Date: 09/06/2011

Absolute Analysis joins the RapidIO trade association

Absolute Analysis has joined the open-standards body as a member and will help promote the adoption of the RapidIO Interconnect technology by providing test methodologies and equipment to the RapidIO ecosystem.

The RapidIO specification defines a switch fabric architecture for communication betweel boards and also semiconductor devices at very high speed.

"Absolute Analysis is impressed with the technology and applications that the RapidIO Specification has been able to offer to the market." said Roger Paje, Director of Marketing, Absolute Analysis. "With our release of the Investigator for Serial RapidIO, we feel we can contribute to this ecosystem by providing best-in-class serial test tools and methodologies that will enable designers who use this technology to get their products to market faster."
RapidIO is highly used in baseband cards and backplanes in LTE and WiMAX wireless broadband applications. It also has a strong foothold in military and aerospace radar electronics, medical electronics for video imaging, and the storage industry for cloud computing control.