LAS VEGAS -- Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (NASDAQ:AMCC), or AppliedMicro, today announced it will showcase Catalina APM86491, the world's first embedded processing SoC with two integrated USB 3.0 interfaces, enabling a 10X improvement in video streaming throughput. With the industry's best networking performance, richest feature set and lowest power consumption, Catalina makes the ideal processing solution for storing, streaming and sharing applications in the connected digital home.
Targeted for the next generation consumer Network Attached Storage (NAS) and Wireless Access Point (WAP) solutions, Catalina unifies enterprise-class performance with the needs of today's digitally connected consumer. The Catalina device integrates several application-aware offload engines supporting a enterprise class QoS engine, TCP offload engines for both transport and receive, and a high-speed packet classification engine. These accelerators enable support for high-quality sharing of video, photos, audio and other digital files through any connected consumer device. No other competing SoC in the market place today offers Catalina's two integrated USB 3.0 ports - one host port and an "On-The-Go" (OTG) port - supporting bandwidth up to 5 Gbits/sec each. At speeds of 370MBytes per second, the SoC enables transfer rates 10X faster than competing NAS and WAP solutions with USB 2.0 ports.
"This is the breakout year for USB 3.0 as it gains momentum in a wide range of mobility and PC computing platforms. AppliedMicro is providing the ability to seamlessly combine storage and wireless streaming at multi gigabit transfer rates to enable a new level of consumer multimedia experience," said Vinay Ravuri, Vice President and General Manager of the Embedded Processor Business Unit of AppliedMicro. "By leading the industry in the integration of dual USB 3.0 ports, the Catalina enables the delivery of enterprise-class performance and quality of service to the connected home at price points demanded by mainstream technology consumers."
In a separate release:LAS VEGAS -- Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (NASDAQ:AMCC), or AppliedMicro today announced that its Catalina APM86491 embedded System-on-a-Chip (SoC) processor represents the industry’s first solution tailored specifically for next generation IEEE 802.11ac wireless access points. Catalina’s enterprise-class QoS engine, TCP offload engines, a 4Gbps packet classification engine and application aware offloads allow consumers to store, stream and share digital content at lightning speeds for an enhanced digital media experience. The company will demonstrate the Catalina platform at 2012 International CES.
The IEEE 802.11ac standard emerges when the digital home network is converging toward an all-in-one appliance that serves as a router, wireless access point and networked storage drive. Catalina’s highly integrated design is ideally suited for this convergence because it supports a variety of high speed interfaces within the device. Two PCI-Express® 2.0 interfaces support dual concurrent 802.11ac radio devices; two SATA interfaces support internal storage connectivity and two USB 3.0 ports - one host and one OTG - provide external storage connectivity. Additionally, four Gigabit Ethernet ports are available for a variety of network configurations. This combination enables next generation 802.11ac wireless access points to be integrated into all-in-one network appliances. Catalina APM86491 is the industry’s first embedded processor equipped to handle the bandwidth requirements of this new class of consumer home network systems.
By providing market leading Wi-Fi® throughput of more than 2Gbps the Catalina APM86491 delivers enterprise-class performance for consumer applications. With the combination of 802.11ac support and two integrated USB 3.0 ports supporting bandwidth up to 5 Gbits/sec each, the Catalina enables transfer rates 10X faster than competing solutions for Wireless Access Points (WAP) with USB 2.0 ports. The SoC processor is also backward compatible to USB 2.0 devices.
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