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TANC-5260 - The Best Choice of Computing and Ethernet Communication Building Block for Your Modular AdvancedTCA System
Newark, CA - Sep. 3, 2004 - Portwell, the leading appliance platform provider, today proudly announced its AdvancedTCA network module with exceptional computing power and overwhelming networking capability - "TANC-5260"
 
At Portwell, we unzip the power of innovation. Leveraging the most leading industrial technologies and standards, Portwell is dedicated to offering advanced products and having customer needs satisfied. What bothers the telecom industry is that the development of hardware systems with proprietary and purpose-built network elements takes too much time and money to bring in new products to the market. Portwell's latest TANC-5260 could provide the answer.

The Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture (AdvancedTCA) is the latest open industry specification for building high-performance telecommunications and data communications systems. Developed by PICMG (PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturer Group) consortium, it is poised to answer the requirements of standardized building blocks for the next generation of carrier grade communications equipment. This series of specifications incorporates the latest trends in high speed interconnect technologies, next generation processors and improved reliability, manageability and serviceability to help decrease cost and offer time-to-market networking solutions. As one of the most important hardware platform providers in the world, Portwell has successfully developed and marketed our first AdvancedTCA computing node card, TANC-5260, the best alternative in building up ATCA system.
The TANC-5260 is based on the Intel® E7501 chipset. The combination of dual Intel® Xeon™ processors optimized Intel® NetBurst™ microarchitecture and Hyper-Threading Technology creates a balanced platform with unparalleled computing power and maximized networking bandwidth. On the front panel are six 64-bit Gigabit Ethernet ports, among which two are SFP (Small Form-factor Pluggable) type for different Fiber-optical connections per request and four are RJ-45. Another two Gigabit Ethernet ports on the rear Zone-1 connector provide a 2G-bandwidth for data-exchange through backplane interconnections (base channel). In addition, a PMC interface with PMC modules/devices for customized expansion is available on the TANC-5260.
   
  Other than the extraordinary performance, the TANC-5260 boasts on its reliability and stability. The built-in Intelligent Platform Management Controller (IPMC) on the dual Intelligent Platform Management Buses (IPMB) monitors, controls and performs diagnostic functions. It's not only IPMI v1.5 compliant but also UL, CE/FCC, NEBS and ETSI approved, offering enhanced operation stability and improved system reliability.

TANC-5260 provides a Zone-3 connector to connect with PICMG 3.0 compliant Rear Transition Module (RTM). The version of RTM with VGA, PS2, 80-port and serial port interfaces for programming and debugging is available upon request.
   
  In summary, TANC-5260 offers:

--Dual Intel® LV Xeon™ processors up to 2.4 GHz
--Up to 4 Gbytes DDR memory
--One 64-bit PMC interface through independent PCI-X channel
--Eight Gigabit Ethernet interfaces, based on the Intel 82546EB:
--Four copper/RJ45 connectors on the front panel
--Two SFP sockets for SFP modules on the front panel
--Two Gigabit Ethernet ports on the rear Zone-1 connector for backplane interconnection
-- Built-in CompactFlash socket for type-I CF card
-- Support one 2.5" HDD
-- One RJ-45 system console and dual USB ports for ease of system maintenance
-- Zone 3 connector for connection with Rear Transition Module (RTM)
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About Portwell

Portwell Inc, a Silver member of the Intel Communications Alliance, designs and manufactures Network and Security Appliance along with a full range of IPC products, Embedded Architecture Solution and Communication Appliance. Portwell provides complete R&D and project management services to decrease customers' time to market, reduce project risk and cost.