October 16, 2002 - The following is released by National Semiconductor Corporation (NYSE: NSM) and iReady Corporation.
What: Following last April’s strategic partnership agreement, National Semiconductor and iReady are presenting the EthernetMAX® technology, the next-generation semiconductor solutions for secure Gigabit Ethernet and iSCSI storage networking markets at two major storage networking conferences. Embodied in the EthernetMAX product family under joint development by National Semiconductor and iReady, these product solutions are the first to integrate Gigabit MAC/PHY, TCP Offload Engine (TOE), IPsec and iSCSI technologies into a single chip. Featuring a unique, patented, scalable architecture these products provide full offload solutions for today and tomorrow's market needs.
EthernetMAX technology and products will be the topic of discussion at the upcoming Network Processors Conference (NPC) West 2002 (Oct. 22-24) and the Storage Networking World (SNW) Fall 2002 (Oct. 27-30).
Network Processors Conference is the only conference totally dedicated to network processors. Storage Networking World® (SNW) attendees see strategic real-life examples of storage deployment from dynamic end-user case studies.
Who: Michael Smith, chief technology officer of iReady, will be presenting a paper on “EthernetMAX Protocol Data-Path Xccelerator,” and will be speaking on a panel at NPC West 2002, Session 200: Storage and TCP Processors. The moderator of this session is Jag Bolaria, a senior analyst of the Linley Group.
When: Michael Smith’s presentation at NPC is on Wednesday, October 23 at 8:30 am Pacific Standard Time.
iReady and National Semiconductor will be exhibiting at SNW Oct. 27-30.
Where:
NPC West 2002
Parkside Hall
180 Park Avenue
San Jose, California (across from San Jose's McEnery Convention Center).
SNW Fall 2002
Exhibit Booth C11
Renaissance Orlando Resort
Orlando, Florida
About iReady
Privately held iReady Corporation is the foremost expert in silicon based TCP/IP stack processing solutions. Founded in 1996, the company's patented TCP/IP stack technology uniquely provides full transport off-load for ultra high performance Ethernet networking. Licensees of previous generations of iReady's hardware accelerated TCP/IP stack technology include Toshiba, Seiko Instruments, Sony and Agilent. iReady is headquartered in Santa Clara, California and operates a semiconductor design center in Honolulu, Hawaii. Further information on the company can be found on our web site at http://www.iready.com or call (408) 330-4500.
About National Semiconductor
National Semiconductor is the premier analog company driving the information age. Combining real-world analog and state-of-the-art digital technology, the company is focused on the fast growing markets for wireless handsets; displays; information infrastructure, and information appliances. With headquarters in Santa Clara, California, National reported sales of $1.5 billion for its most recent fiscal year and has about 10,000 employees worldwide. Additional company and product information is available on the World Wide Web at www.national.com.
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