BTS cost and enabling them to bring new and advanced functions to market more quickly.

Artesyn Demos High-Availability Signaling Software At USTA's Telecom 04

14 October 2004 - Artesyn Technologies Available for multi-blade SS7/SIGTRAN signaling systems utilizing PICMG 2.16 and ATCA platforms, HA-MTP3 software automatically detects co-operating blades to form HA system in active-active configuration.

Artesyn demonstrats high-availability MTP3 software for SS7 & SIGTRAN signaling products at USTA Telecom Show

11 October 2004 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products announced that it will be demonstrating high-availability MTP3 software for its SS7 and SIGTRAN signaling products at the USTA Telecom Show. The new HA-MTP3 software, which will be available for Artesyn's SS7 signaling blades and SIGTRAN signaling gateways in early 2005, enhances availability by providing automatic hot swap, failure detection, failover, and failback for multi-blade PICMG 2.16 and ATCA systems.

Artesyn Communication Products announces Katana752i, a configurable cPSB blade for telecom applications

11 October 2004 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products announced the Katana752i, a configurable cPSB (CompactPCI Packet Switching Backplane) blade for telecom applications. Equipped with a 1-GHz PowerPC 750GX processor and Marvell Discovery III system controller, the Katana752i features two PTMC sites, four Gigabit Ethernet channels and a CTBus/H.110 interconnect that enables the Katana752i to acquire and process both TDM and packet data.

High-availability MTP3 software for SS7 & SIGTRAN signaling products

09 October 2004 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products today announced that it will be demonstrating high-availability MTP3 software for its SS7 and SIGTRAN signaling products at the USTA Telecom Show. The new HA-MTP3 software, which will be available for Artesyn's SS7 signaling blades and SIGTRAN signaling gateways in early 2005, enhances availability by providing automatic hot swap, failure detection, failover, and failback for multi-blade PICMG 2.16 and ATCA systems.

High-availability MTP3 software for SS7 & SIGTRAN signaling products demonstrated at USTA Telecom Show

09 October 2004 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products today announced that it will be demonstrating high-availability MTP3 software for its SS7 and SIGTRAN signaling products at the USTA Telecom Show. The new HA-MTP3 software, which will be available for Artesyn's SS7 signaling blades and SIGTRAN signaling gateways in early 2005, enhances availability by providing automatic hot swap, failure detection, failover, and failback for multi-blade PICMG 2.16 and ATCA systems.

Artesyn Demos high availability signaling software at USTA's Telecom 04

08 October 2004 - Artesyn Technologies

Katana752i - configurable CompactPCI packet switching Backplane blade for telecomms applications

10 September 2004 - Artesyn Technologies Equipped with a 1GHz PowerPC 750GX processor and Marvell Discovery III system controller, the Katana752i features two PTMC sites, four gigabit Ethernet channels, and a versatile CTBus/H.110 interconnect that enables the Katana752i to acquire and process both TDM and packet data.

Artesyn Communication Products announced the KatanaTM752i

09 September 2004 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products announced the KatanaTM752i, a configurable CompactPCI Packet Switching Backplane blade for telecom applications. Equipped with a 1-GHz PowerPC 750GX processor and Marvell Discovery III system controller, the Katana752i features two PTMC sites, four Gigabit Ethernet channels, and a versatile CTBus/H.110 interconnect that enables the Katana752i to acquire and process both TDM and packet data.

Artesyn Announces industry's Fastest Telecom Blade

08 September 2004 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Combines PowerPC 750GX Processor and Discovery III Controller To Produce Industry's Fastest Single-Processor PICMG 2.16 Telecom Blade. Configurable blade uses two PTMC sites, four Gigabit Ethernet channels and on-card CTBus/H.110 local bus to enhance TDM and packet data processing.

Katana752i, a configurable CompactPCI Packet Switching Backplane blade for telecom applications

08 September 2004 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products today announced the Katana752i, a configurable CompactPCI Packet Switching Backplane blade for telecom applications. Equipped with a 1-GHz PowerPC 750GX processor and Marvell Discovery III system controller, the Katana752i features two PTMC sites, four Gigabit Ethernet channels, and a versatile CTBus/H.110 interconnect that enables the Katana752i to acquire and process both TDM and packet data.

Artyesyn Announces Dual-Processor AdvancedTCA Blade with High-Speed Switched ATCA Fabric

28 June 2004 - Artesyn Technologies Equipped with dual PowerPC MPC7447A processors, KatanaQp features 4 PTMC expansion sites, redundant IPMI-based system management interfaces, and PICMG 3.1-compliant AdvancedTCA interface with 10 Gigabit-Ethernet channels. Both processors feature Altivec vector processing unit, 512 Kb on-die L2 cache, and cache coherency mechanisms for symmetric multiprocessing. KatanaQp is suited for SS7/SIGTRAN signaling, media gateways, traffic processing, and wireless base stations.

The KatanaQp a new AdvancedTCA processor blade for telecomms infrastructure applications

23 June 2004 - Artesyn Technologies The new ATCA blade, equipped with a pair of PowerPC MPC7447A processors, features four PTMC expansion sites, redundant IPMI-based system management interfaces, and a high-speed PICMG 3.1-compliant ATCA interface with ten gigabit Ethernet channels.

Artesyn announces dual-processor advancedTCA

21 June 2004 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products, supplier of blade products for telecom OEMs, announced the KatanaQp, a new AdvancedTCA processor blade for telecom infrastructure applications. The new ATCA blade, equipped with a pair of PowerPC MPC7447A processors, features four PTMC expansion sites, redundant IPMI-based system management interfaces, and a high-speed PICMG 3.1-compliant ATCA interface with ten Gigabit Ethernet channels.

Artesyn demonstrates industry's leading technologies for Telecom Equipment Manufacturers

16 June 2004 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products today announced that it will be demonstrating industry leading technologies for Telecom Equipment Manufacturers at the upcoming SuperComm Conference at McCormick Place in Chicago from June 20 through 24, 2004. In addition to hosting its own booth in the South Hall (#28013), Artesyn will participate in the PICMG AdvancedTCA Showcase (North Hall #13540), display a new ATCA/AMC carrier card in the Intel booth (North Hall #12335), and join a June 23 panel discussion focusing on ATCA as it relates to service providers.

KatanaT3752 - industry's highest performance CompactPCI packet switching Backplane telecomms blade

07 June 2004 - Artesyn Technologies Equipped with three 1GHz PowerPC 750GX processors, the new blade features five gigabit Ethernet links, all managed by an onboard Gigabit Ethernet switch that eliminates the packet routing processor overhead incurred by traditional architectures.

New blade combines three PowerPC processors with five Gigabit Ethernet channels & managed Ethernet switch

06 June 2004 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products today announced the KatanaT3752, the industry's highest performance CompactPCI Packet Switching Backplane telecom blade. Equipped with three 1-GHz PowerPC 750GX processors, the new blade features five Gigabit Ethernet links, all managed by an-onboard Gigabit Ethernet switch that eliminates the packet routing processor overhead incurred by traditional architectures.

Artesyn Communication Products announced the KatanaTM3752

04 June 2004 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products announced the KatanaTM3752, the industry's highest performance CompactPCI Packet Switching Backplane telecom blade. Equipped with three 1-GHz PowerPC 750GX processors, the new blade features five Gigabit Ethernet links, all managed by an-onboard Gigabit Ethernet switch that eliminates the packet routing processor overhead incurred by traditional architectures.

Katana3752 - the industry's highest performance CompactPCI Packet Switching Backplane telecom blade

03 June 2004 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products today announced the Katana3752, the industry's highest performance CompactPCI Packet Switching Backplane telecom blade. Equipped with three 1-GHz PowerPC 750GX processors, the new blade features five Gigabit Ethernet links, all managed by an-onboard Gigabit Ethernet switch that eliminates the packet routing processor overhead incurred by traditional architectures.

A new PowerPC-based PCI Mezzanine Card for telecom infrastructure applications

26 April 2004 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products today announced the availability of a new PowerPC-based PCI Mezzanine Card for telecom infrastructure applications. Dubbed the PmPPC7447, the new ProcessorPMC card consumes just 18W of power and features a 1-GHz Motorola PowerPC7447A processor, two Gbytes of memory and three Ethernet ports.

Artesyn Kicks it Up a Notch On PrPMC with PowerPC 7447 And Discovery III for Telecom

26 April 2004 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products today announced the availability of a new PowerPC-based PCI Mezzanine Card for telecom infrastructure applications. Dubbed the PmPPC7447, the new ProcessorPMC card consumes just 18W of power and features a 1-GHz Motorola PowerPC7447A processor, two Gbytes of memory and three Ethernet ports.

New CompactPCI Packet Switching Backplane blade

26 April 2004 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products today announced the Katana750v telecom blade. The new CompactPCI Packet Switching Backplane blade, based on IBM's PowerPC 750FX processor, features two PTMC sites, five Ethernet channels, and a versatile CTBus/H.110 TDM interconnect that makes Katana easy to configure for a variety of telecom infrastructure applications, including WAN access, SS7 signaling, media gateways, traffic processing, and softswitches.

Advanced Mezzanine Card – first in the industry

20 February 2004 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products announced the industry's first Advanced Mezzanine Card. The hot-swappable Pentium M-based AMC module, code-named the AM7501, gives telecom OEMs an easy way to add processing power to Advanced Telecom Compute Architecture or ATCA or proprietary systems equipped with AMC expansion bays.

New hot-swappable Pentium m-based AMC module

19 February 2004 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products announces the industry's first Advanced Mezzanine Card. The hot-swappable Pentium M-based AMC module, code-named the AM7501, gives telecom OEMs an easy way to add processing power to Advanced Telecom Compute Architecture or ATCA or proprietary systems equipped with AMC expansion bays.

Artesyn announces the industry’s first Advanced Mezzanine Card

19 February 2004 - Artesyn Technologies Artesyn Communication Products announces the industry's first Advanced Mezzanine Card. The hot-swappable Pentium M-based AMC module, code-named the AM7501, gives telecom OEMs an easy way to add processing power to Advanced Telecom Compute Architecture or ATCA or proprietary systems equipped with AMC expansion bays. Artesyn will demo the new board at the 3GSM show in Cannes, France from February 23-26 in Booth H26 at the Scottish Development International Pavilion (Hall 3).

Demonstrations of leading-edge communications technologies powered by Altera Corporation

17 February 2004 - Artesyn Technologies Demonstrations of several leading-edge communications technologies powered by Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) products will be highlighted at the Intel Developer Forum this week. Altera's booth will feature Stratix devices acting as the interface between an Intel IXF1110 Gigabit Ethernet media access controller and an Intel IXF18101 synchronous optical network framer, showing Gigabit Ethernet over SONET. Altera will also present details on the industry's first FPGA-based reference design for the Open Base Station Architecture Initiative's Reference Point 3 interface specification. Altera's booth is #505.

Artesyn Technologies has promoted S