Newsgroups: comp.parallel
From: systran2@dialup.oar.net (Vince Lewis)
Subject: Scalable Coherent Interface (SCI) Technology
Organization: OARnet
Date: 23 Oct 1995 14:48:17 GMT
Message-ID: <46g9vh$36n@usenet.srv.cis.pitt.edu>

SYSTRAN Announces New Research and Development Effort with Scalable Coherent 
Interface (SCI) Technology

Dayton, Ohio, August 21, 1995 - SYSTRAN Corp., developer of SYSTRAN's I/O
Solutions (a suite of IP modules) and the SCRAMNet real-time computer
communications network, today announced that it has won a Phase II Small
Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract from the Air Force s Wright
Laboratory s AAAT-2 group. This contract is entitled "COTS-based Real-time
Avionics Parallel Computer." The purpose of this two-year program will be to 
build and demonstrate a prototype multiprocessor for use in real-time
avionics applications. The prototype multiprocessor will use insofar as
possible COTS (commercial-off-the-shelf) software and hardware, including
hardware based upon the IEEE Scalable Coherent Interface (SCI) 1596-1992
standard. Features of the research and development effort include:
        -  Utilization of standards and "open systems"
        -  Incorporation of "commercial-off-the-shelf" components
        -  Customization of flexible, cost-effective system architectures
for specific application domains
        -  Ease of programming via a global, logical shared memory paradigm
        -  Scalability of systems via a hierarchical, physically distributed 
memory architecture
SYSTRAN Corp. specializes in real-time shared-memory networking, I/O IP
modules, and defense-related hardware/software research and development. The
company's SCRAMNet Network is a leading real-time network, with thousands of 
nodes used in diverse applications throughout the world.
For more information contact:
	Martin Davis, Jr., Ph.D.
	Research Manager
	513-252-5601 x209
	mdavis@systran.com
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Systran Corp.             Phone: 800-252-5601
4126 Linden Ave.          Fax:   513-258-2729
Dayton, Oh 45432-3068     Email: info@systran.com
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