Portwell Unveils The Next Generation Communication Appliance Platform with Dual Intel® Xeon Processors and Six Front-accessible Gigabit Interfaces

Dual Intel® Xeon processors at 1.8 to 2.8 GHz and six Gigabit Ethernet interfaces based on Intel® 82546EB plus more...

INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM, SAN JOSE, CA. - Portwell Inc, a leading Communication Appliance platform provider, unveiled today the NAR-7070 communication appliance server based on dual Intel® Xeon processors, the cutting-edge Intel® E7501 chipset with a 533 MHz system bus and dual Intel® 82546EB Gigabit Controllers.

As a new addition to Portwell Communication Appliance product line, NAR-7070 offers processing speed of 2.8 GHz and beyond and up to six Gigabit interfaces in an industrial grade 2U rack-mount system. This high computing and communication performance solution is designed for the most mission critical applications such as security, network management and multimedia communication.

The Hyper-Threading capabilities of dual Intel® Xeon processors provide unparalleled computing power to Gigabit oriented applications. The performance of six front-accessible Gigabit Ethernet interfaces is optimized to take full advantage of the high-bandwidth I/O architecture of Intel® E7501 chipset. The choices of different combination of Copper and Fiber-Optic Gigabit Ethernet interface are supported to satisfy a wider range of applications.

Two built-in PCI-X expansion slots of 133/100 MHz allow additional Ethernet or encryption acceleration card to boost overall hardware performance. An optional PMC connector of independent PCI-X channel is available to increase freedom of add-on card selection.

About Portwell:
Portwell Inc, an active member of Intel Applied Computing Platform Provider, designs and manufactures Network and Security Appliance, Embedded Architecture Solution, Panel PC and a full range of IPC products (SBC, Backplane, Redundant Power Supply, Rack Mount & Node Chassis). We provide complete R&D and project management services to decrease customers time to market, reduce project risk and cost.

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