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CAMPBELL,
CA -- January 29, 2001 -- Summit
Microelectronics Inc. today announced that two of
its programmable power management devices support
IBM's PowerNP NP4GS3 network processor reference
design platform. Summit's SMT4004 quad power supply
controller and the SMP9210 digital-to-analog
converter (DAC) provide IBM's reference tool with
re-configurable power management solutions to meet
network equipment designer requirements for
measuring, tracking, monitoring and adjusting the
system power supply.
IBM's PowerNP NP4GS3 network processor reference
platform was developed to offer network solution
providers with a vehicle for early hardware and
software evaluation and development. The Summit
devices, with their proprietary technology
incorporating programmable analog onto its system
focused power management solution, can enable IBM's
customers to design an optimized power architecture
for a variety of system environments. For example,
the SMT4004 can differentially track three voltages
during power up and power down of the Power NP
reference platform, while the SMP9210 provides the
ability to adjust power supplies on the reference
design to facilitate testing and guard-banding.
Tom DeLurio, Summit director of applications
engineering, said, "Solving complex power
management problems of our customers is the heart
of Summit's product strategy. The continued push
towards higher levels of integration and
performance in the communications infrastructure
market leads to complex power supply requirements
which are beyond the design capabilities of the
average digital design engineer. The SMT4004 and
SMP9210 combination provide a standardized platform
which can be configured to support the myriad of
power supply requirements needed by today's
advanced MPUs, ASICs and DSPs."
The IBM PowerNP NP4GS3 network processor is highly
customizable and features up to sixteen
communications processors and an embedded PowerPC
core on one chip, offering equipment vendors a
powerful building block for developing
high-performance networking gear. With its
distributed processing capabilities and a rich set
of hardware-assisted circuitry, the NP4GS3 delivers
exceptional throughput, control and flexibility.
The NP4GS3's software programmability helps enable
equipment makers quickly implement and change
features such as packet classification and
modification, packet forwarding and real-time frame
processing.
The SMT4004 quad-power supply controller provides
comprehensive fault monitoring, reporting and
response on communications system line cards by
tracking up to four independent power supplies.
Using Summit's proprietary technology, the device
can also store fault conditions as they occur. In
the case of catastrophic failure, the fault is
recorded in the registers and then can be
analyzed.
The SMP9210 is a dual 10-bit nonvolatile
digital-to-analog converter that can be used to
output a programmable reference voltage that in
turn can be used to set the operating output
voltages of the power supplies on the card. This is
especially useful in optimizing supply voltage and
performance parameters in systems, as well as
providing a simple means of voltage margining
during board or system test. In this application,
the 9210 and the 4004 will work together to ensure
that, as we change voltages in the system, system
voltage sensors and reset control generation is
also changed to meet the new operating
conditions.
Both devices are available from Summit in
production quantities. The SMT4004 is housed in a
48-lead TQFP package and costs $9.95 each in
quantities of 1000 devices. The SMP9210 is packaged
in a 14 lead SOIC and priced at $4.40 in quantities
of 1000 devices.
About Summit -- Power Management for
Communications™
Summit
Microelectronics Inc. develops semiconductors that
manage the power functions in communications system
equipment. Using Summit's proprietary technology,
customers can achieve carrier-class availability,
the highest standard of reliability available today
for telecommunications, data communications and
Internet applications.
Founded
in 1997, Summit is headquartered in Campbell,
California. The Company is ISO 9001 and ISO 14001
certified and is in the process of gaining STACK
certification. Summit's website is
www.summitmicro.com.
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Summit
Microelectronics, Inc.
1717 Fox Drive
San Jose, CA 95131-2312
Tel: +1.408-436-9890
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