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Simon Wong, Vice President, FiberNet Research Inc., announced the
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introduction by FiberNet Research Inc. of three series of Fiber
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Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) network interface cards, and a high
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performance FDDI-Ethernet bridge.
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The products represent advances in the state of the art for their
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respective product categories. They bring the 100 Mbit/second data rate of
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FDDI more affordable to the desktop. They are fully compliant with the
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ANSI X3T9.5 FDDI standard, and feature an industry-first single board
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implementation.
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The network interface cards will be available with driver code for Netware,
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UNIX, and LAN Manager, and feature LLC, SNMP, and SMT as appropriate.
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The FR1100 series network interface card for the ISA/IBM PC AT bus,
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incorporates an Intel i80960CA 25 MHz RISC processor, 1 MB RAM (with 4 MB
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option), second generation Motorola or AMD FDDI chipset. It features a 45
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MBps memory bandwidth and about 30 MIPS raw processor power. The cards
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list from as low as $4,195 for the single attachment shielded twisted pair
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version to $7,995 for the dual attachment fiber based version.
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The FR1200 series network interface card for the EISA bus uses the Motorola
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MC68EC040 25MHz processor, 1 MB RAM (with 4 MB option), second generation
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Motorola FDDI chipset. It features a 45 MBps memory bandwidth and about
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25MIPS raw processor power. The cards list from as low as $4,695 for the
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single attachment shielded twisted pair version to $9,495 for the dual
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attachment fiber based version.
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The FR1600 series network interface card for the Sun SPARC SBus boasts the
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Intel i80960CA 25 MHz RISC processor, 1 MB RAM (with 4 MB option), and
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second generation Motorola FDDI chipset. It features 45 MBps memory
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bandwidth, and about 30 MIPS raw processor power. The cards list from as
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low as $5,195 for the single attachment shielded twisted pair version to
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$9,995 for the dual attachment fiber based version.
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The FR2110 fiber based and FR2120 STP based high performance FDDI-Ethernet
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bridge has an industry-leading 500,000 packet/second filtering rate and a
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14,700 packet/second forwarding rate. It has 1 FDDI port and 1 Ethernet
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AUI port and comes in a compact desktop enclosure. It features the Intel
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i80960CA 25 MHz RISC processor, 1 MB RAM (with 4 MB option), second
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generation Motorola FDDI chipset, and Intel 82596CA 32bit Ethernet
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coprocessor. List prices are $11,995 and $9,995 respectively.
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Fibernet's management and engineering team have had five years' experience
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with FDDI product design and manufacturing. They have formed strategic
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alliances with industry leaders in key areas of the networking industry.
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FiberNet will be exhibiting at the Networld Boston show in February and at
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the Interop Washington DC show in May 1992
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The products will be available for sale in the second quarter of 1992.
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FiberNet Research Inc
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One Tara Blvd, #405, Nashua, NH 03062
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603-891-2600
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