Product category: Communications ICs (Wired)
News Release from: IDT
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 26 June 2002
Comms processors to gain Linux support
MontaVista Software is working with IDT to provide Linux support for its integrated communications processors for existing and emerging applications
MontaVista Software is working with IDT to provide Linux support for its integrated communications processors for existing and emerging applications, including Ethernet switching, gateways, wireless access points and virtual private networks. As the first deliverable of the partnership MontaVista's flagship product, the MontaVista Linux Professional Edition, has been initially optimised to support IDT's RC32334 integrated communications processor and 79S334 evaluation board, with plans to support additional IDT processors.
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 26 June 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Customers can use IDT's integrated communications processors and the robust and scalable development environment from MontaVista Software to design, develop and deploy their applications.
Building on the success as the leading provider of communications processors in the Ethernet switching market, IDT's RC32334 integrated communications processor, based on the 32bit MIPS instruction set architecture, is an SoC solution designed to offer optimal price/performance for emerging embedded applications.
The device operates at up to 150MHz and features an on-chip, industry-standard PCI bridge operating at up to 66MHz; a flexible memory controller; and standard general-purpose system modules including a DMA controller, interrupt controller and serial ports.
The 79S334 evaluation board has multiple PCI slots to allow a variety of off-the-shelf peripherals, such as Ethernet cards, to be used in system design and debug.
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