Backplane Chassis come in 6- and 8-slot versions.

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Compact Packet Switching Backplane (cPSB) chassis solutions are compliant to PICMG 2.16 specifications. Chassis with 8-slots offers dual star topology for redundancy, 2 fabric slots, and optional second switch card. Version with 6-slots features one fabric slot and 5 node slots with cPCI. Horizontal 4U chassis includes flush mounted 6U x 160 mm IEEE 1101.10 card cage, rear 6U x 80 mm IEEE 1101.11 card cage, and is EMC shielded to meet NEBS II/III, UL, CE, and FCC requirements.



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ELMA Announces New PICMG 2.16 Chassis Solutions


FREMONT, California, July 8, 2003 - Elma, a global manufacturer of electronic packaging products, continues its leadership in PICMG 2.16 packaging solutions. The company is releasing new Compact Packet Switching Backplane (cPSB) chassis solutions in a 6-slot and two 8-slot sizes compliant to the PICMG 2.16 specifications.

Elma's new 8-slot cPSB solutions come in a dual star topology for redundancy. With two fabric slots, the system offers a second switch card, helping to achieve "five nines" high availability. The six node slots incorporate the CompactPCI bus. One of the 8-slot backplanes also has connections for the H.110 bus for telephony per the PICMG Computer Telephony specification 2.5 R1.0. The other 8-slot dual star cPSB does not. Elma also offers a single star 8-slot cPSB backplane with one fabric slot and seven node slots with cPCI. The new 6-slot PICMG 2.16 solution features one fabric slot and the rest of the slots as node slots with CompactPCI.

All of the backplanes offer one slot that is convertible to a system slot via a CPU Enable pin. With the power studs and power blades dispersed throughout key locations in the backplanes, the overall widths are a true 6-slot and 8-slot size, allowing them to fit within a 4U horizontal chassis.

The 4U PICMG 2.16 horizontal chassis features include flush mounted 6U x 160mm IEEE 1101.10 card cage, rear 6U x 80mm IEEE 1101.11 compliant card cage and an impressive advanced shielding concept that is carried throughout the enclosures with all front panels and modules (peripherals and PSU). They are EMC shielded to meet stringent NEBS II/III, UL, CE, and FCC requirements. Superior cooling is achieved via side-to-side airflow optimized for card, device, and PSU requirements. Elma also offers various PICMG 2.16 solutions in 4, 6, 8, 16, and 21 slot versions and 2U-12U chassis configurations.

About cPSB

The performance of CompactPCI is vastly improved with the new cPSB protocol. It provides the ideal solution for third-generation wireless, Internet protocol, voice over IP (VoIP), and other applications. CPSB increases system performance by moving data traffic off the shared bus, and onto an embedded switched Ethernet network fabric (10/100/1000 Mbit/s), accessed via the J3 connector.

About Elma Electronic

Elma Electronic Inc. is a leading manufacturer and supplier of enclosures, backplanes, cabinets, cases, and "ready-to-run" packaging for CPCI, Rugged COTS, VME/64x, VXI, PC and custom bus structures. Elma's component product line offers a wide selection of top quality switches knobs and LED arrays. The company has been a worldwide supplier of dependable, high performance products for over 35 years. Elma three facilities in the continental United States plus has locations in Switzerland, Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Israel.

Elma Electronic Inc. is located at 44350 Grimmer Blvd., Fremont, CA 94538 USA. Telephone (510) 656-3400 - Fax (510)656-3783.

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