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Serial RapidIO is real today, with all the pieces in place to ease development of high performance multi-processing systems for video, imaging, and communications. Complementing our 1GHz TMS3206455 DSP with integrated Serial RapidIO are Serial RapidIO enabled FPGAs, switches, and embedded processors. All are supported by AMC connector based evaluation systems working to interoperability specifications, said Leon Adams, worldwide marketing manager, Catalog DSP, Texas Instruments. Thanks to Serial RapidIO, it’s never been easier to build multi-processing, multi-channel signal-processing solutions.

Being the first RapidIO switch vendor on the market, Tundra Semiconductor has gained a lot of experience testing against different endpoints. Participating in this interoperability partnership with other ecosystem vendors is a natural fit for us," said Rick O'Connor, chief technology officer at Tundra Semiconductor. "We look forward to fulfilling customer demand by continuing interoperability with other end point and switch vendors in the future.

Xilinx, as an active member of the RapidIO community for the past six years, has been a significant contributor to the technology, said Mike Frazier, director of engineering for Xilinx intellectual property solutions division. With the availability of fully interoperable Serial RapidIO solutions from Xilinx and other industry leaders, we are making it easier for customers to rapidly adopt this technology.

Mountain View Alliance Welcomes the RapidIO Trade Association

The Mountain View Alliance http://www.mountainviewalliance.org, a consortia of consortia dedicated to creating more coordinated approach to specifications and activities around platform design, today announced the acceptance of the RapidIO Trade Association as its latest member. The RapidIO Trade Association joins the Network Processing Forum (NPF), PICMG and the Service Availability Forum (SA Forum) as part of the Alliance that provides a forum for the coordination of the marketing and technical activities of its member organizations.

"The success of RapidIO technology in many aspects directly depends on the success of the eco-system we support. The Mountain View Alliance is the macro system architecture focal point that helps formalize relationships with key players in that ecosystem, extends the breadth of support for open standards, and facilitates the design process," said Tom Cox, Executive Director of the RapidIO Trade Association.

RapidIO is an established, scalable, open-standard, switched fabric, designed by the leaders in embedded computing specifically for OEMs building equipment in the wireless infrastructure, edge networking, storage, scientific, military and industrial markets. RapidIO delivers the reliability, cost effectiveness, performance and scalability required in these markets. In addition, RapidIO actively supports a development roadmap which is closely attuned to the technology and market changes affecting embedded infrastructure designers.

Brian Holden, the NPF representative to the MVA added: The RapidIO Trade Association represents a technology standard that is used alongside many of our member’s specifications; their presence in the Mountain View Alliance will provide us with much broader industry coverage.

The Mountain View Alliance promotes an environment for coexistence and compatibility such that real applications can be created from COTS elements. Real life interoperability is a significant goal of the MVA and as such the Alliance members will work to harmonize their respective specifications aiming to avoid gaps, overlaps and inconsistencies that would lead to technical conflict. The groups founding members have been holding regular marketing and technical meetings since December 2004.

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