Improved performance, flexibility targets next generation telecom networks

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Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced its latest high performance AdvancedTCA® (ATCA®) processing blade. The Motorola ATCA-7150 features two Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processors LV, up to 32GB main memory and flexible on-board mass storage options. This combination of performance and flexibility is aimed at enabling the successful implementation of next-generation telecom networks.

On-board mass storage options include two hot swappable drive bays for SAS or extended temperature SATA hard drives. RAID 0/1 support is offered for increased disk performance or data mirroring if required. The Motorola ATCA-7150 is designed for NEBS and ETSI compliance and can be configured with a variety of software offerings, from firmware-only to fully integrated and verified software operating environments.

The combination of powerful processors, high memory and storage flexibility makes the ATCA 7150 ideal for use in telecom server applications such as in-memory database and file servers as well as increasing density for existing control plane applications such as IMS, soft switching and signaling.

Key ATCA-7150 blade features include:
High performance processor blade with SMP support
Two, Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® processors LV
Multiple software packages including operating system
PICMG 3.0 Gigabit Ethernet base interface support
PICMG 3.1, Option 1 fabric interface support
Two SAS hard drive or SATA solid state disk bays for on-board storage and RAID 0/1 support
Service Availability Forum™ (SA Forum) compliant HPI interface

The Motorola ATCA-7150 will be part of Motorola’s showcase of market-leading AdvancedTCA, MicroTCA and AMC products at the third annual AdvancedTCA Summit Santa Clara, from October 16 - 18, 2007 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Santa Clara. For more information: www.motorola.com/computing. -Motorola

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