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April 29, 2008 09:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time

Advanced Mezzanine Cards Take the AdvancedTCA to New Levels

DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c90118) has announced the addition of Advanced Mezzanine Cards Take ATCA to New Levels to their offering.

The existing and continued successful implementation of Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture (ATCA) will definitely be augmented by the Advanced Mezzanine Card (AMC) design. In 2007, Crystal Cube Consulting (CCC) projects a significant full-scale rollout of AMC modules. Ultimately we see AMC’s growth equivalent to 30% to 40% of the ATCA market reflecting revenues approaching $1.1 Billion for the AMC market by year-end 2010. It certainly appears on the surface that AMC will definitely trump the previous generation of CompactPCI and VME solutions taking ATCA to new levels.

The hot swappability feature for AMC is without question a very compelling tool. CompactPCI and ATCA support a hot swappable capability at the board level, however, until just recently hot swappable support for mezzanine cards did not exist. AMC's hot swappability possesses the ability to significantly reduce operating costs by providing carriers with the ability to upgrade, provision, and service working systems in the field with minimal disruption to overall system operation. This capability will go along way in reducing operating expenses, in the field, for the carriers. Certainly this same “Hot Swap” capability will be an exciting addition to the ATCA platforms for the enterprise market as well.

The real success of the ATCA platforms and AMC module design is based on the PICMG standards groups insisting on telecommunications as the central focus. ATCA platforms with its salient features, such as, high bandwidth, hot swappability, integrated system management, and high power capability make it the ideal baseline telecom platform. The AMC module expands upon those features to provide individual field replaceable modules, with programmability, providing tremendous flexibility to service personnel. As mentioned previously the OPEX savings to the carriers will be substantial.

The industry has now reached a point where the carriers, and enterprise markets, need low-cost, flexible networks to deliver all the new leading edge features customers are demanding. The Telcos must be capable and ready to design and implement quickly all of the advanced voice and data services customers are looking for. To be successful, TEMs and carriers must move away from the proprietary systems, utilizing custom designs and rapidly move to the ATCA platforms augmented with AMC modules.

Finally ATCA is a standard that is quickly experiencing tremendous acceptance in the market as it addresses the requirements of the TEMs and carriers.

The telecommunications industry is beginning to embrace this new economic reality, utilizing AMC modules to augment ATCA platforms, which will drive growth, both in revenue and profitability. This groundbreaking report from Crystal Cube Consulting (CCC) will provide a window to the future applications for AMC enabled hardware used in ATCA platforms.

We have compiled a five-year forecast including year-end 2004, and forecasting out from 2005 through 2009. This report includes the revenue growth and unit shipments broken down by major AMC categories, such as, DSPs, General Purpose Processors, and I/O devices. Additionally, this AMC report is the first report to cover the revenue and unit shipments activity of AMC modules, which is expected to generate in excess of $ 600 million by year-end 2009.
Companies Mentioned:
Alcatel
Avaya
Ericsson
Fujitsu
Huawei Technologies LTD
Lucent
Nortel Networks
Siemens
Agere
Freescale
IDT
Intel
Lattice Semiconductor
ON Semiconductor
Potentia Semiconductor
Tera Chips
Texas Instruments
Vitesse
XiLinx
Adlinktech
Adtron
Advant
Advantech
Artesyn Technologies
Continuous Computing
Elma Electronics
EMC Corporation
Ericsson
FCI Connectors
Flextronics
Fortinet
Forte Design and Development
Foxconn Electronics
Fulcrum Microsystems
GE Fanuc
GNP Corporation
Harting
Hewlett Packard
Hybricom Corporation
Interphase
IP Unity
Isxratel
Kontron
Linear
Marconi
Mercury Computer Systems
Meritec
Molex
Momentum Computer Embedded Processing
Motorola
Nallatech
Netapp
Netinsight
Nokia
NMS Communications
Osa Technologies
Pentair
Performance Technologies
Piegon Point Systems
PLX Technologies
Quantum3D
Radisys
Radiatron
Redback Networks, Inc.
Samsung
Samtec
Sanmina SCI
SBS Technologies
Schroff
SynQor
Spectrumsignal
StarGen
Summitmicro
Sun
Tekelectronics
Tekmicro
Telesoft Technologies
Tracewell
Teradiant
Tyco Electronics
Ultacom
UTStarcom
Vmetro
Zynx Networks

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c90118

Source: Crystal Cube Consulting