SurfRider/AMC-EVM(TM) enables user to design, debug, and experiment with TI's digital signal processors (DSPs)and network interfaces from desktop, utilizing same resource board for all stages in developmenet cycle. Product includes SurfRider/AMC, fully integrated RoHS-compliant AMC DSP resource board along with SurfDocker(TM) modular plug-in, and 2 TI TMS320C6412 DSPs. SurfRider/AMC supports PICMG[R] SFP I-TDM protocol over Gigabit Ethernet for transporting audio, video, fax, and modem traffic.

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Surf's SurfRider/AMC-EVM, Utilizing TI's C6455 and C6454 DSPs, Reduces Development Time and Expense by Allowing Developers to Optimize System Parameters Efficiently from the Desktop

YOKNE'AM, Israel and ARLINGTON, Mass., Dec. 4/- SURF Communications Solutions ("Surf"), a leading provider of high-capacity multimedia processing boards for the telecommunication infrastructure field, today announced the SurfRider/AMC-EVM(TM), a complete application development environment comprised of an AMC resource board carrying two Texas Instruments Incorporated's (TI) digital signal processors (DSP). The SurfRider/AMC-EVM enables developers of telecom applications to design, debug and experiment with different TI DSPs and network interfaces from their desktop, eliminating the need for an ATCA or MicroTCA carrier board chassis.

The SurfRider/AMC-EVM includes the SurfRider/AMC, a fully-integrated RoHS- compliant AMC DSP resource board. The patent-pending design of the SurfRider/AMC features the SurfDocker(TM) modular plug-in, which carries pairs of TI DSPs and supports a variety of configurations to meet development requirements. Up to four SurfDocker modules can be plugged into a single SurfRider/AMC, for a total of eight DSPs per AMC board. The basic SurfRider/AMC-EVM model includes two TI TMS320C6412 DSPs, and will accommodate other TI DSPs, including the robust, high-performance TMS320C6455 DSP and new TMS320C6454 DSP