YOKNE'AM, Israel, September 24 /PRNewswire/ --
- Surf's PCI Express Multimedia Processing Platform Provides High Density Voice and Video Processing for NEC's New Line of Platforms for Advanced Telecom Services
Surf Communication Solutions ("Surf"), a leading provider of multimedia embedded processing solutions, announced today that NEC Corporation ("NEC"), a multinational company providing information technology (IT) and network solutions to business enterprises, communications services providers and government, has selected Surf's SurfExpress/PCIeTM multimedia processing solution to provide simultaneous voice and video processing capabilities for their core network mobile and fixed service delivery platforms.
These media servers and media gateways are the forerunners in a set of new multimedia applications and services currently being developed by NEC for Japanese telecom operators who are deploying new IP-based networks. The decision to select Surf's PCIe platform for these projects was three-fold: 1) Surf provides true multimedia support on the same platform when all other manufacturers support voice and video separately; 2) Surf's is a very cost-effective solution; and 3) Surf's platform supports high densities with low power consumption, which is very important in the central office.
The first media server is scheduled for delivery to a Japanese telecom operator in Q4, 2008.
The SurfExpress/PCIe DSP farm includes a complete media processing package for audio, video, modem and fax. It utilizes a highly innovative patent-pending design supporting up to four pairs of DSPs from Texas Instruments' most advanced generation, the C64x(TM), for a total of eight DSPs per PCI Express board. Since the media processing is performed at the DSP level, and not on the host, the Surf product provides an ideal cost-effective solution for high density multimedia channel processing at the lowest possible power consumption.
"NEC selected Surf's development platform because it stood out as the highest density transcoding solution available, and since it is the only true multimedia processing board in the market, handling both voice and video on the same platform," said Kazuo Shimazaki, Senior Manager, NEC Network Service System Division. "In addition, the unique architecture of Surf's solution opens up bottlenecks in the control and media planes, further increasing throughput in our systems."
"We are pleased to be selected as a key supplier for the latest products in NEC Corporation's telecom services line," said Avi Fisher, Surf's CTO. "This project is proof that Surf's products and support staff meet the stringent quality standards demanded by NEC. It also demonstrates how Surf's high density, low power consumption multimedia processing boards provide cost-effective solutions to our customers."
About NEC Corporation
NEC Corporation is one of the world's leading providers of Internet, broadband network and enterprise business solutions dedicated to meeting the specialized needs of its diverse and global base of customers. For more information, visit www.nec.com.
About Surf Communication Solutions
SURF Communication Solutions(R) develops a suite of hardware and software products that drives a wide variety of applications whose common goal is high-capacity distribution of voice and video. These applications are predominantly developed by media gateway, media server and IMS equipment manufacturers in the telecommunication infrastructure field.
The Surf engine is an off-the-shelf fully converged audio/video media processing subsystem that integrates easily into media gateways and servers. It is available in various integration levels, such as AdvancedMC, PTMC, PCIe and PCI form factor resource boards or DSP chips, which are pre-integrated with leading AdvancedTCA, MicroTCA and cPCI carrier boards and blades. For more information, visit http://www.surf-com.com.
Contact Information SURF Communication Solutions Public Relations Tel: +972-(0)-73-714-0700 e-mail: PR@surf-com.com
Contact Information: SURF Communication Solutions, Public Relations, Tel: +972-(0)-73-714-0700, e-mail: PR@surf-com.com
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