LINUXblade PM2118 Doubles Processing Performance per Slot, Enabling Deployment into Applications Requiring Increased Computing Capacity

SAN JOSE, CA AND SAN DIEGO – MARCH 9, 2005 – Continuous Computing Corporation, global provider of high availability platform solutions that enable telecom equipment manufacturers to rapidly deploy converged communications, today announced the release of its new dual Intel Pentium M CompactPCI processing board, the LINUXblade PM2118. By allowing a single CompactPCI slot to host two processor nodes, the new board doubles processing capacity, significantly increases scalability and extends the lifecycle of existing and greenfield CompactPCI deployments.

The LINUXblade PM2118 is designed specifically for distributed applications such as softswitches, media gateway controllers and 3G IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) server deployments which use additional processors to increase throughput. With this new board, a single slot can host two processing nodes instead of only one, increasing density by 100%. Using the LINUXblade PM2118, a customer can consolidate a current system into fewer slots, thereby adding significant scalability. Each board has its own memory and memory controller and runs at 1.8GHz. LINUXblade PM2118 is PICMG 2.16 compliant and uses the same rear transition board as the one Continuous Computing provides for its single Pentium M processor CompactPCI board, LINUXblade PM1118, allowing for easy migration, sparing and support.

“By providing two Intel Pentium M processors on a single-slot CompactPCI board, LINUXblade PM2118 makes a significant leap forward in terms of density and scalability,” said Mike Coward, CTO and co-founder of Continuous Computing. “We’re unaware of any other company offering this kind of revolutionary board as part of a complete platform solution that increases performance without increasing footprint. Particularly for processor-intensive control plane applications like Voice over IP softswitches, the dual Intel Pentium M processor solution offers key advantages for manageability, serviceability and expandability.”

“The Intel Pentium M processor is well suited for carrier-class telecom platform processing because of its wide base of support and attractive performance per Watt characteristics,” said Rose Schooler, co-director of marketing, Intel Infrastructure Processor Division. “With LINUXblade PM2118, Continuous Computing increases density and processing capacity of a new or existing CompactPCI system.”

“Continuous Computing’s LINUXblade PM2118 is important because it can effectively extend the life and usefulness of any CompactPCI system,” said Eric Gulliksen, VDC’s Embedded Hardware Practice Director. “It’s a simple concept, but all the more notable because no other vendor has done it yet as part of a complete platform solution. By saving valuable footprint space while enabling twice the Intel Pentium M processor power in a given amount of board real estate, Continuous Computing once again has demonstrated the type of leadership and innovation needed to drive the telecom equipment market forward.”

About Continuous Computing
Continuous Computing is the global source of integrated platform solutions that enable network equipment providers to overcome the mobile broadband capacity challenge quickly and cost effectively. Leveraging more than 20 years of telecom innovation, the company empowers customers to increase Return on Investment (ROI) by focusing internal resources on differentiation for 3G, Long Term Evolution (LTE), Femtocell and Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) applications. Expertise and responsiveness set the company apart: only Continuous Computing combines best-in-class AdvancedTCA (ATCA) platforms with world-famous Trillium protocol software to create highly-optimized, field-proven wireless and packet processing products. www.ccpu.com

Continuous Computing is an active member of 3GPP, CP-TA, eNsemble Multi-Core Alliance, ETSI, Femto Forum, Intel Embedded Alliance, PICMG and the SCOPE Alliance.

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