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RadiSys Debuts Promentum SYS-6010 Managed AdvancedTCA (ATCA) Platform

2/14/2006 - RadiSys Corp. (Nasdaq: RSYS) announced the company is expanding its Promentum^TM family of AdvancedTCA® (ATCA) solutions with seven new products. The Promentum^TM SYS-6010, the industry's first 10 Gigabit, common managed platform is targeted for use in high-bandwidth network element and dataplane applications. The Promentum SYS-6010 delivers exceptional bandwidth and traffic routing capability and provides the highest throughput node connectivity and compute densities available today. RadiSys is also announcing six new modular building blocks along with datapath and platform management software, all of which are core building blocks of the new Promentum SYS-6010 managed platform.

Until now, ATCA has been targeted for use in ancillary network control applications such as session setup, monitoring and management. With the introduction of the Promentum SYS-6010 managed platform and new modular building blocks, TEMs (telecommunications equipment manufacturers) can now take advantage of ATCA in core traffic-bearing applications that require significantly greater bandwidth and traffic processing capabilities. The Promentum SYS-6010 delivers the highest speed I/O, switching and packet processing capabilities to be implemented in a managed ATCA platform and can be configured for use in applications such as IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem), Radio Network Controllers, Media Gateways and Call Servers.

"Billions of dollars are being spent upgrading current infrastructure to handle more traffic and serve more subscribers and AdvancedTCA is becoming the architecture that will facilitate rapid developments in the industry," said Ernie Bergstrom, principal analyst with Crystal Cube Consulting. "RadiSys is helping companies realize the benefits of AdvancedTCA on a broader scale with the SYS-6010. Their common managed platform approach will enable TEMs and service providers to keep up with technology advancements and changing customer requirements."

"Our ATCA strategy goes beyond developing individual building blocks," said Scott Grout, RadiSys president and CEO. "Delivering a common managed platform for network element and dataplane applications offers a significant benefit to our customers. The SYS-6010 will allow TEMs to use the same managed platform for a variety of applications, which can reduce their overall development time by up to 50 percent and significantly reduce development, lifecycle and equipment costs."

The SYS-6010 is a fully integrated and validated managed platform designed to address high speed I/O and bandwidth intensive traffic-bearing applications implemented in a flexible and reliable architecture complete with comprehensive system management. The embedded Promentum building blocks are implemented in a modular fashion with seamless interoperability. Modularity is made possible with Promentum building blocks and a suite of Advanced Mezzanine Cards (AMCs), which can be used to configure functions such as general purpose and network processing, input/output, and storage. An example is the design of a processor AMC, an AMC carrier blade and a compute and processing module with an AMC site all implemented with the same interoperable specifications. In this example, the processor AMC can be used to provide adjunct processing on the compute blade or paired with the AMC carrier for in-line processing on a line card.

In order to further increase their velocity to market, RadiSys includes data path and platform management software integrated into the Promentum product line. This will enable TEMs to focus on developing the higher value application layer rather then spending precious resource developing basic protocols and platform management solutions. For example the data path and management software that is part of the Promentum products will include both ATM and IP internetworking as well as comprehensive shelf and blade management that meets the requirements of today's high-bandwidth ATCA network dataplane and network element applications.

The new Promentum products being announced include the following:

• The Promentum^TM SYS-6010 is a fully integrated and validated managed platform. With a 10 Gigabit Ethernet switch and control module, the SYS-6010 offers the highest bandwidth node connectivity, up-link and cross-link capability and the highest processing density per slot. Modular AMC-based I/O and packet processing functionality provide a modular scalable platform that allows for flexible expansion of both features and system density
• The Promentum^TM ATCA-6006 is a new 6-slot, low profile 5U ATCA shelf for smaller/denser systems and cost/space constrained edge and access applications requiring a fewer slots. This shelf compliments the commercially available Promentum 12U ATCA shelf used for larger applications. Applications for the 5U include media gateways, session border controller, Wi-Fi controller and DSLAM applications.
• The Promentum^TM ATCA-2210 is a 10 Gigabit switch and control module with a full 10Gigabit switching fabric, integrated Network Timing Sub-system, optional onboard COM Express processor with SAS/SATA disk module, optional shelf management functions, and over 40 Gbps up/cross link capability.
• The Promentum^TM ATCA-4300 is a compute processing module with single or dual Intel® dual-core Xeon processors, 2MB secondary (L2) cache, support for up to 8GB DDR2-400 ECC registered SDRAM via 4 MiniDIMM sockets, dual Gigabit Ethernet Fabric and Base Interfaces. Additional flexibility is provided by two AMC sites and storage connection options, including Fibre Channel and SAS/SATA.
• The Promentum^TM ATCA-7800 is an asymmetric, multi-processing compute module consisting of an AMC carrier card with up to four dual-core PowerPC processor AMCs, including two 1Gigabit interfaces per AMC and optional security processing.
• The Promentum^TM ATCA-7400 is a line card consisting of an AMC carrier card and a choice of interface AMCs such as SONET/SDH, PDH or Gigabit Ethernet
• The Promentum^TM AMC-3202 is a SAS hard disk AMC that can add high density storage capability to either the ATCA-4300 compute processing module or ATCA-7800 multi-processing line card.

These new Promentum assets expand upon RadiSys' existing commercially available AdvancedTCA offerings that include:

• Promentum^TM ATCA-1000: Universal PMC Processing Module, enabling diverse applications such as signaling, softswitches and application media servers to be deployed flexibly using PMCs in different configurations and combinations
• Promentum^TM ATCA-2100: Switch and Control Module, accommodating both GbE and Fibre Channel switch fabrics for multiple carrier grade server applications in control, services and management planes
• Promentum^TM ATCA-3000: Disk Storage Module, providing high performance Fibre Channel storage
• Promentum^TM ATCA-4000: Compute Processing Module, providing high performance general purpose application processing through dual Intel® Xeon^TM CPUs
• Promentum^TM ATCA-6000: 12U Chassis, providing industry-leading density and enabling three chassis in a standard 42U telco rack
• Promentum^TM ATCA-7010: 10 Gigabit Packet Processing Module with modular memory design for the Network Processing Units, socketed RDRAM, optional TCAM memory module, and a fabric interface implemented as a mezzanine to provide fabric choices
• Procelerant^TM CE and CR: ComExpress standard COMs (Computer-on-Module) and a carrier development board.

Product Availability
The new Promentum products are scheduled for early availability in mid-2006. For pricing information please contact RadiSys at 800-950-0044.

About RadiSys
RadiSys (Nasdaq: RSYS) is the leading provider of advanced embedded solutions for the communications networking and commercial systems markets. Through intimate customer collaboration, and combining innovative technologies and industry leading architecture, RadiSys helps OEMs bring better products to market faster and more economically. RadiSys products include embedded boards, platforms and systems, which are used in today's complex computing, processing and network intensive applications.

RadiSys and Microware OS-9 are registered trademarks and Procelerant is a trademark of RadiSys Corporation.

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