OTTAWA -- Tundra Semiconductor Corporation (TSX:TUN), the leader in System Interconnect, today announced the immediate availability of the Tundra Tsi148 bridge with a full industrial temperature rating. The Tsi148 is the industry's leading PCI/X-to-VMEbus bridge and the successful next-generation offering to the Tundra UniverseTM II, the leading VMEbus bridge for embedded systems customers. The availability of an industrial temperature-rated Tsi148 allows Tundra's customers with challenging thermal environments in military and communications applications to perform system qualification at higher ambient temperatures up to +85°C.

Tundra continues to demonstrate its investment in its VMEbus bridge product line, confirming both its commitment to customers and partners. The addition of this Tsi148 variant strengthens Tundra's market leadership position as the leading supplier of VME System Interconnect. In addition to the Tsi148, the Tundra VME System Interconnect portfolio also includes the SCV64TM bus bridge and the Universe II bus bridge. All are available in commercial and industrial temperature ratings.

"Tundra is the world leader in VME interconnect technology with more than ten years experience in providing VME solutions and technical support to the embedded systems industry," said Rick O'Connor, Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Product Management at Tundra. "The availability of an industrial temperature-rated Tsi148 is another example of our continued and strong commitment to customers to ensure our products deliver the performance and functionality they require."

Tundra Semiconductor Corp.