RAPTOR CONTRIBUTES SWITCHES
Anthony L. Jones (left), Raptor's National Partner Program Manager, and Mark A. Thayer (center), a Raptor Systems Engineer, present the switches to IMSC's Prof. Roger Zimmermann.
Raptor Networks Technology, Inc., of Santa Ana, CA, contributed high-bandwidth, multi-layer switches to IMSC in August. The switches will be used for the Distributed Immersive Performance (DIP) project, according to IMSC key investigator Prof. Roger Zimmermann. The DIP project is developing enabling technologies for immersive, interactive and collaborative environments, including an application to enable musicians in different physical locations to perform together over the Internet.
For information on DIP, go to http://imsc.usc.edu/dip.
The Raptor switches, named the ER (Ether-Raptor) 1010, are architecturally distinct from today's traditional Ethernet switches. They can physically separate units into a distributed architecture of discrete devices that still look and act like a single switch. The slim-line 1RU design provides six ports of 10-gigabit Ethernet and 24 ports of one-gigabit Ethernet in a modular, rackable platform.
Raptor Networks' use of the latest solid state devices affords true wire-speed, super low latency (less than five microseconds) switch/router performance that is scalable to 384 1-gigabit ports in a single-switch fabric. This fabric is able to span distances of up to 40 kilometers, while acting like a single switch with low latency. These ultra high-performance, scalable switch fabrics enable a myriad of fault tolerant applications including Grid computing, real-time video streaming, clustering, and high-bandwidth storage interconnects. For more information on the company, visit http://www.raptor-networks.com.