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[Tronic]

Hallo Interphasefreunde!

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Interphase Announces Industry`s Most Advanced CompactPCI Controller for Telecommunication Systems; Product Capabilities Surpass Any Controller in Its Class

DALLAS, May 8, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Interphase Corporation (Nasdaq: INPH), an
international supplier of enterprise networking technologies, today announced
the world`s most advanced controller for telecommunication systems based on the
industry-standard CompactPCI(R) bus architecture.

The new 6535 Octal T1/E1 Communications Controller is the flagship product
supporting the company`s initiative into fast-growing telecommunication markets
including wireless communications, fast Internet Access and Advanced Intelligent
Networking.

The growth in wireless networks and the popularity of the Internet has spawned a
new industry of specialized "off the shelf" equipment designed to provide
cost-effective enhanced services for the next-generation telecommunications
infrastructure. U.S. telecommunication service providers alone will spend more
than $13 billion in 2000 to expand their global communication networks.
According to the Phillips Group, this expansion is expected to grow to more than
$17 billion in 2002, an increase of more than 60-percent from 1999 levels.

"Network operators and service providers need to quickly develop and deliver
new, competitively priced enhanced services to customers if they want to remain
competitive in the rapidly changing telecommunications market," said Greg
Kalush, Interphase president and CEO. "This has created a tremendous need for
flexible open system communications products that deliver time-to-market
advantages at an affordable price. Our new 6535 controller responds to this need
with the power and scalability to enable a variety next-generation
telecommunication applications. We are extremely excited to offer the industry`s
strongest product offering in this category."

The 6535 Octal T1/E1 Communications Controller offers superior performance with
an advanced architecture that features the Motorola MPC8260 RISC CPU, the most
advanced integrated communication microprocessor ever designed for the
telecommunication and networking markets. With this superior processing
capability and carrier-class features optimized for telecommunication
applications, the 6535 is perfect for wireless telephony, high-speed Internet
access and Advanced Intelligent Network equipment.


Wireless Telephony

The growth in wireless networks is driven by mobility and the increase in user
devices, such as cell phones and pagers, which is driving demand for high
availability telecommunication systems to support expanding wireless network
requirements. Base station controllers and other wireless network equipment
require high density T1/E1 line termination capability per system. With the
highest number of ports per 6U CompactPCI slots available in the industry, the
6535 provides a perfect solution for next-generation wireless equipment.


High-speed Internet Access

The explosive growth of the Internet is creating a tremendous need for
next-generation equipment for telecommunication carriers, cable modem operators
and Internet Service Providers. The 6535, with its high channel density and high
availability features, is an ideal platform for equipment suppliers designing
high-speed Internet access solutions with carrier class functionality.


Advanced Intelligent Networking

The Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) is the world`s largest data network and
it controls traditional telephone calls, cellular calls, data communications as
well as new broadband ATM services. With its support for multiple protocols,
including SS7 and ATM, the 6535 is an excellent high density, high performance
connectivity solution supporting AIN applications.

"We designed this product specifically for the next-generation telecommunication
applications that will drive tomorrow`s voice and data connectivity," said
Linsey Matthews, Interphase product manager. "The initial market acceptance from
our customers is very exciting, and we are pleased to add the 6535
communications controller to our robust family of connectivity products for
next-generation telecommunication system."

Features that solidify the 6535`s industry leading position include:


-- Up to Eight T1/E1 Interfaces - The 6535 comes equipped with
either 4 or 8 T1/E1/J1 interfaces, providing telecom OEMs and
integrators with a high density, fully channelized WAN
communications solution for connection to telecommunication
switches, gateway devices, AIN nodes, CTI systems, VOIP
gateways or remote access multiplexers. Telecommunications and
data traffic can be simultaneously aggregated across any or
all 8 ports, allowing the 6535 to deliver as much as 400%
higher throughput than the closest competing product.

-- On-board H.110 Bus - H.110 is an industry specification that
allows developers and integrators to build robust,
interoperable hardware and software solutions for
telecommunications and data networking applications using
CompactPCI-based platforms. The addition of H.110 bus enables
the 6535 to switch telecommunication data streams directly
between peripheral modules in a CompactPCI chassis. This makes
it possible for developers to swiftly build and scale the
full-function telecommunication systems of the future.

-- Advanced ATM Capabilities - Interphase is leveraging its vast
experience as an ATM leader to offer advanced ATM capabilities
on the 6535 that include Inverse ATM Multiplexing (IMA). This
IMA functionality allows multiple T1/E1/J1s to act as a single
coherent ATM connection, offering overall greater bandwidth
for demanding applications. With IMA, applications can use the
combined bandwidth more effectively, since idle capacity on
one line can be aggregated with unused capacity on another.
The 6535 is also the only product in the industry that can
currently utilize IMA capabilities with fractional T1/E1
lines, allowing the combination of ATM and non-ATM traffic on
the same T1 or E1 span.

-- Simultaneous Multiprotocol Communications Support - In
addition to ATM, the 6535 features the industry`s most
comprehensive suite of WAN and telecommunications protocol
software including Frame Relay, ISDN, X.25, SS7, HDLC and
LAPD. The ability to run multiple protocols concurrently
preserves host system slots while allowing system designers to
build high-availability systems that perform multiple
communication functions, making more efficient use of system
resources.

-- High Availability Support - The 6535 includes "carrier class"
features that are designed to meet the high availability
requirements of telecommunication systems that rarely or never
fail. Support for "hot swapping" in CompactPCI systems is
provided, helping integrators design telecommunications
systems that provide 99.999% (five-nines) availability.
"Five-nines" availability translates to about five minutes of
unplanned downtime per year, which is the norm in the
telecommunications industry.

The 6535 will be available for design-in evaluation to qualified accounts
beginning in early July.


About Interphase Corporation

Interphase Corporation (Nasdaq: INPH), a leader in Fibre Channel and next
generation telecommunication technologies, designs and delivers high performance
connectivity adapters for computer and telecommunication networks. The company`s
Host Bus Adapter products connect computer and telecommunication servers to
storage area networks (SAN), wide area networks (WAN) and local area networks
(LAN) utilizing Fibre Channel, Asynchronous Transfer Mode (or ATM), SS7, Frame
Relay and ISDN technologies. Headquartered in Dallas, with offices in Austin,
Paris, London, and Bangkok, Interphase 1999 revenues were $73.5 million. Clients
include Hewlett Packard, IBM, Compaq/Tandem, Motorola, Sun Microsystems,
Lockheed Martin, Nokia and Raytheon. Additional information about Interphase and
its products is available through the company`s web site at
http://www.iphase.com.

The Interphase logo is a registered trademark of Interphase Corporation.

MfG

Tronic

[Raunzer]

Hallo Mitleidende, Interphase konnte sich die letzten Tage recht gut behaupten, sind nämlich einige News zu der momentanen Messe auf CBS Marketwatch rausgekommen. Wär nett wenn die einer hier reinstellen könnte. Das hat dem Kurs wenigstens die Unterstützung nach unten gegeben. Wer weiß wo die Nasdaq noch hinläuft und Interphase mitzieht.
Mfg Raunzer

[Tronic]

Fibre Channel Industry Association Demonstrates Live SAN Storage Pool at Networld + Interop 2000

LAS VEGAS, May 9, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Fibre Channel Industry
Association (FCIA) Tuesday announced it will showcase a storage pool
demonstration at the Networld + Interop (N+I) show, May 9-11 in Las Vegas.

In addition, more than 30 member companies are exhibiting new products and
solutions related to Fibre Channel and Storage Area Network (SAN) technologies.

"With the ever increasing need for shared storage within the networking and
enterprise industries, N+I is the ideal venue to showcase cutting-edge Fibre
Channel and SAN solutions," stated Skip Jones, president of the FCIA.

"This demonstration not only raises the level of expectation among end users
with regard to storage performance and flexibility, but it also shows network
and IT professionals that Fibre Channel SANs are a reliable, high-performance
and cost-effective solution."

The storage pooling demo, located in the Las Vegas Convention Center at booth
L2955, displays how the aggregation of storage into manageable pools provides
tangible benefits to end users. The advantages of pooling storage include more
efficiently allocated resources, cost-effective management and secure
accessibility.

Furthermore, networked pools of storage result in improved performance and data
availability. The storage pooling demonstration integrates multiple storage
vendors that provide drag-and-drop volume service to multiple operating systems,
including Solaris, Linux and NT.

"Utilizing a storage network and pools allows end users to easily scale their
needs not only to meet the growing storage requirements, but also to meet the
dynamic seasonal fluctuations within an operating enterprise," Jones concluded.

In addition, two vertical racks housing multiple vendors` products with plasma
screens attached to the top will play informational videos highlighting the
advances in Fibre Channel technology.


The following are participating in the FCIA`s demonstration:

Adaptec, Agilent, Ancor Communications, ATTO Technology, Brocade, Cambex,
Chaparral Network Storage, Ciprico, Computer Network Technology, Connex,
Datacore Software, Emulex, FCI (Berg), Finisar, Fujitsu CPA, Hitachi Data
Systems, I-Tech, Interphase, McDATA Corporation, Methode Electronics, Molex,
OSFI, QLogic, Seagate Technology, Sony Electronics, Storage Area Networks,
TrueSAN Networks, Vixel and VMIC.


About The FCIA

The Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA) is an international organization
of manufacturers, systems integrators, developers, systems vendors, industry
professionals and end users.

With more than 175 members and affiliates in the United States, Europe and
Japan, the FCIA is committed to delivering a broad base of Fibre Channel
infrastructure to support a wide array of industry applications within the mass
storage and IT-based arenas.

FCIA Working Groups focus on specific aspects of the technology that target both
vertical and horizontal markets, including storage, video, networking and SAN
Management. For information, contact the Fibre Channel Industry Association at
415/750-8355 or via e-mail at [e-mail], or visit the FCIA Web site
at http://www.fibrechannel.org.

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Interphase Partners With Leading Vendors to Demonstrate Next-Generation Telecommunication Solutions at Networld+Interop 2000

DALLAS, May 9, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) --

-- Interphase Controllers Provide Versatile Connectivity for
High Availability Telecommunication Servers --

Interphase Corporation (Nasdaq: INPH), an international supplier of enterprise
networking technologies, today announced that it is partnering with Force
Computers (NYSE:SLR), Motorola Computer Group (NYSE:MOT), and Ziatech
Corporation to demonstrate a wide range of next-generation telecommunication
solutions at the Networld+Interop 2000 tradeshow in Las Vegas this week.

Several product demonstrations illustrate the power and versatility of the new
line of Interphase controllers for use in third-generation wireless
communications, high-speed Broadband Internet access and Advanced Intelligent
Network (AIN) applications.

"The Embedded Telecommunications segment offers an extremely high growth market
opportunity and is a key initiative for Interphase," said Roger Woolley,
Interphase Senior Director of Global Marketing. "Our demonstrations at
Networld+Interop show how equipment providers and integrators can
cost-effectively build reliable telecommunication systems to deliver enhanced
services such as cellular telephony, wireless Internet access, broadband
Internet access and call number portability."

Featured in the demonstrations are the communication controllers that Interphase
announced last month in support of its initiative to penetrate this rapidly
growing next-generation broadband telecommunications server market. The new
products include:


-- 4535 Multiprotocol T1/E1 PMC Communications Controller - a
high-performance mezzanine controller equipped with 2
high-speed T1/E1 links for ATM, Frame Relay and SS7 protocol
communications in support of wireless and Internet access
applications.

-- 4534 Quad-port Serial PMC Communications Controller - a
high-performance mezzanine controller that provides 4
high-speed serial I/O lines for X.25, Frame Relay and SS7
protocol communications in support of Advanced Intelligent
Network (AIN) and leased-line connectivity applications.

-- 4531 ATM over T3/E3 PMC Communications Controller - a
high-performance mezzanine controller supporting
high-bandwidth ATM communications over T3/E3 communications
links in for Internet access applications.

High Speed ATM for Internet Access

Frustrated with slow Web content delivery and lengthy file downloads, many users
are seeking faster broadband access to the Internet. Rapidly growing
alternatives include cable-modem service through the same wire that delivers
cable TV programming or high-speed DSL access through regular telephone lines.
Both require ATM as the interconnecting service.

Teamed with Ziatech at Networld+Interop, Interphase is demonstrating its 4575
ATM Over OC-3 Communications Controller in an Internet access application
utilizing the Ziatech ZT5083 High Availability CompactPCI(R) system. The display
illustrates how developers and service providers can utilize this product
combination for several ATM access network applications including Access
Concentrators, DSLAMs, ATM gateways, and Element Management Systems.


Building the Next Generation of Wireless

The wireless telecommunications industry is rapidly changing. Subscribers are
demanding enhanced wireless services, and it is anticipated that there will be
more than a billion wireless Internet users worldwide by 2003. Network operators
and service providers are seeking flexible and cost-effective solutions to help
them meet these demands.

At Networld+Interop, Interphase has teamed with Motorola Computer Group to
demonstrate how the Motorola CPX2000 CompactPCI system and the 4535
Communications Controller enables multiprotocol T1/E1 communications for
third-generation mobile Internet networks. With support for multiple protocols,
the Motorola/Interphase solution offers developers an excellent architecture on
which to develop new wireless applications with fast-time-to-market, especially
for Base Station Controllers, Base Transmission Stations, Interworking Functions
and Home Location Registers.


Making the Advanced Intelligent Network More Intelligent

Today`s familiar telephony features -- such as caller ID, call waiting and
800/888 numbers -- are value-added services made possible by the Advanced
Intelligent Network. The usage of these existing services is proliferating and
subscribers, placing a tremendous burden on the existing capacity within the
Intelligent Network, are rapidly adopting new services such as call number
portability.

Interphase is partnering with Force Computers to demonstrate how the Force
Centellis CompactPCI telecommunications server populated with Interphase 4535
and 4534 controllers can deliver intelligent I/O for AIN applications requiring
T1/E1 and synchronous communications. This powerful combination gives service
providers with cost and time-to-market advantages when deploying next-generation
telecommunication systems such as Element Management Systems, Intelligent
Peripherals and Service Creation Points within the Advanced Intelligent Network.

Interphase is located in Booth No. 933 in the North Hall of the Las Vegas
Convention Center.


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Interphase Demonstrates World`s First Fibre Channel and Gigabit Ethernet Combination Adapter at Networld+Interop 2000

DALLAS, May 9, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) --

-- SlotOptimizer(TM) Storage Networking Adapter Delivers
High Throughput for Demanding Video Server Connectivity --

Interphase Corporation (Nasdaq: INPH), an international supplier of enterprise
networking technologies, is demonstrating its innovative 5570 SlotOptimizer
Storage Networking Adapter in a high-end video server environment at the
Networld+Interop 2000 conference in Las Vegas, May 9-11.

The 5570 is the industry`s first server host adapter that combines both Fibre
Channel and Gigabit Ethernet connectivity on a single PCI adapter, providing
extremely high bandwidth and a more efficient use of system resources for
Internet connectivity and storage networking applications.

"Streaming video is a popular Internet technology that places extra performance
demands on the enterprise servers, video servers and e-servers that must store,
manage and access large and complex video content files," said Greg Kalush,
President and CEO at Interphase. "Our 5570 excels at delivering the throughput
necessary to rapidly access video content from storage assets and then carry the
content to the end user with the bandwidth to ensure continuous `broadcast
quality` streams."

Multimedia content such as streaming video is having a strong impact on today`s
popular culture and business environment, providing users with informative and
entertaining material on an almost instantaneous basis. Enabled by the Internet,
new streaming video applications are becoming the norm in on-line industries
such as residential entertainment, in-flight and mobile entertainment, corporate
training and distance learning, and e-commerce. To support these applications,
network infrastructures must offer new levels of network performance and
unlimited storage access to facilitate fast delivery of content.

The Interphase demonstration illustrates a point-to-multipoint streaming video
application being fed from a video server running the Windows 2000 operating
environment. Enabled by the 5570 SlotOptimizer adapter, content is retrieved
from a RAID storage unit over a full duplex 1Gbps Fibre Channel connection and
then delivered to the subscriber via a "fat" Gigabit Ethernet distribution
network.

The 5570 SlotOptimizer Storage Networking Adapter provides an innovative
solution that responds to the market`s need for high throughput connectivity for
web servers, rack-optimized servers and other enterprise systems tasked with
delivering multimedia content "on-demand." By utilizing Fibre Channel, the 5570
adapter provides up to 200 MBps data storage throughput. And with Gigabit
Ethernet connectivity, the 5570 SlotOptimizer Adapter provides a "fat" data pipe
to support high-end Internet network architectures, delivering added performance
to the LAN while working with the existing Ethernet LAN infrastructure.

Interphase is located in Booth No. 933 in the North Hall of the Las Vegas
Convention Center. The 5570 SlotOptimizer Storage Networking Adapter will be
generally available in late Q2 2000 with a standard list price of $1795.00.


MfG

Tronic

[Tronic]

Produktinfo:

Interphase Corporation Host Adapters 4526 PMC Fibre Channel Adapter Designed to deliver gigabit performance to servers and power workstations, the 4526 is a full-featured, single port Fibre Channel for PMC-based systems.

Interphase Corporation Host Adapters 5526 PCI Fibre Channel Adapter Designed to deliver gigabit performance to servers and power workstations, the PowerSAN™ 32-bit Adapter Family consists of full-featured, single port Fibre Channel adapters for PCI-based systems.

Interphase Corporation Host Adapters 6526 CompactPCI Fibre Channel Adapter Designed to deliver gigabit performance to high-end servers and embedded platforms, the 6526 is a full-featured, single port Fibre Channel adapter for CompactPCI-based (CPCI) Systems.

Interphase Corporation Software FibreView Enterprise FibreView Enterprise is a powerful, full-featured SAN management tool which helps simplify the network administrator`s job of managing the SAN.

Interphase Corporation Host Adapters PowerSAN 64-bit PCI Fibre Channel Adapter PowerSAN 64-bit PCI Fibre Channel adapters are full-featured solutions for servers and enterprise computing systems. PowerSAN delivers the superior performance and reliability demanded by today`s server storage applications.

[Osssi]

...ist mir ein wenig zu viel Text auf Englisch...dann kann ich außerdem den Inhalt als Außenstehender nicht bewerten--gut/schlecht für die Aktie??

...Wie wäre es mit deutscher Kurzform und Interpretation ??

MFG

[Tronic]

Wir stehen kurz vor dem nächsten Anstieg: Ziel 40$ !

[Raunzer]

Sehe ich genauso wie tronic, sollte nur in den nächsten tagen ein signifikanter Ausbruch über die 20er sich einstellen. Zudem sehen die Indikatoren wieter gut aus und wenn die Nasdaq nicht noch mehr abschmiert könnte sich in nächster Zeit was tun.
Nur noch mal zur Erinnerung. Die meisten News kamen erst ende des letzten Quartals und die neuen Produkte sind erst in diesem bzw. Anfang des nächsten Quartals erhältlich,(momentan 2 Weltneuheiten, 5570 und 6535)sehr gutes erstes Quartal, außer beim Umsatz und von den Zahlen ausgehend bei 0% Umsatzwachstum (was ich ja kaum für möglich halte) ein Kgv von 25 für´00 und ein Kuv von 2 bei einem Kurs von 20 Euro. Wie hat Beckenbauer gesagt: "Schaun wr mal"
Mfg Raunzer

[Tronic]

Item 2. MANAGEMENT`S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS RESULTS OF OPERATIONS As of March 31, 2000, the Company has completed the sale of its VOIP business; accordingly the Company`s consolidated financial statements and notes included herein, for all periods presented reflect the VOIP business as a discontinued operation in accordance with Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 30. Revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2000 ("first quarter 2000") were $13,585,000. Revenues for the same period in 1999 ("comparative period") were $17,169,000. While the Company`s legacy Networking LAN and WAN revenues have declined from the first quarter of 2000 to the comparative period, our Fibre Channel and Networking Broadband Telecommunications controller revenues have increased. The decrease in revenue is primarily attributable to the effects of the transitional period where the Company is refocusing its efforts on its new Fibre Channel and Networking Broadband Telecommunication controller. Networking LAN product revenues, consisting of FDDI, Ethernet, ATM and Fast Ethernet, represented 26% of total revenues for the first quarter 2000, as compared to 45% for the comparative period. FDDI product revenues declined 26%, Ethernet product revenues increased 82%, ATM product revenues declined 40% and Fast Ethernet product revenues declined 92% as compared to the comparative period. FDDI, Ethernet, ATM and Fast Ethernet product revenues represented 46%, 31%, 13% and 10% of total Networking LAN revenues, respectively for the first quarter 2000. Mass storage product revenues, consisting of SCSI and Fibre Channel adapter cards, represented 53% of total revenues for the first quarter 2000, as compared to 31% for the comparative period. SCSI product revenues declined 25% while Fibre Channel product revenues increased 43% over the comparative period. Broadband telecommunication controller revenues represented 16% of total revenues for the first quarter 2000, as compared to 3% for the comparative period. Broadband telecommunication controller revenues grew 276% from as compared to the comparative period. WAN product revenues comprised 3% of revenues for the first quarter 2000, as compared to 18% for the comparative period. WAN product revenues decreased 87% as compared to the comparative period. The Company will continue to focus on revenues from Fibre Channel adapter and Broadband Telecommunication controller, which is expected to offset revenue declines in older technologies such as FDDI and Ethernet. The Company`s current marketing strategy is to increase market penetration through sales to major OEM customers. One of these customers accounted for approximately 36% of the Company`s revenue for the first quarter of 2000 and 52% in the comparative period. The gross margin percentage for the first quarter 2000 was 55% and 46% for the comparative period. The increase in gross margin is primarily due to a continued focus on product cost improvements, selling a higher percentage of products with a greater gross margin than the comparative period, as well as a reduction in revenue to certain OEM`s at a lower gross margin, related to volume discounts. Since the Company is in a migration of older products to new Fibre Channel products and Broadband Telecommunication controller, the gross margin is expected to be between 48% to 50% in subsequent quarters, as these new products are expected to be priced competitively. Operating expenses for the first quarter 2000 were $6,085,000 as compared to $6,003,000 for the comparative period. Operating expenses have been held flat to a year ago, with an increase in sales and marketing activities, offset by decreases in general and administrative. Operating expenses are expected to remain consistent with our revenues. LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES The Company`s cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities aggregated $20,803,000 at March 31, 2000, and $16,276,000 at December 31, 1999. The Company`s increased cash position is primarily due to cash generated from operations, the collection of cash related to the disposition of Quescom (see note 6), a reduction in inventory and the collection of accounts receivable, offset by the purchase of fixed assets, payment on debt and other liabilities, tax payments and purchase of common stock. In the next twelve months, scheduled debt payments on the Company`s credit facility are approximately $2,192,000. Effective October 1998, the Company approved a stock repurchase agreement with Motorola, Inc. to purchase all of the shares owned by Motorola for $4,125,000, ratably from October 1998 to July 2002. Under the terms of the agreement, Motorola retains the right as an equity owner and has assigned it voting rights to the Company. The Company plans to cancel the stock upon each repurchase. Prior to the repurchase agreement, Motorola owned approximately 12% of the Company`s outstanding common stock. The future scheduled payments are classified as redeemable common stock in the accompanying consolidated Balance Sheet. As of March 31, 2000, 253,335 shares have been repurchased for $1,583,343 and retired. The Company expects that its cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities and proceeds from its credit facility will be adequate to meet foreseeable cash needs for the next 12 months.

[Raunzer]

Hallo zusammen, wer des englischen mächtig ist kann ja mal auf www.siliconinvestor.com vorbeischauen, haben auch ein board das zu interphase schon seit 96 besteht und damals war die Aktie in deren Augen auch schon zu unbekannt, heißt keiner wollte sie haben.
Bin mitlerweile mit 60% meines Depots in Interphase drin zu einem Kurs von 20,8 Euro und je länger ich investiert bin desto mehr bin ich der Überzeugung das sich dieses Investmet auszahlen wird.
Mfg Raunzer

[BONCL]

Hallo Raunzer,

Du musst aber schwer von INPH überzeugt sein. Ich habe INPH als Leiche im Depot liegen (KK 34E) und hoffe dass ich sie schnellstmöglichst wieder loswerden kann....naja schaun mer mal. Hoffentlich behälst Du recht :-)

Gruß BONCL

[Raunzer]

Hallo BONCL, nachstehend wollte ich noch mal aufführen warum ich bei Interphase so stark investiert bin und vieleicht kann ich auch ein paar positive Argumente bringen.
Verfolge die Aktie seit erster Empfehlung in BO und bin auch mit 32 zum ersten mal rein. Interphase sind in einem Wachstumsmarkt tätig der im Bereich Fiberchannel in den folgenden Jahren im Jahr um min. 60% wachsen soll und im Telekomunikationssegment momentan noch in den Kinderschuhen steckt. Viele Produkte kommen jetzt erst in den Handel und deswegen denke ich das die Resonanz der Konsumenten und die Aufträge erst in nächster Zeit richtig ins laufen kommen. Kuv und Kgv stehen in keinem Verhältnis zu den Konkurenten am Markt, im Bereich Embedded Systems sind mir gar keine Konkurenten bekannt, wenn jemand was anderes weiß kann er es ruhig hier reinstellen, bin immer offen für Kritik. Werde dann auch meine Sicht der Dinge der Lage anpassen müssen. Produkte sind genauso leistungsfähig wie die der Konkurenten (6535 Weltneuheit und leidtungsfähigstes Produkt am Markt, 5570 Weltneuheit und HP nimmt dieses Produkt obwohl sie mit Produkten von Agilent was eigenes hätten). Außerdem ist Interphase im Wechsel mit der Uni von New Hampshire Ausrichter der Tests der FCIA, daher sie sitzen an der Quelle was neue Standards und Techniken anbelangt. Interphase ist auch führend im Bereich des Asyncronen Transfer Modus (ATM) auf der ja die Breitbandtechnologie beruht, heißt das über ein und die selbe Leitung Video Audio Sprache Daten übertragen werden kann. Was passiert wenn im Juli die USA auf das digitale Breitbandnetz umstellt? Man kann über das Fernsehen zeitgleich auch Internet anbieten, aber was muß zuerst da sein, die Infrastruktur und deswegen höre ich in letzter Zeit immer lautere Analystenstimmen das im Bereich der Netzwerk-, Breitband- und Funktechnologie nachhaltig die Performence von vielen Internetaktien zu ereichen ist und da ist Interphase seit kurzem recht gut positioniert.
Mein Fazit: Wenn in naher Zukunft alle Arten von Information, B2B, B2C, Komunikation zusammenwachsen soll, wird dies erst gelingen wenn die Infrastruktur vorhanden ist. Eine Flasche kann man auch nur so schnell lehren wie ihr Hals groß ist.
Mfg Raunzer

[Tronic]

Interphase Unveils New Reseller Partner Program

- GoldRushT Program to Focus on Key Resellers, Offering Enhanced
Sales,
Marketing and Support -

DALLAS, Texas, May 22, 2000 -- Interphase Corporation (NASDAQ: INPH),
an
international supplier of enterprise networking technologies, today
introduced its GoldRushT Partner Program at the VARVision Spring 2000
Conference sponsored by the Gartner Group. The GoldRush program
delivers
on the company`s commitment to broaden its reseller base by providing
greater support and financial incentives to qualified Value Added
Resellers
(VARs) and system integrators. The program offers several benefits
including qualified sales leads, marketing programs and dedicated
technical
support.

"One of our key initiatives has been to expand our channels to market
through an increasing number of VARs," explained Greg Kalush, president
and
CEO of Interphase. "The GoldRush Program is the next step in our
aggressive
channel strategy and we anticipate it will accelerate the growth of our
reseller base and significantly raise the visibility of Interphase in
this
important sales channel."

The GoldRush program offers three levels of partnership status based on
performance and revenue attainment: 14K Gold, 18K Gold and 24K Gold.
Resellers receive increased levels of support and service for each
successive stage of the program. Key benefits of the GoldRush program
include:

· Co-marketing incentives using co-op dollars earned at three revenue
levels
· Market Development Funds (MDF) earned by reaching revenue goals at
quarter and year-end
· Special marketing programs including "spiffs", free 30-day product
evaluations, etc.
· Pre-sale and post-sales support; priority technical support
· Exclusive Web access to product information, co-op accrual balances,
etc.


"We are pleased to see the aggressive expansion of channel marketing
efforts by Interphase," said Jesse May, president of Chandler/May,
Inc., an
Interphase integration partner. "By introducing the GoldRush Partner
Program, Interphase is providing us with a powerful resource to help
capture lucrative market share for Storage Area Network and
next-generation
telecommunication solutions. Interphase is a great business partner
that
understands and values our role in helping take their products to
market."

Resellers interested in joining the Interphase GoldRush program should
go
to the company`s Web site
(http://www.ProcessRequest.com/apps/redir.asp?link=3169,Ybehg…
and request
more information.

About VARVision

VARVision Spring 2000, taking place May 21 - 24 in Orlando, Florida, is
focused on helping vendor companies like Interphase build, strengthen,
and
expand channel partnership programs with the leading VARs focused on
networking, Internet and extranet deployment, and systems integrators
from
across North America. More than 200 executive-level representatives
from
North America`s leading VARs and systems integrators are attending the
event to build new and profitable channel partnerships. Tech Data
Corporation, a leading Interphase distribution partner, is also a
co-sponsor of the VARVision conference.

About Interphase Corporation

Interphase Corporation (NASDAQ: INPH), a leader in Fibre Channel and
next-generation telecommunication technologies, designs and delivers
high
performance connectivity adapters for computer and telecommunication
networks. The company`s products connect computer and telecommunication
servers to storage area networks (SAN), wide area networks (WAN) and
local
area networks (LAN) utilizing Fibre Channel, Asynchronous Transfer Mode
(ATM), SS7, Frame Relay and ISDN technologies. Headquartered in
Dallas,
with offices in Austin, Paris, London, and Bangkok, Interphase 1999
revenues were $73.5 million. Clients include Hewlett Packard, IBM,
Compaq/Tandem, Motorola, Sun Microsystems, Lockheed Martin, Nokia and
Raytheon. Additional information about Interphase and its products
is
available through the company`s web site at
http://www.ProcessRequest.com/apps/redir.asp?link=3168,Ybehg…

###

The Interphase logo is a registered trademark and GoldRush is a
trademark
of Interphase Corporation.

**************************************************
Denise Dyke 214-654-5000
Interphase Corp. Fax: [phone]
Marketing Programs Coordinator
[e-mail]
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[Tronic]

Interphase Delivers High Availability Support for Carrier-Class
Communication Applications Running LynuxWorks` LynxOS/HA

- Software Developer`s Kit provides customers with tool to implement
maximized reliability for mission critical applications -

DALLAS, Texas, May 23, 2000 -- Interphase Corporation (NASDAQ: INPH),
an
international supplier of enterprise networking technologies, today
announced the availability of a Software Development Kit (SDK) for its
4535 Communication Controller that allows telecommunication equipment
suppliers and developers to implement "high availability" (HA) support
for applications running on LynuxWorks, Inc.`s real-time operating
system-based platforms. The LynuxWorks` LynxOS® real-time operating
system is widely deployed in mission critical telecommunications
applications and is currently the only real time operating system to
offer integrated high availability support.

The telecommunications equipment market is exploding as service
providers respond to the astounding growth of the Internet and of
wireless services. As a result, Internet and telecommunications
equipment suppliers are under tremendous pressure to rapidly develop a
new generation of systems that meet stringent 99.999% availability
requirements. Also known as "five-nines," 99.999% availability
translates into approximately five minutes of planned system downtime
per year. The new SDK from Interphase allows developers to capitalize
on the inherent high availability features of the LynxOS operating
system when using the 4535 controller to ensure high availability
operation at the overall system level.

"Next-generation telecommunication systems are driven by mission
critical requirements and open system platforms such as CompactPCI,"
said Greg Kalush, Interphase president and CEO. "The software
functionality we`re announcing today enables our customers to create a
new generation of fast-to-market open system communication solutions
where downtime is simply not an option."

The LynxOS Software Developer`s Kit allows developers to create "hot
swap" functionality for CompactPCI carrier cards utilizing the 4535
mezzanine controller, contributing to overall high availability at the
system-level. Hot swap allows in-line maintenance or replacement of
4535-based I/O cards without system interruption. The SDK contains a
base driver for the high availability version of the LynxOS operating
system and APIs for ATM Frame Relay, X.25, PPP, and HDLC embedded
software protocols.

"As a LynuxWorks Synergy Program partner, Interphase has tightly
integrated the SDK and 4535 with the proven LynuxWorks HA software to
provide a communications solution for developers of carrier-grade
telecommunications products," said Dr. Inder Singh, Chairman and CEO of
LynuxWorks. "In a high availability CompactPCI system, the 4535 Hot
Swap driver interface is a requirement for designing 24-by-7, or
five-nines platforms."

The 4535 Multiprotocol T1/E1 PMC Communications Controller is a
high-performance mezzanine controller that provides 2 high-speed T1/E1
links for ATM, Frame Relay and SS7 protocol communications in support
of
wireless and Internet access connectivity applications. The LynxOS SDK
is sold with the 4535 hardware starting at $2495, and is available
immediately from Interphase and authorized Interphase representatives
and distributors.

About LynuxWorks

LynuxWorks, Inc., formerly Lynx Real-Time Systems, is a developer and
supplier of Linux and real-time operating system software for reliable
and high-performance embedded computing applications. LynuxWorks
supports industry standards in communications, avionics, automotive,
office automation and process control systems worldwide, enabling
customers to leverage their investments in software and education.
LynuxWorks products include the open-source BlueCat Linux; the
scalable, Linux compatible LynxOS® real-time operating system; software
frameworks for high-availability systems; development tools and
technical support worldwide. Information about LynuxWorks is available
on the World Wide Web at www.linuxworks.com

About Interphase Corporation

Interphase Corporation (NASDAQ: INPH), a leader in Fibre Channel and
next-generation telecommunication technologies, designs and delivers
high performance connectivity adapters for computer and
telecommunication networks. The company`s products connect computer and
telecommunication servers to storage area networks (SAN), wide area
networks (WAN) and local area networks (LAN) utilizing Fibre Channel,
Asynchronous Transfer Mode (or ATM), SS7, Frame Relay and ISDN
technologies. Headquartered in Dallas, with offices in Austin, Paris,
London, and Bangkok, Interphase 1999 revenues were $73.5 million.
Clients include Hewlett Packard, IBM, Compaq/Tandem, Motorola, Sun
Microsystems, Lockheed Martin, Nokia and Raytheon. Additional
information about Interphase and its products is available through the
company`s web site at http://www.iphase.com.

[steve_I]

Hallo Leute

Kann mir jemand mal bitte den Jahresumsatz ´99 und den geplanten reinposten?
Gewinn ist auch noch erwünscht. Ansonsten stehe ich weiterhin zu Interphase.
Gott sei dank noch im plus.


Dankeschön steve

[Raunzer]

Interphase invokes incentives
May 22, 2000 12:49 PM ET

By Wayne Carter, dbusiness.com

DALLAS, May 22 (dbusiness.com) -- Interphase Corp. is instituting a new reseller program in an effort
to expand the number of systems integrators that incorporate its products into their businesses.

Through its new GoldRush Partner Program, Interphase plans to give
companies that resell its products greater support and financial
incentives.

The program includes cooperative marketing programs and market-development funding that
resellers can earn by reaching revenue goals. Interphase also plans to offer free, 30-day product
evaluations; pre- and post-sale support; priority technical support; and Web-based access to product
information and status with regard to GoldRush initiatives.

"If (resellers) want to run (marketing) programs outside of what we`re doing, GoldRush gives them
additional resources to make that happen," Interphase spokesman Michael Eckley said.

Interphase (Nasdaq: INPH) makes connectors that link computers, servers and other elements in
computer and telecommunications networks using a variety of communications protocols. The
company`s clients include Hewlett Packard, IBM, Motorola and Sun Microsystems. Eckley told
dbusiness.com the company has used incentives and assistance plans in the past, but none have
been structured as formal programs.

For the year ended Dec. 31, 1999, Interphase reported net income of $4.3 million, 61 cents per
diluted share, compared to net income of $3.9 million, 49 cents per diluted share, in 1998. Revenue
increased from $68.7 million to $73.5 million for the year.

Late Monday morning, Interphase`s stock was down 6 percent, $1.13, to $16.31. The stock has
traded between $11.68 and $49 in the past 52 weeks.

Denke das Interphase fieberhaft seine Produkte an den Mann zu bringen versucht, hoffe das dieses Vorhaben sich durchsetzt, wird mann spätestens an den nächsten Quartalszahlen sehen.
Mfg Raunzer

[Tronic]

Interphase Corporation
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(amounts are presented in thousands, except per-share amounts)

Three Months Ended Twelve Months Ended
31-Dec-99 31-Dec-98 31-Dec-99 31-Dec-98
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Revenues $18,165 $17,972 $73,502 $68,690
Income from continuing
operations 1,697 1,955 6,680 5,772
Net income 1,202 772 3,424 2,713
Net income per common
& common equivalent
share (diluted) $0.19 $0.14 $0.56 $0.48
Weighted average
common & common
equivalent shares
outstanding 6,386 5,598 6,113 5,628


Selected Condensed Balance Sheet Information
(amounts are presented in thousands)

31-Dec-99 31-Dec-98
----------- -----------

Cash and marketable securities $16,276 $7,991
Accounts receivable 14,005 13,716
Inventory 11,678 13,488
Net property, plant & equipment 2,197 3,220
Total assets 54,671 50,288
Total liabilities 14,536 18,463
Redeemable stock 2,796 3,813
Total stockholders` equity 37,339 28,012

[BONCL]

Dank Dir Raunzer für Deine Mühe...hoffen wir das Beste.

Gruß Boncl

[Tronic]

Interphase Releases SDKs for 4535 Multiprotocol Communications
Controller

- Helps Developers Build Robust Telecommunication Connectivity
Applications for VxWorks and Solaris Environments -

DALLAS, Texas, June 6th, 2000 -- Interphase Corporation (NASDAQ: INPH),
an international supplier of next-generation networking technologies,
today announced the immediate, worldwide availability of Software
Development Kits (SDKs) that allow developers to integrate the
Interphase 4535 PMC Multiprotocol T1/E1 Communication Controller into
numerous telecommunication applications running in VxWorks and Solaris
operating system environments.

The VxWorks and Solaris SDKs include operating system drivers, sample
code, software tools and documentation that aid productivity and speed
time-to-market for developers creating third generation wireless,
broadband Internet access and AIN communication systems. These new
development tools enhance Interphase`s expansion into the
telecommunications arena as a leading provider of communications
controllers for next-generation service provider networks.

"As more devices become connected over telecommunication networks,
especially via wireless and the Internet, service providers require
superior technology that will help them get reliable, innovative
services to market quickly," said Linsey Matthews, "Interphase Embedded
Systems Product Marketing Manager. With the release of our new SDKs,
embedded system developers can now use the 4535 to quickly deliver a
new generation of applications to their customers that take full
advantage of the leading operating systems in the communications
industry."

VxWorks is one of the most widely adopted real-time operating system
(RTOS) in the embedded industry. The VxWorks SDK for the 4535 includes:

· Operating system drivers for VxWorks 5.4 and Tornado 2 development
environments
· Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and protocol support for
ATM
(AAL0 and AAL5), SS7 (MTP2), ISDN, Frame Relay, X.25, PPP, and HDLC
· Robust software tools that greatly facilitate third party development
including configuration utilities, debuggers, protocol analyzers, dump
utilities and trace utilities

Solaris, known for its robustness and scalability, is the leading
non-RTOS operating system in use for communication applications
according to recent research from Venture Development Corporation. The
Solaris SDK for the 4535 includes:

· Opeating system drivers for Solaris 2.6, 7 and 8
· APIs and protocol support for ATM (AAL0 and AAL5), SS7 (MTP2), ISDN,
Frame Relay, X.25, PPP, and HDLC
· SNMP sub-agent
· Robust software tools including configuration utilities, debuggers,
protocol analyzers, dump utilities and trace utilities

About the 4535 Communications Controller

The 4535 PMC Multiprotocol Controller provides two software-selectable
channelized T1/E1 communication links and is the perfect complement for
high availability CompactPCI systems or VME-based designs targeted for
telecommunications applications. Offering an integrated,
high-performance architecture with support for multiple frame-based
protocols, as well as ATM and SS7, the 4535 provides the robust and
flexible communications necessary for telecommunications systems
designers. More information on the 4535 and associated development
tools can be found at http://www.interphase.com/4535 .

About Interphase Corporation

Interphase Corporation (NASDAQ: INPH), a leader in Fibre Channel and
next-generation telecommunication technologies, designs and delivers
high performance connectivity adapters for computer and
telecommunication networks. The company`s products connect computer and
telecommunication servers to storage area networks (SAN), wide area
networks (WAN) and local area networks (LAN) utilizing Fibre Channel,
Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), SS7, Frame Relay and ISDN
technologies. Headquartered in Dallas, with offices in Austin, Paris,
London, and Bangkok, Interphase 1999 revenues were $73.5 million.
Clients include Hewlett Packard, IBM, Compaq/Tandem, Motorola, Sun
Microsystems, Lockheed Martin, Nokia and Raytheon. Additional
information about Interphase and its products is available through the
company`s web site at www.iphase.com .

###

The Interphase logo is a registered trademark of Interphase
Corporation. VxWorks is a registered trademark of Wind River Systems,
Inc. Solaris is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.

[KalterKaffee]

JUBEL; FREUDE

Endlich seh ich meinen Einstiegskurs wieder ( in Amiland um 21$)!!
Diesmal verkauf ich den Kram doch bei 40 oder so (mal sehen ob ich es durchhalte)
. . . es sei den der Laden wird doch endlich für 80$ pro Aktie verscherbelt

Gruß
KaKa

[Raunzer]

Bin auch eben, aber war in den letzten Tagen öfters im Yahooboard unterwegs und meine Meinung ist, das wir wenn ein Shortsqeeze eintritt, schnell mal Richtung 30-40 gehen könnten. Aber nicht zu vergessen das im letzten Monat noch die Hälfte aller gehandelten Aktien noch geshortet war. Nach MACD und Momentum sieht es noch freundlich aus, werde jetzt mal ernsthaft über Stop-Los-Kurse nachdenken. Könnte meiner Meinung nach nach einem zu starken Anstieg nochmal etwas konsolidieren, vorallem bei dem Hintergrund das viele Shortseller sich den Kurs nicht kaputt machen lassen wollen.
Mein persönliches Kursziel Anfang nächsten Jahres wäre so um die 130 Dollar, das klingt zwar übertrieben aber ist bei anhaltendem hohen Wachstum absolut gerechtfertigt.
Mfg Raunzer

[Tronic]

Interphase Releases Development Tools for Industry`s Most Advanced Telecommunications Controller

DALLAS, Jun 15, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) --

New development kit helps cut time-to-market for OEMs and
integrators designing next-generation telecommunication applications

Interphase Corporation (Nasdaq: INPH), an international supplier of enterprise
networking technologies, today announced the availability of a Board Development
Kit (BDK) for its 6535 Octal-port CompactPCI(R) Communications Controller.

As the most advanced communications controller available, the 6535 is the
company`s flagship product supporting its initiative into fast-growing
telecommunication markets. The new development kit provides a complete set of
components for the quick development of telecommunication applications that
utilize the 6535 as a T1/E1/J1 line interface.

The 6535 is equipped with either 4 or 8 T1/E1/J1 interfaces, providing telecom
OEMs and integrators with a high density, fully channelized WAN communications
solution for connection to telecommunication equipment. Other features include
an on-board H.110 bus, advanced ATM capabilities, simultaneous multiprotocol
communications support and "carrier class" reliability with "hot swapping"
support.

With the rapid increase in demand for fast Internet connectivity and new
enhanced services, telecommunication providers are seeking equipment that allows
them to cost effectively deploy next-generation solutions with a faster
time-to-market. In response, OEMs and integrators are outsourcing more of their
subsystem components and relying on open system platforms such as CompactPCI to
cut overall project development schedules.

"Our new BDK is intended to help accelerate the development cycle for embedded
system developers designing tomorrow`s telecommunication applications using
8260-based architectures," said Felix Diaz, Interphase Chief Technical Officer.
"This flexible tool provides the building blocks and development shortcuts to
enable our customers to get their products to market first."

The 6535 Board Development Kit dramatically cuts project development time by
providing board and component initialization guidelines, "how to" instructions
and examples, testing tools, debug routines and comprehensive documentation
covering all of the 6535 architecture and features. These resources shorten the
learning curve, thereby eliminating countless man-weeks from the development
schedule, and allow designers to get started quickly with their own software
development on the 6535 platform.

Introduced by Interphase in early May, the 6535 Octal-port Communications
Controller offers superior performance and features the Motorola MPC8260 RISC
CPU, the leading communication microcontroller for telecommunication markets.
With enhanced processing capability and carrier-class features optimized for
telecommunication applications, the 6535 is the most advanced communications
controller available for wireless telephony, high-speed Internet access and
Advanced Intelligent Network equipment.

Available directly from Interphase, the 6535 BDK is provided to qualified
developers at no cost and includes engineering and applications support.

[Raunzer]

Gibt mal wieder ein paar kleine Neuigkeiten zu Interphase.
Pressekonferenz am 20.07.2000


3NO Selects Interphase Broadband Controllers For New Telecommunication Server Solutions
Wednesday, June 21, 2000 09:15 AM Mail this article to a friend

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 21, 2000--
-- Gives Service Providers a Scalable Solution

to Deliver Broadband Connectivity --

Interphase Corporation (Nasdaq:INPH, news, msgs), an international supplier of enterprise networking technologies, today announced that 3NO Systems, Inc. has selected the Interphase 4535 ATM over T1 and 4531 ATM over DS3 Communications Controllers to provide the broadband links for its new telecommunication server solutions.

3NO is an aggressive start-up company specializing in cost-effective broadband networking solutions that deliver high-speed Internet connections to business and residential subscribers.

"We selected the Interphase controllers after a comprehensive search which found their products to be superior to other offerings in the market," said Scot Zarkiewicz, co-founder of 3NO Systems, Inc. "With ATM capabilities provided by the Interphase controllers, service providers can leverage our Issanni platform for scalable broadband connectivity to support e-commerce, interactive entertainment, virtual private networking, voice-over-IP, video-on-demand, and a broad range of differentiated applications."

As multimedia content and bandwidth-hungry download files proliferate the Web, subscribers are increasingly demanding broadband access for faster Internet connections. Recent research published by the Vertical Systems Group predicts that business and residential broadband connections will increase by 264 percent over the next three years, while the use of traditional dial access will decline 10 percent during the same period. Today, more than a million North American households already utilize broadband technologies to access to the Internet, and that number is expected to reach almost 27 million subscribers by 2003 according to Forrester Research.

"The market for high-speed Internet connectivity continues to skyrocket as millions of people tap into the Internet for business and personal use," said Greg Kalush, president and CEO of Interphase Corporation. "We are pleased that our new broadband communication controllers can be utilized in innovative new solutions for service providers to deliver fast Internet access to their subscribers."

3NO`s Issanni product line offers several broadband remote access servers (B-RAS) that can be co-located with telecommunications equipment at the central office or at an ISP`s Point of Presence (POP) to provide cost-effective DSL, cable, and wireless connectivity services. This gives next-generation service providers a significant advantage because it allows them to capitalize on the tremendous growth in broadband services without requiring the significant investment in equipment traditionally needed to aggregate DSL subscriber traffic.

ATM is the underlying transport technology of choice for next-generation broadband Internet access. The Interphase 4531 and 4535 communications controllers interface 3NO`s Issanni product line to ATM transmission lines at T1 and T3 speeds. Additional features include:

-- 4535 Multiprotocol T1/E1 PMC Communications Controller -- a

high-performance mezzanine controller equipped with 2

high-speed software selectable T1/E1 links for ATM, Frame

Relay and SS7 protocol communications in support of wireless

and Internet access applications. The 4535 includes Software

Developer Kits (SDKs) for Solaris, VxWorks and the "high

availability" version of LynxOS.

-- 4531 ATM over T3/E3 PMC Communications Controller -- a

high-performance mezzanine controller supporting

high-bandwidth ATM communications over T3/E3 communications

links in for Internet access applications. The 4531 controller

meets the needs of a variety of applications, including IP

Switching and Routing, Internet connections and other

applications the require the Quality of Service (QoS)

guarantees provided by ATM.

More information about the Interphase broadband communications controller family can be found at www.interphase.com/telecomsolutions.

About 3NO Systems, Inc.

Founded in 1999, 3NO Systems, Inc. is a privately held start-up that designs and develops innovative data networking products to empower the next generation broadband infrastructure. The company`s current products offer a cost-effective, standards-based technology for ISPs and CLECs to deliver fast, reliable DSL service. For more information, contact 3NO Systems, Inc. at 732/563-2111, or visit the company`s Web site at http://www.3NO.com.

About Interphase Corporation

Interphase Corporation (Nasdaq:INPH, news, msgs), a leader in Fibre Channel and next-generation telecommunication technologies, designs and delivers high performance connectivity adapters for computer and telecommunication networks. The company`s products connect computer and telecommunication servers to storage area networks (SAN), wide area networks (WAN) and local area networks (LAN) utilizing Fibre Channel, Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), SS7, Frame Relay and ISDN technologies. Headquartered in Dallas, with offices in Austin, Paris, London, and Bangkok, Interphase 1999 revenues were $73.5 million. Clients include Hewlett Packard, IBM, Compaq/Tandem, Motorola, Sun Microsystems, Lockheed Martin, Nokia and Raytheon. Additional information about Interphase and its products is available through the company`s web site at http://www.iphase.com.

The Interphase logo is a registered trademark of Interphase Corporation.

Mfg Raunzer

[Tronic]

Danke Raunzer für die News!


Dual ports smooth way for savings
By Sonia R. Lelii, PC Week


LSI Logic Corp. and Interphase Corp. are paving the way for cost savings and redundancy in servers with forthcoming dual-port Fibre Channel adapters.

Each company is readying new dual-channel PCI-to-Fibre Channel adapters. The devices are designed to improve the price/performance ratio of linking servers to SANs (storage area networks).

Traditionally, host bus adapters provide the interface between a server and external storage devices.

For its part, LSI Logic will introduce this week the single-chip SYMFC929 dual-channel PCI-to-Fibre Channel adapter for 64-bit and 66MHz PCI systems. The adapter uses a single ARM RISC processor to control all system interface and dual-channel functions.

A single chip eliminates the need for a PCI bridge, a second single-channel Fibre Channel controller and extra memory. The result: more room on the board and lower power consumption.

The adapters, to ship in June, will come with either copper or optical connections, according to officials at LSI Logic, of Milpitas, Calif.

The SYMFC929 provides multiple functions because each port supports FCP (Fibre Channel Protocol) and IP, so designers can mix or offload all IP traffic from the FCP storage traffic as needed.

Dallas-based Interphase will introduce later this month three controllers, including one that has dual ports—the 5550 PowerSAN 2000 PCI Fibre Channel Adapter.

This host bus adapter, due in April, also supports a 64-bit, 66MHz PCI bus arch i tecture. Each Fibre Channel port runs at a 1G-bps transmission speed and can process 33,000 to 35,000 I/Os per second, officials said.

Both adapters from LSI Logic and Interphase are backward-compatible to 32-bit bus architectures.

LSI Logic and Interphase are targeting their adapters for use in rack-mounted servers where space is at a premium.

System makers, such as Hew lett-Packard Co., welcome the redundant paths from server to SAN disk arrays that these adapters will provide. "You have to have more than one path between the storage devices and the SAN," said Mike Lanciloti, manager of HP`s future product marketing storage systems division, in Greeley, Colo.

Along with providing failover protection, the dual-port adapters should result in a lower total cost of ownership through a reduction in space and power consumption and improved performance, said James Opfer, an analyst at Data quest Inc., in San Jose, Calif. Dual ports are also "one way of getting redundancy at a lower price point," Opfer said.

Although neither LSI Logic nor Interphase would say which server makers plan to use their adapters, LSI officials expect the company`s new technology to make its way into commercially available servers in the third or fourth quarter.

[Dukati]

Hallo Leute,

warum geht denn Interphase heute plötzlich so ab?

Dukati

[rational_as_ever]

Grund für den Anstieg heute:

Emulex, Konkurrent von INPH, hat heute eine Meldung herausgegeben, wonach der FC-Markt laut IDC wesentlich stärker als
erwartet, nämlich auf 15 Mrd. Dollar bis 2002 , wachsen soll. Davon profitierte heute nahezu der gesamte Sektor.

Wen´s interessiert, unter http://de.clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/interphasecorp gibts eine Analyse und Info´s zu Interphase.

[Tronic]

Hallo Dukati,

ich habe leider auch keine neuen News gefunden, die den heutigen Kursverlauf erklären würde. Interessant ist aber nicht nur der Kursanstieg bei gleichzeitig schwacher Nasdaq, sondern auch der Umsatzanstieg der heute gehandelten Aktien. Grund dafür ist wahrscheinlich, das sich einige Shorty´s, die den Kurs in letzter Zeit leicht gedrückt haben, eindecken müssen. Das läßt meistens auf einen guten Kursverlauf in den nächsten Tagen schließen.

MfG

Tronic

[TheCooolman]

Haaallööchen
Die MK von Interphase ist lachhaft niedrig. Interphase bietet eine ganze Menge für die Kohle.
Hochwertige Glasfaser-Produkte in einem stark expanierendem Markt.
DIe shorties halten den Wert noch flach. Aber nicht mehr lange...
Ich halte eine Vervielfachung für realistisch, genau wie bei den Discountbrokern (Ndb, etrade, Price water usw...),
die technisch verprügelt wurden, allerdings fundamental glänzende Aussichten haben.
Ich bin mir meiner Sache sehr sicher (Fort Knox ist unsicherer), I can wait.

MfG
Cooolman

PS. Mein "Geheimtip" ist nanophase. Gestern an der Nasdaq +21 % (!!!!!!!), während der Gesamtmarkt abkackte.
Grund : Aufnahme in US-Musterdepot.

[Tronic]

Hallo liebe Interphase-Gemeinde,

das war ein Tag! Keine News, schlechte Nasdaq und Interphase liegt mit über 12% im Plus. Es scheint so als würden immer mehr institutionelle Käufer den Wert für sich entdecken. Der heutige Umsatz war dreimal so hoch, wie das sonst übliche Tagesvolumen.

Der folgende Link zeigt, das der Anteil der Aktien die in institutioneller Hand liegen von Monat zu Monat steigt.
http://www.insidertrader.com/freestuff/ticker_summary.asp?se…

MfG

Tronic

[rational_as_ever]

Hallo!

Ich denke, wir haben diesmal die Chance, diesen noch kleinen Run-up bis zu den Q2-Zahlen auszuweiten, um dann nach den
Zahlen den wahren Short Squeeze zu starten, der INPH endlich weg von diesem lächerlichen Level bringt.
Die institutionellen Investoren scheinen wirklich jeden Tag mit überdurchschnittlichem Volumen zu nutzen, um einzusteigen, es
waren ja gestern wieder etliche recht hohe blocktrades zu sehen.

Ich habe unter http://de.clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/interphasecorp einen Club zu Interphase gegründet.
Ihr findet dort u.a., was der CEO Greg Kalush zur Entdeckung durch Analysten gesagt hat (wir haben ja NOCH keine!),
viele wissenswerte Details zu INPH und dem gesamten FC-Markt sowie eine Analyse zu den bevorstehenden Q2-Zahlen, wie
sie ausfallen könnten.

Ich würd mich freuen, wenn der ein oder andere mal vorbeischauen und seine Meinung äußern würde.

CU,

REA ("darkmoonq")

[Tronic]

Hallo rational_as_ever!

Das mit dem Interphase-Club bei Yahoo finde ich keine schlechte Idee. Ich habe mich gleich als neues Mitglied angemeldet und werde von Zeit zu Zeit auch mal was schreiben. Die Beitrage dort zeugen von hoher Qualität und Sachverstand, du solltest auch öfters hier mal was schreiben. Ich hoffe bloß das das mit dem 15 Mrd. Markt im Jahre 2002 kein Druckfehler von IDC war. Würde INPH seinen Marktanteil von 10% bis dahin halten und der Kurs proportional zum Umsatz wachsen, so ergibt sich ein Kurs von ca. 600 Dollar. (Kaum zu glauben oder hab ich mich da etwa verrechnet?)

Die 2 Jahre kann ich locker warten bei solchen rosigen Aussichten!

[rational_as_ever]

Hallo Tronic, danke für dein Interesse!

Zu deinem Kursziel von 600$, du hast dich nicht verrechnet.
Allerdings unterstellst du, dass INPH bei möglichen HBA-Umsätzen 2002 von 1,5 Mrd.$ lediglich ein Kurs-Umsatz-Verhältnis
von 2(!) erhalten würde (gegenwärtige Marktkapitalisierung ca. 140 MIO.,KUV bei 70 MIO Umsatz von 2 derzeit).
Schaut man jedoch auf die Konkurrenten EMLX und QLGC, so erhalten diese bereits jetzt KUV´s von über 20!
Das heisst also, ein Kurs von 6000$ im Jahr 2002 wäre angemessen (sollte INPH beweisen können, dass sie im FC-Markt eine
bedeutende Rolle spielen werden, und das werden sie! Beweise dafür gibts im Club http://de.clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/interphasecorp)
Das hört sich für Aussenstehende jetzt so an , als wäre ich der grösste Dummpusher aller Zeiten! Aber das sind Fakten, Leute,
dass der FC-Markt mit unglaublichen Wachstumsraten vorwärtsstürmt. Wahrscheinlich sind die von IDC prognostizierten Wachstumsraten
sogar noch viel zu konservativ, denn auch die "Big Player" geginnen, die gigantischen Möglichkeiten von SAN-Technologien zu entdecken:
Ein Beispiel ist Cisco, die kürzlich eine Partnerschaft mit Brocade, dem größten FC-switch-maker (kein Konkurent zu INPH,
INPH macht HBA´s!) eingegangen sind, um die Möglichkeiten von FC-basierten Technologien noch auszubauen:
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000613/ca_cisco_s_3.html
Und INPH hat sogar noch mehr zu bieten: Nämlich broadband-telekom-solutions, an deren Weiterentwicklung sie mit Motorola,
Alcatel, Ziatech, Force Computers und NOKIA(!) arbeiten. >>http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/000418/tx_interph_1.html

Gruß,

RAE ("darkmoonq")

[TSIACOM]

Hallo RAE,
machst dir echt viel Arbeit in Deinem Club, die Zusammenstellung der Informationen kostet sicher viel Zeit. Mal sehen, was die Quartalszahlen im Juli sagen...
Allerdings würde ich Dich im Kursziel für 2002 doch etwas bremsen, denn langsam sollte wir uns davon verabschieden, daß der Markt noch über viele Jahre bereit wäre, ein KUV von 20 für Firmen im FC-Bereich zu zahlen. Sicher, jetzt sind wir noch im Frühstadium, aber irgendwann sollen bei den Firmen Gewinne kommen und dann redet man eher über ein faires KGV.
Gruß TSIACOM

[rational_as_ever]

@ TSIACOM:

Ich habe nie gesagt, dass das mein persönliches Kursziel ist; das liegt viel, viel tiefer. Ich wollte nur mal zeigen, was möglich ist!
Zum Thema "vernünftiges KGV": Das schöne an Internet-Infrastruktur-Aktien ist ja, dass sie größtenteils schon Gewinne machen!
So auch im FC-Bereich: Die Gewinnmarge von INPH betrug zuletzt mehr als 50%!
QLogic z.B. macht 140 MIO. Umsatz, erzielt dabei einen Gewinn von rd. 40 MIO., was bei einem derzeitigen Kurs von 67$ ein
KGV/2000 von 95 bedeutet (QLogic stand mal bei über 200$ in der Spitze).
Natürlich werden die Margen zukünftig sinken, das ist immer so, wenn der Konkurrenzdruck zunimmt, aber das wird schrittweise
gehen und FRÜHESTENS in zwei Jahren der Fall sein.Die Zeit der Produktionsengpässe steht uns im FC-Markt erst noch bevor,
und dabei werden die Margen eher steigen als fallen.
Grundsätzlich unterstelle ich mal, dass der Markt auch in Zukunft bereit sein wird, ein Unternehmen im High-Tech- Bereich mit
einem KGV in der Nähe seines jährlichen Wachstums zu bewerten, und das wird im FC-Bereich, sollten die Prognosen stimmen, irgendwo bei
200 sein.

Good luck,

RAE

[BONCL]

He, was ist denn mit meiner Depotleiche los...Interphase kann also doch noch steigen. Nur noch 8E von meinem Einstiegspunkt entfernt. Hoffen wir mal daß dieses 2tägige Kursfeuerwerk kein Strohfeuer war!

Gruß Boncl

[rational_as_ever]

Du wirst dich noch wundern, wohin INPH noch steigen wird!
Ich hoffe, du bist so vernünftig und nutzt deinen Einstiegskurs nicht gleich wieder als Ausstiegskurs, denn die Chancen, dass es
diesmal mehr als ein Strohfeuer wird, sind jetzt wesentlich höher als bei den vorherigen Run-up´s.

[rational_as_ever]

WOW!
INPH zeigt wieder, wie gestern, Stärke gegen Ende mit einem Schlusskurs von 26 7/8 $ (+16%). In den letzten 10(!) Handels-
minuten wurden 40.000 Aktien (an der NASDAQ wird doppelt gezählt) gehandelt. Diese Kaufpanik gegen Ende spricht für eine
Fortsetzung der Aufwärtsbewegung morgen, IMO.
Das könnte eine schöne Woche werden, sofern uns die FED keine unerwarteten Knüppel zwischen die Beine wirft.


Schönen Abend noch.

[Tronic]

Na hallo rational_as_ever! Wußte garnicht das Interphase am Sonntag gehandelt wurde. *lol*
Naja, war aber wieder ein sehr spannender Tag heute. Nur schade das wir die 27 im Endspurt nicht knacken konnten. Man kann halt nicht alles haben. Vielleicht greifen wir morgen ja schon die 30iger Marke an.

Party up!

[BONCL]

Hey rational_as_ever,
werde mal Deinen Rat befolgen und vernünftig sein :-)

Bis denn

Gruß Boncl

[TSIACOM]

Hallo RAE,
ich glaube auch nicht ganz an einen Umsatz von 1,5 Mrd. Dollar bei INPH in 2002. Würde mich allerdings nicht stören, wenn Du recht hättest. Bei einem KUV von 20 könnten wir wahrscheinlich alle in den
Vorruhestand gehen. Wäre zu schön um wahr zu sein...
good night

[gourmet]

die saat scheint aufzugehen. nachbörslich 28 $.
viele grüße
gourmet

[TheCooolman]

Haaalllöööchen
Wenn mir jemand eine Puste an die Schläfe halten und fordern würde : verkaufe alle deine Aktien , eine darfste
behalten. Ratet mal welche ich unbedingt behalten würde ?
Ja genau, Interpase die isset.
Sensationelle Daten :
Aktuelle MK von 144 Mio $.
KGV von 20
Extrem niedriges KUV
Wachstumsraten im Glasfaserbereich, von denen andere nur träumen können.
Ja Leute , wenn die nicht abgeht, welche Aktien-Pommes-Bude soll dann noch durch die Decke knallen ?
Die shorties auf dem yahoo board sind schon extrem nervös, die drehen durch. Wer so einen Wert shortet,
der sollte sich schon mal ne Suite auf bonnies ranch buchen. Das sind <born loosers>.
Auf gute Geschäfte !!!!!!
Mfg
Cooolman

[TheCooolman]

Mal was aus dem Yahoo Board...
Zu Interphase :
People who keep saying that this stock need not be valued over the present pathetic market cap have shorted this stock.
They obviously have no basic idea about the present day valuations of technology companies. Especially the ones in the
hottest sectors of the market.
All these shorts deserve to get squeezed out.
The shorts had the majority in this board for so long they continue to believe that they can continue to fool people forever
with their tactics. Otis short is the guy who was telling people to sell at 17,19,21 and all other levels all the way up. These
pathetic shorts need the squeeze treatment so badly.
They forget that they are really up against the institutions with tons of cash and they have already smelled the real value of
INPH. It is not difficult to value INPH using today`s metrics. ( Not the crazy short metrics. They think the company value
will always be what it was during past year.)
Institutions have already understood fully that Fibrechannel sector is the fastest growing sector in the new economy going
forward.
They also realize superiority of INPH technology based on All new OEM deals signed compared to non signed by the
competitors.
Institutions also have understood INPH superiority in Broad band controller market. (compact PCI controllers and ATM
controllers. According to recent forecasts By 2003, worldwide spending on wireless Internet technology could reach
$200 billion. Although shorts may not want to think that INPH piece of that pie does not amount to much of anything
institutions and smart investors would disagree whole heartedly. This market alone would bring 68 million in revenue next
year.
BB telecom revenues will be 7m by q3 and would grow 40% sequentially. (40 % , ist doch cooool)
Revenue projections for 2001 would be q1=9.8m, q2= 13m, q3=19m q4= 20m for a total of 68m market cap based on
this product would be 68 x 20 = 1.36b And the shorts advice you that regardless of 1.36 billion this company should be
^
!!!!!!!!!!!!! (der Hammer , totale Unterbewertung)
valued at according to it`s peers and other companies in similar sectors it should be valued at 200m or so.
GE/FC revenues could be expected to increase at ATON webswitch market growth rates. ATON showed a 60%
growth rate past quarter sequentially (655% annual)and that is what you could expect the growth of GE/FC adapters to
be. Even if starting from a small base of about 2.5m it could end up at that kind of growth rates with 2001 revenues of
q1= 10m q2=16 q3=26 and q4=41 equalling 93 million revenues from this product alone. Even at 20 x 93 that would
command a market of 1.86 billion on GE/FC adapter card revenues alone. You can imagine what a bargain INPH is
when you add the other revenues. The company could be valued today reasonably at over 3billion even if they did not
have any fibrechannel revenues.
Let us say even with fibrechannel revenues this company to be valued at 6b in the near future. within 1-2 years. There is
no way INPH will stay at lowly Market cap. (der Meinung bin ich allerdings)
If you let the shorts run the show that is what they would like to keep the market cap at. There biggest obstacle may not
be individual longs. It is going to be institutions. You cannot teach institutions how to value a company. They already
know. As individual investors we have to be ahead of institutions to make money. The grand short squeeze will cure this
cancerous shorts infestating this valuable stock for such a long time. And they deserve the squeeze treatment for being
stupid enough to sShort an undervalued stock with a small float involved in the hottest sectors of the economy. How
crazy to tthink this stock will be valued ttwenty times less than it`s peers forever while it has shown all the signs of having
ssuperior technology, diversification and business strategy with OEM deals.
Hammerharter Beitrag !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MfG
Cooolman

[rational_as_ever]

Hi Coolman!

40% sequentielles Wachstum wohlgemerkt (Quarter-Quarter), das ergibt ein jährliches Wachstum von 120% allein im BB-telecom-
Bereich!
INPH nimmt in den zwei heißesten Technologien des Internet-Buildouts eine Führungsrolle ein. Aber der Markt wird das erst
kapieren, wenn es ihm im Herbst von zahlreichen Analysten eingeprügelt werden wird. Nur dann wird INPH bereits 100$/Aktie
kosten, IMO.
Sollte es INPH gelingen, den Marktanteil im FC-biz weiter auszubauen (ab Q3-Q4), und danach sieht es aus, und sollten die
Prognosen für BB telecom zutreffen, dann führt für 2001 kein Weg an einer MK von mehreren Mrd. US-$ vorbei!

Ich freu mich drauf!!


RAE

[JB-007]

Interphase Accelerates Channel Strategy in Europe
With Acal`s

Fibre Channel Solutions Group; Broadens European Reseller Market
Presence for Fibre Channel Products

Business Editors & High Tech Writers

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 27, 2000--Interphase Corporation
(Nasdaq:INPH), an international supplier of next-generation technologies,
today announced it has signed Acal Fibre Channel Solutions to sell and
distribute its industry leading PowerSAN(TM) and SlotOptimizer(TM) adapter
product families. Through this agreement, Storage Area Network (SAN)
resellers throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa will have full access
to the Interphase Fibre Channel product offering.

Acal is a leading value-added distributor with a pre-eminent European position
in the rapidly growing SAN market with Fibre Channel products. The SAN
market achieved worldwide sales in 1999 of approximately $5 billion, with
close to 20 percent coming from Europe.

"Our Fibre Channel Solutions Group has been established to provide a center
of excellence for the sales and support of Fibre Channel products into Europe,
Middle East and Africa," said Andy Litherland, Vice President of Business
Development for Acal Fibre Channel Solutions. "Adding the product range from
Interphase will enable us to offer innovative solutions for our accredited Value
Added Resellers and integrators selling into the Fibre Channel marketplace."

"Interphase is aggressively pursuing its strategic initiative to establish
relationships with distributors and resellers promoting SAN solutions on a
global basis," said Roger Woolley, Interphase Senior Director of Global
Marketing. "Because of its highly qualified network of SAN resellers and a
storage-centric business focus, Acal is extremely important in our channel
strategy for the European market."

Through the new distribution partnership, Acal accredited resellers and
integrators will have access to the entire Interphase Fibre Channel PowerSAN
2000 product line, featuring industry-leading connectivity for enterprise data
backup and data warehousing, Internet Web hosting, and e-commerce
applications. Targeted for a diverse range of storage connectivity applications,
the PowerSAN 2000 family includes:

-- 5540 Single-port Fibre Channel HBA -- A full duplex Gigabit

Fibre Channel HBA designed to provide cost-effective storage

connectivity for server-attached storage or basic SAN servers.

-- 5550 Dual-port Fibre Channel HBA -- A high performance Fibre

Channel HBA that provides two independent full duplex Gigabit

Fibre Channel ports from a single adapter.

-- 5560 2-Gbps Fibre Channel HBA -- A full featured, maximum

performance Fibre Channel HBA that provides full duplex 2 Gbps

Fibre Channel connectivity for up to 400 MBps throughput.

The agreement with Acal also provides distribution rights for the Interphase
5570 SlotOptimizer adapter. This innovative solution offers both Gigabit
Ethernet and Fibre Channel connectivity from a single slot, providing a highly
integrated multi-port adapter for web servers, rack-optimized servers and other
enterprise systems with I/O slot limitations.

About Acal Fibre Channel Solutions

Acal Fibre Channel Solutions is part of the financially strong Acal plc. This
group has extensive international operations and had sales in the year ended
March 31, 2000 of 245.4 million pounds. The group is a leading value-added
distributor, dealing with many international suppliers and blue chip customers.
It comprises 24 principal trading companies, 11 of them in Europe, and
employs around 1000 people.

[BONCL]

Alles wie gehabt mit diesem bloeden Ding..jetzt fliegen sie wieder runter :-((

Boncl

[rational_as_ever]

Hey BONCL !

Natürlich ist das ärgerlich, aber halt dir immer die längerfristigen Aussichten vor Augen! Die Post geht halt erst im Herbst ab
(Vielleicht sogar schon nach den Q2-Zahlen).
Solange sich an den langfristigen Aussichten nichts ändert, freue ich mich über jeden Kurs unter 20$ zum nachkaufen.

[Tronic]

Fibre Channel Technologies Conference Convenes in San Jose, Calif., October 10th through 12th, 2000

FCTC2000 is focused on Fibre Channel technologies. The conference
addresses video, graphic and mass data transfer applications. Its
goals are to provide an up-to-date industry view of the state of fibre
channel solutions and technology, to provide better understanding of
user requirements and wants and to address what must be done to
address future needs and applications.

Anyone who needs to know more about storage area networks, Fibre
Channel products, serverless storage, SANs management and
high-availability systems should attend.


When: October 10th through October 12th, 2000


Where: Doubletree Hotel, 2050 Gateway Place, San Jose, CA 95110,
408/453-4000


Conference Events

The keynote, some tutorials, receptions, exhibits and the Issues
Roundtable are open to everyone at no charge.

Issues Roundtable -- Tuesday, October 10, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Topic: What Is the Key to Making SANs Commonplace?


Keynote -- Wednesday, October 11, 8:30 a.m. -10:00 a.m.

Speaker: Robin Purohit, Senior Director of Product Management,
VERITAS Software Corporation (Nasdaq:VRTS)
Topic: How to Extend the Capabilities of First Generation SANs


Exhibits -- Wednesday, October 11, noon - 6:30 p.m. and
Thursday, October 12, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Exhibitors include the leaders in the Fibre Channel, SAN and RAID
marketplace:

3M, Agilent Technologies, Ancor Communications, Ancot, Antares
Microsystems, APCON, ATTO Technology, Breece Hill Technologies,
Brocade Communications Systems, Chaparral Network Storage, CMD
Technology, Computer Associates, Computer Network Technology, Connex,
Consan, Crossroads Systems, CrosStor Software, CS Electronics, Emulex,
Eurologic, Extreme Protocol Solutions, FCI Electronics, Fibre Channel
Industry Association, FibreMasters.com, Finisar, FuturePlus Systems
Corp., Gadzoox Networks, Hewlett-Packard Storage, High Velocity
Systems, Hitachi America Ltd ., I/O Interconnect, ICP-Vortex, I-TECH,
IDEMA, Imperial Technology, Infinity I/O, Infortrend, INRANGE
Technologies Corp., Interconnect Solutions, Interphase, JMR
Electronics, JNI, Kingston Technology, Land-5, Legato Systems, LoDan,
LSI Logic, Madison Cable, McDATA, Molex , NuSpeed, OTG Software,
Overland Data, Peripheral Test Instruments, Pletronics , Qlogic,
Raidtec, Rancho Technology, SanCastle Technologies, SBS Technologies
Inc., Solid Data Systems, Solution Technology, Spectra Logic, Storage
Area Networks Ltd., Storage Networking Industry Association, StoreAge
Networking Technologies, Syncsort, TD Systems, Texas Memory Systems,
Tivoli Systems, TrueSAN Networks, Vitesse Semiconductor, Vixel, VMIC,
Wavecrest Corporation, XIOtech and Xyratex.

Visit www.fibreconference.com for more information.


Contact Information

Conference Organizers: Conference Pros, 408/297-8484,
[e-mail]

Exhibits & Sponsorship Sales: Jack Flynn, 888/572-0454 or 619/298-5554,
[e-mail]

General Information: Lance Leventhal, 858/756-3327,
[e-mail]

Press: Georgia Marszalek, Valley PR,
650/345-7477, [e-mail]




Notes to editors, analysts:

Complimentary passes to the conference and exhibits are available on request.

About Fibre Channel

Fibre Channel is a 1 gigabit/sec. data transfer interface technology that maps several common transport protocols including IP and SCSI, allowing it to merge high-speed I/O and networking functionality in a single connectivity technology. Fibre Channel is an open standard that operates over copper and fiber optic cabling at distances of up to 10 Kilometers. It is unique in its support of multiple inter-operable topologies including point-to-point, arbitrated-loop and switching and it offers several qualities of service for network optimization. With its large packet sizes, Fibre Channel is ideal for storage, video, graphic and mass data transfer applications.

Acronyms

FCTC: Fibre Channel Technologies Conference IP: Internet Protocol SAN: Storage Area Network

[rational_as_ever]

INPH nimmt demnächst an 7 TradeShows teil:http://www.iphase.com/events/TradeShows.CFM

[Raunzer]

Hallo zusammen,
will nur etwas in Erinnerung rufen was ein gewisser Herr Soros mal gesagt hat. Denn einer Übertreibung nach oben folgt immer eine Übertreibung nach unten, siehe Boom/Bust Zyklen und umgekehrt.
Betrachte das ganze gerade recht gelassen denn mein Anlagehorizont geht in Richtung 1-2 Jahre. Denn sollten sich die Prognosen von verschiedenen Yahooboardteilnehmer bewahrheiten ist das nur der Anfang.
Mfg Raunzer

[Tronic]

Business Summary: Interphase Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, markets and supports high-performance connectivity products utilizing advanced technologies for enterprise network and mass storage environments and other embedded computer systems. The Company`s network and mass storage products include high performance adapter cards, concentrators, switches, network operating system software drivers, and management software applications. The Company`s local area network products implement high speed networking technologies such as Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI), Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), Gigabit Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, 100VG-AnyLAN, Ethernet, and Token Ring technologies that facilitate the high speed movement of information across computer networks. The Company`s wide area network (WAN) products, serving both the server class and client class computers, utilize Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), V.90 (56K), Frame Relay, X.25 and other communications technologies. Financial Summary Interphase Corporation and its subsidiaries engage in the design, development, manufacturing, marketing and support of network and mass storage products based on advanced technologies for computer systems. For the three months ended 3/31/00, revenues decreased 21% to $13.6 million. Net income from continuing operations fell 23% to $723 thousand. Revenues reflect decreased sales of FDDI, Ethernet and ATM products. Net income also reflects an increase in sales and marketing activities. Some of the Institutional holders are Water Street Capital, Wellington Management, Dimensional Fund Advisors, Trinity Capital, Neptune Capital, Barclays, Invesco and Value Line just to name a few. The Mutual Fund with the most shares is Oppenheimer Discovery fund. These companies have already unlocked the value of INPH and are cashing in on it today. Lets do the same. But read on. INPH is a virtually an unknown company which happen to be the world leader in three different explosive growth sectors. Hugely undervalued selling at less than 1 x next years projected sales. 48% of the small float is trapped in a short position and the squeeze is about to happen. Short interest is approx. 1.2m, institutions own about 1.2m. Float is approx. 2.5m Institutions are buying now smelling a short squeeze. It is reported that Individual longs hold 180,000 shares. INPH is involved in fibrechannel host bus adapters, fibrechannel/GB ethernet combination adapters and broadband telecom controllers. Leadership in today`s technologies is a prelude to the leadership in the future such as Infiniband. Predicted growth in those sectors 100% according to several research groups (IDC). More recent data suggest even higher growth. Why the stock selling around 100m while revenue potential for next year is 150-200m. I believe its because It lost HWP contract last NOVEMBER resulting in the worst quarter in April. And it had revenue from old storage which has been decreasing over the past year cutting into the showing of their growth in fibre channel and other sectors. These revenues decreased from 16m to 3m in most recent quarter. During the same year Fibrechannel revenue grew over 100% and Broadband revenues grew 200% They were the first to market and ship Gigabit ethernet/ FC adapters and this revenue could grow at 40% or higher sequential rate (300% annually). INPH will give you a huge long term return. Future revenue streams are all in growth sectors. Company is now grossly undervalued at less than 1 x next year’s sales. Proper value is 17-30 x revenues (compared to peers QLGC and EMLX who are both down 75% from their highs. These revenue multiples are going to go higher towards December as all of these stocks recover.) INPH has recouped HWP contract loss by signing new OEM deals with NEC, ATON, Land-5, CNT and HWP last quarter. Many reseller initiatives were introduced as well. Revenue dipped to 13.5 m last quarter (worst) and expected to be over 18 by this quarter. With exclusive ATON deal INPH will use ATONs leading GB ethernet technology in GB ethernet/FC adapters and this will take a huge market share in fastest growing data, video streaming infrastructure layout in corporate data centers and ISP markets. ATON has world’s best technology in gigabit ethernet web switching (with 80% market share according to recent report) which is now exclusive to INPH. These cards are a hot market already and INPH is shaping up to have the giant share. Conservative next year April revenues should be in 40m verses 13.5 million this April with over 200% growth. Compact PCI card revenues and BB telecom revenues could ramp up the total to a much higher level than . We believe that INPH Broad band telecom controllers are the fastest and the best in the world. NOK is deploying them in their build out of wireless and wireline and Force computers (solectron subsidiary) use them in their newest telecom servers. Force just made a deal with Alcatel. INPH has captured the two biggest OEMs in this market already through those deals. Expected to make as much as 50m (or more) next year with these products. Motorola and Ziatech are their partners in BB telecom controller market. Don’t underestimate the value of NEC deal. QLGC market value around 4billion and depend on fujitsu for 30% of FC revenues. ( their biggest FC revenue contributor) New INPH initiatives. NEC is bigger than Fujitsu and has more patents on their technology than any other OEMs in the world and will be the biggest driver for INPH revenues next to ATON deal. Fujitsu revenues for QLGC this year is 40mil runrate giving 1billion value to QLGC. INPH will have higher revenue ( about 50ml ) next year with NEC alone and that should give a market value of over 1.3 b dollars. Short position is 48% of float. ( trapped by sudden market downturn and upturn) Squeeze will happen soon and bring the stock up over 100%. (that is around 1.5 x next years rev) Further upside to follow. Exclusive ATON. One misconceptions as to why INPH is undervalued is; Popular belief that INPH has no competitive advantage because it uses tachyon from HWP. This myth was spread by an analyst with zero technical know how pushing QLGC and EMLX. (Opinions are like certain body parts as we all have one. For every good report we can find an analyst saying just the opposite) Recent HWP news proves the superiority of tachyon based controllers in fibrechannel adapters as opposed to RISC based technology QLGC and EMLX is using. INPH leads in ATM technology and products among FC host bus adapter companies. In the upcoming extension of fibrechannel into WAN,INPH is positioned to grab a leadership position. We need to read the numbers behind INPH financials to know the true value of this company. INPH had 13.5 ml revenue last quarter. (Captured 10% of FC market last fiscal year) The projection of next quarter and year revenue using conservative metrics goes as follows. HWP deals have been shipping since the beginning of the quarter. ATON deals with GB products which bring revenue for the latter half of the quarter. This is exactly where much of the surprise will occur. These combo FC/GB ethernet cards are in hot demand. NEC, Land-5, CNT will bring some of the new revenue. There is also sequential growth of old business. We predict Total fibrechannel revenues for the 2nd quarter will be in the area of 13.7 million. We can expect more in BB telekom revenue. We can expect the usual ramp up of revenues we normally see in the second half of year which is a sequential (up to70%). Yet actual numbers could be higher considering NEW OEM deals and faster than traditional growth of GB/Ethernet segment and compact PCI cards. Using rather conservative estimates Q3 revenues should be around 26 million and Q4 should be around 36.5m. The next years four quarters should bring in 124 million plus. Total revenue for year 2001 will be in excess of 321 million. INPH will have no decreasing legacy revenues like last year to slow it down. Potential earnings with 50% gross profit of 160m would be around 30 million conservatively. The Fibrechannel sector consists of host bus adapter companies like EMLX, QLGC, INPH, and switch companies like BRCD, ANCR, ZOOX and VIXL. INPH competes mainly with QLGC and EMLX. BRCD has over 80% of switch market. INPH is #3 preesntly in unit shipments. With new deals signed last quarter (NEC, HWP, ATON, CNT, LAND-5 in FC and NOK in pci compact controllers) INPH is heading for much higher growth and revenues. I don’t need to tell you what the stock price should do at this point. INPH is not a core holding for us but putting 5% to 12% of our portfolio into it is suggested. BUY INPH NOW

[Tronic]

Interphase Appoints Kalush to Additional Position of Chairman; Thomas Thawley Also Appointed as Vice-chairman

DALLAS, Jul 20, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Interphase Corporation (Nasdaq: INPH),
an international supplier of next-generation networking technologies, today
announced that Gregory B. Kalush, president and chief executive officer, was
recently appointed to the additional position of chairman of the board,
succeeding R. Stephen Polley. S. Thomas Thawley was also appointed as
vice-chairman of the company`s board of directors.

"Because of his active involvement in forging the company`s next-generation
product strategy, Greg was the logical choice to fill the vacancy," said Jim
Halpin, former CEO of CompUSA and Interphase director. "He has helped navigate
the company`s product transition, and the board of directors has confidence in
his ability to lead the company to the next level of its success."

Kalush joined Interphase in February 1998 as chief financial officer, and was
appointed as president and CEO in March 1999. Prior to joining Interphase,
Kalush served in various executive management, financial management and
operations management roles at leading communication companies including DSC
Communications (now Alcatel USA, Inc.), and IBM. Kalush earned a bachelor of
business administration degree from Pace University in Pleasantville, N.Y., and
a master of business administration degree from the Pace University Graduate
School of Business in White Plains, N.Y.

Thawley is a co-founder of the company and has served as secretary and a
director of the company since its inception in 1977.

[Dukati]

Hallo,

ich finde INPH hält sich mit leichtem Minus hervorragend nach den wenig berauschenden Zahlen und den gestrigen Verlusten.

Wenn sich die Nasdaq einigermaßen hält in den nächsten Wochen macht es vermutlich keinen Sinn jetzt auszusteigen und im Herbst wieder einzusteigen.

Denn langfristig bin ich von INPH überzeugt.

Dukati

[Tronic]

Put More Fibre In Your Storage

Fibre Channel puts the muscle in storage area networks--and more.

By Chris DeVoney, Sm@rt Partner

Quick: what can talk SCSI and Ethernet protocols with equal ease, but is found more often connecting boxes rather than pieces in a box? The answer is Fibre Channel, a very high-speed serial data transfer architecture which lets storage assets move into the petabyte (a mega-gigabyte) range.

The Fibre Channel architecture, abbreviated FC, is stewarded by the ANSI X3-T11 technical committee and combines the best of channel-based architecture with data network design. Fibre Channel connects devices and systems, offers a flexible topology, and spans distances up to 10 kilometers. Supporting device and system protocols like SCSI, IP, ATM and Ethernet, Fibre Channel is protocol agnostic.

Ever Faster

Fibre Channel is an interesting contrast to Ethernet, which tries to conserve bandwidth and assumes data packets may never arrive. FC assumes availability of a reliable channel, uses larger data packets (typically 2011 bytes vs. 538 bytes) and has less packet overhead than Ethernet. FC also puts the protocol processing in hardware rather than into (slower) software.

Today, FC products top out at 1Gbps, which translates to 100MBps. The standard actually specifies 2Gbps (200MBps) which should be expressed in products this year. The next version raises the bar to 4Gbps (400MBps) for products in 2002.

Unlike SCSI, Fibre Channel works with fiber-optical cables up to 10 kilometers long or copper wires up to 30 meters in length. Fibre Channel also uses full-duplex channels as opposed to SCSI`s half-duplex. Because the data flows in both directions simultaneously, FC`s maximum throughput rate is actually doubled. And with its lower packet overhead and hardware protocol processing, the technology sustains a bandwidth utilization rate closer to 90 percent of rated speed, as opposed to Ethernet`s 70 percent.

Like SCSI, FC can use point-to-point connections. Like Ethernet, FC can be an interconnecting fabric. The layout can be a tree using switches and hubs or the topology can be a loop in which the connected systems form a ring. Flexible underpinnings, huge storage devices and clusters easily can be added to a company`s SAN or a service provider`s data center.

The price of a Fibre Channel port is declining to about one-third more than an equivalent Ethernet port.

Too Good To Be True?

The major problem with Fibre Channel is compatibility. FC is much like the early SCSI products where things didn`t always work correctly. Although the industry is striving hard, manufacturers still read the specs differently and their implementations vary.

That problem is critical with storage area networks where the management software can be very sensitive to changes. When creating or extending a SAN, read the compatibility information very carefully. A single revision in a BIOS or software device driver can derail the FC connection. And don`t trust the information if specific version or revision numbers aren`t provided. You must be that detailed.

Although our desktop systems may not use Fibre Channel five years from now, there is little doubt that each day our systems will use data that has traveled through a Fibre Channel link on its route to us.

[Raunzer]

Hallo Tronic,
könntest Du mir zu Deinem Beitrag auch noch das Datum der Veröffentlichung posten.
Ist nicht Interphase in der Lage die 2Gb Adapter mit 400Mb schon zu liefern? Zumindest in den nächsten Wochen.
Mfg Raunzer

[Tronic]

Guten Morgen Raunzer!

Der Artikel ist vom 10 Juli 2000.
Hier ist der Link dazu:http://www.zdnet.com/sp/stories/issue/0,4537,2602616,00.html

[Raunzer]

Danke Tronic

Mfg Raunzer

[Tronic]

Emulex and Seagate Demonstration Highlights2Gb/s Fibre Channel Development Partnership


06-27-00 09:38 AM EST | COSTA MESA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--


2Gb/s Technology Extends Fibre Channel Performance

to 400MB/s Bandwidth

Emulex Corporation (NASDAQ: EMLX), the world`s largest supplier of fibre channel host adapters, announced today it is teaming up with Seagate Technology to demonstrate 2Gb/s fibre channel products at Networks UK, June 27 - 29, Stand 17V101, at the NEC in Birmingham, England. In this demonstration, the recently announced Emulex LightPulse(TM) LP9002 fibre channel host adapter will operate in conjunction with Seagate`s new 2Gb/s Cheetah disc drives to set a new standard for fibre channel performance. In addition to providing twice the bandwidth, the 2Gb/s data rate enables fibre channel to efficiently handle more disc drives or storage systems on a single connection.

The Emulex LP9002 is fully backwards compatible with today`s 1Gb/s fibre channel standard, yet capable of providing up to 400MB/s bandwidth on a single link when operating at 2Gb/s full-duplex. In addition, the LP9002 is fully compatible with software drivers for the market leading LP8000 and LP7000E products.

"Seagate`s goal is to provide customers with the fastest, most efficient, most easily scalable technology for delivering data across Storage Area Networks," said Sherman Black, Seagate vice president of Enterprise Product Line Management. "Our ongoing partnership with Emulex is important to ensure the performance, functionality, and interoperability of our new Cheetah 2Gb/s disc drives with Emulex`s market leading host adapters, benefiting our enterprise customers," he added.

"Seagate and Emulex share many mutual enterprise customers," said Alan Wallman, director of European operations for Emulex. "With this demonstration at Networks, we will show how new 2Gb/s fibre channel products provide significant performance improvements for storage area networks and enterprise computing, while maintaining interoperability with existing fibre channel infrastructures," he added.


About the Emulex LightPulse LP9002 host bus adapter


The 64-bit, 66MHz PCI LP9002 supports both 1Gb/s and 2Gb/s fibre channel connectivity, with auto speed sensing and auto speed matching to insure complete compatibility with existing 1Gb/s fibre channel SANs. The LP9002 provides a unique combination of features, including switched fabric support using F_Port and FL_Port connections, full-duplex data transfers, high data integrity features, support for all fibre channel topologies, and support for service classes 2 and 3. The LP9002 also features sophisticated hardware that provides superior performance in storage area networks, delivering low latency and high throughput in switched, arbitrated loop and clustered environments.

The LP9002 is supported by a rich suite of software, providing support for storage protocol (SCSI), network protocol (IP), as well as multi-protocol (SCSI & IP) operation, enabling advanced SAN and network applications. Emulex provides a wide range of operating system support, including Windows 2000, Windows NT, Solaris, AIX and NetWare.

The LP9002 is part of a broad family of fibre channel products offered by Emulex to address the needs of both mission-critical enterprise applications and open systems computing. The Emulex fibre channel family also includes our high-performance PCI-based LP8000, the recently announced LP8000DC (dual channel), LP7000E and open-server LP850 host adapters, the new 64-bit, 66Mhz LP9000 and LP950 host adapters, the SBus based LP8000S host adapter and the industry`s first digital re-timing hub, the LH5000 series.


About Emulex


Emulex Corporation is a leading designer, developer and supplier of a broad line of fibre channel host adapters, hubs, ASICs and software products that provide connectivity solutions for fibre channel storage area networks (SAN). The Company`s products are based on internally developed ASIC technology, and are deployable across a variety of SAN configurations and operating systems, enhancing data flow between computers and peripherals. Emulex`s products offer customers the unique combination of critical reliability, scalability, and high performance, and can be customized for mission-critical server and storage system applications. Emulex products have been selected by the world`s leading server and storage providers, including Compaq, EMC, Fujitsu-Siemens, Groupe Bull, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi Data Systems, IBM, NEC, and Unisys. In addition, Emulex includes industry leaders Brocade, Intel, McData, Microsoft, Legato, and Veritas among its strategic partners.

Emulex markets to OEMs and end users through its own worldwide selling organization, as well as two-tier distribution partners. Corporate headquarters are located in Costa Mesa, California. News releases and other information about Emulex Corporation are available via the Internet at http://www.emulex.com.


EMULEX 5/8 the fibre channel company


About Seagate Technology, Inc.


Seagate Technology, Inc. (NYSE: SEG) is a leading provider of the Internet Infrastructure enabling people to store, access, and manage information. The Company is committed to providing best-in-class products to help people get information when, where and how they want it. Seagate is the world`s largest manufacturer of disc drives, magnetic discs and read-write heads, an innovator in tape drives, Storage Area Network (SAN) solutions and a leading developer of Business Intelligence software. Seagate can be found around the globe and at http://www.seagate.com. For automated news, stock and financial information by phone, dial toll-free 877-SEG-NYSE. Outside the U.S. and Canada, dial 760-704-4368.

Seagate, Seagate Technology, and Cheetah registered trademarks of Seagate Technology, Inc. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

This news release refers to various products and companies by their trade names. In most, if not all, cases these designations are claimed as trademarks or registered trademarks by their respective companies.

[Raunzer]

Schöner Artikel Tronic,
stellt sich nur die Frage wann der neue 2Gb Adapter lieferbar ist?
Nachfolgend ein kleiner Artikel vom November 99.

Interphase and Seagate Demonstrate 2 Gbps Fibre Channel At Comdex
-- First public demonstration of higher throughput Fibre Channel marks new plateau in Storage Area Network Technology --
Las Vegas, NV, November 16th, 1999 -- Interphase Corporation (NASDAQ: INPH), an international supplier of enterprise networking technologies, and Seagate Technology, Inc. (NYSE: SEG) are providing an advanced look at the future of Storage Area Networking for the estimated 200,000 networking professionals who are visiting the Comdex tradeshow this week. The two companies are jointly demonstrating 2 Gigabit per second Fibre Channel connectivity featuring Seagate`s Cheetah 36LP Fibre Channel disk drives and Interphase PowerSAN™ adapters running in a Sun Solaris environment. The higher throughput capabilities being displayed publicly for the first time this week mark a new plateau in the development of Storage Area Network (SAN) technology.

The emergence of the SAN architecture has fostered a surge in data capacity within the enterprise. As a result, the need for the two-fold increase in throughput that 2 Gbps Fibre Channel provides has become important to support SAN scalability and performance-demanding applications which require higher aggregate bandwidth.

"The Interphase PowerSAN adapter has demonstrated impressive performance," said Nancy Kuehn, Seagate Product Marketing Manager. "By sustaining maximized throughput to multiple drives operating at 2 Gbps, our collaborative demonstration shows that interoperable solutions are on the horizon for enterprise network managers building next-generation Storage Area Network architectures."

Interphase 64-bit PowerSAN adapters provide industry-leading performance scalability for enterprise-class applications. The 2 Gbps PowerSAN architecture features an efficient state machine processor that eliminates the "performance bottleneck" that can occur in some competitive designs when implemented in high-end demanding environments. PowerSAN adapters include other features important for enterprise SAN environments such as simultaneous support for both SCSI and IP protocol traffic, multi-gigabit connectivity options, and Java-based HBA SAN management.

"We are pleased to be working with Seagate`s drive technology to demonstrate the new capability of our Fibre Channel adapters," said Greg Kalush, Interphase president and CEO. "It is important that the Fibre Channel community works closely to enable compatible multi-host, multi-storage environments for the enterprise IT buyer. By partnering to demonstrate 2 Gbps performance, Interphase and Seagate are delivering on this commitment to the user community."

About Interphase Corporation

Interphase Corporation designs and delivers high-performance connectivity adapters for enterprise server network environments and demanding embedded systems applications. The company is a respected leader in designing robust and reliable interfaces for storage area (SAN), wide area (WAN) and local area (LAN) networking environments utilizing the technologies that are laying the foundation for networks in the 21st century including Fibre Channel, remote enterprise access protocols and ATM

Interphase is a publicly traded company and has been listed on NASDAQ (INPH) since 1984. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, the company markets its products to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), distributors, systems integrators, value-added resellers (VARs) and large end-users through a worldwide direct sales force, global channels and an extensive service and support network. Additional information about Interphase and its products is available through the company`s web site at http://www.iphase.com.
Mfg Raunzer

[Tronic]

Tja Raunzer, wann das Teil lieferbar ist kann ich dir zwar auch nicht sagen, aber Interphase darf sich auf seinem Technologievorsprung nicht ausruhen, denn schließlich schläft die Konkurrenz nicht.

Hier noch ein kleiner Chart der zeigt das der ganze Sektor am Fallen ist. (geteiltes Leid, ist halbes Leid)

[Tronic]

Fibre Channel Industry Association Elects New Board of Directors; Skip Jones Elected New Chairman of the FCIA

SAN FRANCISCO, Jul 31, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Fibre Channel Industry
Association (FCIA) has elected a new board of directors for fiscal year 2000.

The 11-member board will comprise nine members from the FCIA, one from
FCIA-Japan and one from FCA-Europe.


The new board members are:
1. David Deming, Solution Technology
2. Michael Graham, Seagate Technology
3. Mimi Howard, Hitachi Data Systems
4. Skip Jones, QLogic
5. Nancy Kuehn, Ancor Communications
6. Kumar Malavali, Brocade Communications
7. Jay Neer, Molex
8. Linda Reed, McData
9. Ed van Audelang, Interphase

Representing FCA-Europe:

10. Paul Talbut, chairman, Fibre Channel Association of Europe Representing
FCIA-Japan:


11. Arai Yuichi, chairman, Fibre Channel Industry Association of
Japan

In addition, the new board of directors at their meeting held on July 25, 2000,
has elected Jones chairman of the FCIA, Deming president, Kuehn secretary and
Howard treasurer.

"The FCIA, over the past year, has made significant strides in educating and
advancing market acceptance of Fibre Channel technology and Storage Area
Networking solutions in data-intensive storage environments," said Jones.

"To further widen our visibility and advance our responsiveness to the new
market dynamics, the FCIA will spearhead several new initiatives in the upcoming
year that will further help to promote and educate the industry on the benefits
of using Fibre Channel technology."

The FCIA will develop and deploy multiple programs this year to increase Fibre
Channel awareness -- some of which are to increase the frequency of nationwide
media and analyst tours, collaborating with the industry on joint-educational
events, getting industry agreement on its SANMark(TM) program, facilitating
industry cooperation to further the technology and helping to expedite and move
approved technology agreements into standards organizations faster.


About The FCIA

The Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA) is an international organization
of manufacturers, systems integrators, developers, systems vendors, industry
professionals, and end users. With more than 150 members and affiliates in the
United States, Europe and Japan, the FCIA is committed to delivering a broad
base of Fibre Channel infrastructure to support a wide array of industry
applications within the mass storage and IT-based arenas. FCIA Working Groups
focus on specific aspects of the technology that target both vertical and
horizontal markets, including storage, video, networking and SAN Management.

For information, contact the Fibre Channel Industry Association at 415/750-8355
or visit the FCIA Web site at http://www.fibrechannel.org.

[Tronic]

Business Editors & High Tech Writers

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 31, 2000--Interphase Corporation (Nasdaq: INPH), an international supplier of next-generation networking technologies, today announced that David Helffrich has joined the company as Executive Vice President of Engineering, effective immediately.
"With an increased focus on software development, especially in the areas of integrated SAN management and enhanced operating system driver support, we felt it was important to add a proven leader with extensive software development experience to the senior management team," said Greg Kalush, Interphase president and CEO. "David brings to Interphase over 15 years of software engineering management expertise, and will drive our continued efforts to deliver world-class product solutions to our customers."
Helffrich, age 41, assumes overall responsibility for the hardware and software development of the company`s Storage Area Networking (SAN) and networking product families. Prior to joining Interphase, David served as Vice President of Development for Sterling Software`s Application Development Group, managing a team of over 200 developers, testers, and technical writers to deliver the COOL product suite.
Helffrich also served as Senior Director, Development responsible for component modeling and product research at Sterling Software, which acquired Texas Instruments Software Division in 1997. At Texas Instruments, David was the development manager responsible for launching Performer, a CASE product designed for client-server applications. David held several other positions with Texas Instruments in both software development and project management.

[Raunzer]

Hallo zusammen,
In den USA ist ja schon seit Freitag die Tatsache klar das Nortel Networks, Alteon Websystems übernehmen will. Interphase hat mit Alteon einen Liefervertrag über den Slotoptimizer, dazu kommt noch das in der Euro am Sonnteg eine Kaufempfehlung zu Nortel drinstand. Nortel verkauft einen Teil seiner Geschäftsfelder an Corning und fokusiert sich nur noch auf den Bau von MAN, SAN, WAN Netzen.
Wenn man jetzt 2 und 2 zusammen zählen kann erhält man folgende Hypothese, ist glaub ich auch eingehend im Yahooboard drüber diskutiert worden.
Interphase liefert an Alteon bzw jetzt auch an Nortel, ergo es ist ein riesen Kunde dazugekommen. Könnte auch ein weiterer Kunde für den 6535 sein.
Mfg Raunzer

[Braini]

hm , finde dass es da schon sehr stark nach oben geht bei interphase. vielleicht ist die gelegnheit , ganz günstig nachzukaufen auch schon vorbei. aber nach dem satten anstieg gestern in usa rechne ich heute wieder mit leichtem minus

[rational_as_ever]

Hallo Raunzer!

Was Du sagst ist nicht ganz korrekt: INPH hat mit ATON keinen Liefervertrag über den 5570 Slot optimizer,
sondern er ist vielmehr in einer Gemeinschaftsproduktion entstanden.
ATON steuert deren Gigabit Ethernet Adapter bei, während INPH den FC-HBA liefert, aus beiden Teilen den
5570 GE/FC- Adapter "baut" und ihn anschließend über seine Vertriebspartner TechData, Acal, etc. an
den Mann bringt.
ATON ist also praktisch der Lieferant für INPH, da die Entwicklung, Herstellung und der Vertrieb allein bei
INPH liegt; ATON stellt wahrscheinlich Techniker ab, die INPH bei der Implementierung der GE-Adapter
beraten.
Der Adapter wird durch INPH und ATON "co-branded"; ich weiß nicht, ob ATON jetzt durch NORTEL ersetzt
wird, währe ein netter Imagegewinn für INPH.

Ich kenne die Geschäftsfelder von NT nicht so genau, Tatsache ist aber, dass die Vetriebskanäle von NT
jetzt auch ATON zur Verfügung stehen werden. Da der Vertrieb des 5570 aber allein bei INPH liegt, sehe
ich hier keine unmittelbaren Vorteile für INPH außer dem Imagegewinn, wie gesagt.

Gruß,

RAE

[Raunzer]

Lieber rational_as_ever,

ich hab nicht´s über den 5570 gesagt. Ich hab nur behauptet das sich unter Umständen auch noch weitere Absatzmöglichkeiten für den 6535 ergeben können, da sich Nortel Networks auf den Bau von Netzwerken aller Art konzentrieren will. Es könnte sich sogar für die GbFC-Adapter recht positiv auswirken. So wie ich den Artikel in der EAS interpretiere.
Mfg Raunzer

[rational_as_ever]

Lieber Raunzer,

du hast zwar nichts über den 5570 gesagt, aber auch über den anderen Slot optimizer (552C bzw. 553C)
hat INPH keinen Liefervertrag mit ATON, welchen hast du dann gemeint?

Ist ja auch egal, Nortel wäre jedenfalls ein potentieller Kunde; auf deren Website hab ich einige Server
gefunden, für die der eine oder andere INPH-Adapter wohl passend wäre.

Mal schaun.

Gruß,

RAE

[Raunzer]

Tschuldigung RAE,

die Technik basiert auf der von Alteon. Wird aber von Interphase entwickelt, produziert und nur von Interphase vermarktet. Ich versteh nur eins nicht ganz und das ist "co-branded".

Mfg Raunzer

[rational_as_ever]

Hi Raunzer,

"co-branded" bedeutet ganz einfach, dass auf dem Teil ein "Stempel" sein wird, der ungefähr sagt:
"Hergestellt von Interphase Corp. und Alteon Websystems".
Wie bei den Rindviechern die Brandzeichen.

Gruß,


RAE

[Raunzer]

Und das muß sich ein Hobbybauer sagen lassen. Glaub ich muß mal meinen Babylon Translater wieder updaten!

Danke

Mfg Raunzer

[Tronic]

Hallo!

Was sagt eigentlich Steve Harmon zu Interphase?

Hier ein paar Statement´s:

(17.12.1999)
Money Talk:
As the #2 vendor for fiber optics, Interphase Corp. looks undervalued to me. What do you think? Can you offer the long and short outlook on this one?

Harmon:
At $143 million market cap with strong revenue it appears Interphase {INPH} trades at just over 2x revenue and 25x estimated earnings. Top line growth could be stronger but with the market cap so low relative to revenue and earnings I think INPH could find some room to run. The problem though, is that the leading fiber vendors are light-years larger than Interphase.


(05.11.1999)
Money Talk:
Why is Interphase so undervalued? It`s in the same fiber channel HBA business as Emulex and JNI Corporation but its valuation has lagged behind.

Harmon:
Fiber channel solutions are hot now. Interphase`s {INPH} net income fell 23% to $944k latest quarter as it shifted into more favorable product lines. Meanwhile, sales grew just 6% the first six months of this year. Emulex {EMLX} is getting it done, growing top and bottom lines. JNI {JNIC} ditto. High growth gets investor attention.


[26.05.2000)
Question:
What do you think of Interphase Corp. {INPH} for the future?

Harmon:
Interphase ran on fiber-channel exuberance and now like most of the market, sits without the exuberance.

[rational_as_ever]

Hallo Tronic!

"High growth gets investor attention", absolut korrekt und genau das Problem von Interphase.

Dadurch, dass INPH bereits seit über einem Jahr zugunsten von FC und BB telecom umstrukturiert, wurden
im Gesamtergebnis (Umsatz) bisher keine Steigerungen sondern zuletzt sogar Rückgänge erzielt, obgleich
sich der Gewinn je Aktie kontinuierlich bei stagnierendem bzw. rückläufigem Umsatz verbessert hat.
Dies ist ein Zeichen, dass sich FC und BB telecom Produkte zum Hauptumsatzträger entwickelt haben, und
dabei deren höhere Margen zum Tragen kommen (gross margin 55% in Q2).

Es kann als grossartige Leistung des Interphase-Managements angesehen werden, dass sie durch die Um-
strukturierung hindurch profitabel geblieben sind. Oftmals belasten die notwendigen R&D und Marketingaus-
gaben für neue Produkte den Gewinn eines Unternehmens in der Umstrukturierung stark.

Bis ein Unternehmen wie INPH, das noch in der Umstrukturierung steckt, vom Markt vernünftig bewertet wird,
braucht es MEHRERE Quarter mit starkem Umsatzwachstum in den NEUEN Produktbereichen.

Wann wird das sein?
Meiner Meinung nach nicht mehr in diesem Jahr. Ich glaube nicht, dass die neuen OEM Deals, die dem-
nächst angekündigt werden sollen, den stock price dauerhaft auf einem höheren Level etablieren werden,
da derzeit einfach noch die Unterstützung durch starke Quartalsergebnisse fehlt.

Man muss aber nach vorne schauen um zu verstehen, welche Chancen Interphase bietet:
Die Software für die neuen FC-HBA´s ("Power SAN 2000") soll laut CEO noch vor Ende August fertig sein.
Sie wird dann den OEM´s zum Testen zur Verfügung stehen, was möglicherweise weitere 8-10 Wochen
wird. Die Umsätze im FC Bereich werden also im 4.Quartal 2000 den ramp-up beginnen, und in Q1/2001 ex-
plodieren, und zwar aus folgenden Gründen:

- auf der "Internet Week" im July haben die INPH HBA´s die beste Performance unter mehreren Konkurrenz-
produkten gezeigt, speziell was die Input/Output Rate angeht. Näheres wird dazu in der "Internet Week" im
September stehen.

- neue OEM Deals mit
>> NEC, die Emulex verlassen haben und Interphase gewählt haben (bestimmt nicht weil die INPH HBA´s
schlechter waren)
>> CNT für deren Open Systems Gateways
>> Land 5
>> 2 der 3 Top- pazifischen Serverherstellern(!);

- gemeinsame Entwicklung des weltweit ersten Gigabit-Ethernet/Fibre Channel Adapters mit Alteon
Websystems, der sowohl bei den Resellern als auch bei den OEM´s auf großes Interesse gestoßen ist.
Allein dieses Produkt wird (persönliche Schätzung) in Q1/2001 KONSERVATIV zwischen 5-10 Mio.$ an
Umsatz bringen.

- Mehrere neue Reseller Verträge, z.B. mit TechData (Umsatz 99: 11 Mill.$) und Acal (Umsatz 99: ca. 800
Mill. DM);


Das war der FC-Bereich; obendrauf kommen noch die BB telecom products, die im letzten Quartal bereits
um 50% sequentiell gewachsen sind und damit 3,2 Mio.$ an Umsatz brachten. Nimmt man realistischer-
weise diese Wachstumsrate für die nächsten Quartale an, so hätten wir in Q3 4,8 Mio.$, in Q4 7,2 Mio.$
und in Q1/01 10,8 Mio.$ Umsatz nur von den BB products.
Es kommt jedoch demnächst noch ein neues Produkt hinzu, nämlich der 6535 T1/E1/J1 Communications
Controller (Demo: http://iphase.com/wirelesspalm).
Greg Kalush hat das Interesse der Kunden an diesem Produkt als "phenomenal" bezeichnet, denn es ist
der Konkurrenz, z.B. Sun, um 6-8 Monate voraus und auch noch billiger.
Überhaupt hat Interphase in dieser noch jungen Branche das weitgefächertste Produktangebot und viele
Entwicklungs- und Partnerschaftabkommen mit nahezu allen führenden Telecom service providern wie Nokia,
Alcatel und Motorola.
Zur Erinnerung: Dieser Markt wird in Zukunft (mit UMTS usw.) ein mindestens ebenso großes Volumen
haben wie der FC Markt (15 Mrd.$ in 2002), und INPH hat gute Chancen, hierbei eine Führungsrolle zu
übernehmen.

Ich rechne also für Q1/01 mit einem Umsatz zwischen 25 und 30 Mio.$ (konservativ).
Rechnet man das mit Steigerungsraten von 30% pro Quartal auf´s Jahr hoch, so kommt man leicht auf
200 Mio.$.
Angenommen es währen nur 150 Mio.$ und Interphase würde nur ein KUV von 10 (EMLX bzw. QLGC haben
eins von 20, BROCADE von 170), so ergäbe sich ein Marktkapitalisierung von 1,5 Mill.$, was einem Aktien-
kurs von über 200$ bedeuten würde.
Realistischerweise sind aber weit höhere Kurse MÖGLICH.


Letztendlich sind das alles aber nur Annahmen, wie es sein KÖNNTE!
Es gibt viele Unwägbahrkeiten, wie z.B. zunehmender Konkurrenzdruck, verspätete Einführungen von
Produkten wie zur Zeit, nicht genügend qualifiziertes Personal (Fachkräfte sind knapp), Produktfehler,
FC setzt sich als Industriestandard nicht durch (sehr unwahrscheinlich), etc.

Dennoch ist Interphase, da sie in den zwei wohl heißesten Tech-Sektoren tätig und eine Turn-around
Story sind (Unterbewertung), wohl eines der aussichtsreichsten Investments für die kommenden Jahre.


Gruß an alle,


RAE

[rational_as_ever]

Der korrekte Link zur 6535 Demo ist: http://www.iphase.com/wirelesspalm/

Vorhin war ein "/" zu wenig.

[Braini]

die 15 zum einsteigen werden wir wohl nimmer sehen... einerseits leider , andererseits komm ich ganz langsam von meinen roten zahlen runter.... ärgerlich dass ich nich nachgeholt hab bei 17.... aber bei permanenter aufwärtsbegung müsste es doch bald mal wieder zur technischen gegenreaktion kommen , oder ?

[Tronic]

Efficient Networks Promotes James Johnson to Vice President of Customer Support Johnson Brings More Than 10-Years Experience in Research and Engineering To Efficient Networks

DALLAS, Aug 8, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Efficient Networks, Inc.
(Nasdaq: EFNT), a leading worldwide provider of digital subscriber line (DSL)
customer premises equipment (CPE) for the broadband access market, today
announced that it has promoted James Johnson to vice president of customer
support. Johnson, who has been at Efficient for over six years, was the senior
director of support services where he developed the first online knowledge base
and online call-tracking system.

In his new role as vice president of customer support, Johnson is responsible to
provide worldwide strategic direction for post-sales, customer support, and
technical training programs.

Prior to joining Efficient Networks, Johnson served as chief scientist`s
researcher of Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) at Interphase Corp.
Additionally he was a member of Interphase`s manufacturing test engineering team
on their second-generation FDDI VME and SBus controllers.

"James brings tremendous experience to our management team, and will serve an
essential role in moving Efficient`s customer support and technical training
programs to the next level," said Mark Floyd, president and CEO of Efficient
Networks, Inc. "James` strong knowledge of research and engineering is an asset
to the company as we continue to meet the growing marketing requirements for
customer support, and we are proud to provide him with the recognition he
deserves."

[erfg]

Hallo zusammen,

folgendes habe ich im Yahoo-Board (Dell) gefunden:

by: fprrrnnr 8/10/00 11:08 am
Msg: 346256 of 346290


INPH is in two hottest sectors of the

information revolution. Yet it is grossly undervalued. This cheap profitable company will be a big winner going forward. INPH is a networking company who makes the worlds best Broad band telecom controllers. They are 6-8 months ahead of competitors and the product has 5 x throughput of the closest competitor. . 50% sequential Broad band rev to 3.24m this quarter just annuonced. Expected to make as much as 70m or more (conservatively) next year with these products. Motorola SUNW, Ziatech and Force are their partners in BB telecom controller market. Product is used to connect public service telephone wireline and wireless networks to IP networks. It is also used for broad band internet access and for wireless 2g,3b deployment. Major wireless OEM deal to be announced. (NOK?) . They also have the best performing fibrechannel Host bus adapters (based on Agilents tachyon technology) which are superior to competitors products (QLGC, EMLX, JNIC) who uses RISC based architecture causing server performance bottle necks. Going forward according to IDC forecasts the fibrechannel Storage Area Netwoking is going to grow from 250m in 1999 to 15 billion in 2003. Next leg of information revolution will be in the fibrechannel sector. Due to the superiority in technology INPH has grabbed 5 new fibrechannel OEM deals during past two months. NEC , HWP, ATON, land-5, and CMNT. INPH is undervalued selling at less than 1 x next years projected sales of 200m (75m from Broad band controllers, 75 from fibrechannel and 50m from gigabit ethernet/fibrechannel combined products) valued 20 times cheaper than peers compared to price/sales. Marketcap/runrate (INPH=2, QLGC=30, EMLX=15 JNIC=11). 600000 shares short and gives down side protection. No short want to remain for more than 3 months with major BB telecom ramp up and FC ramp up to follow in q4.
INPH selling at a huge discount runrate of 2 while competitors go at 10(JNIC,EMLX) 20 (QLGC)-170(BRCD same sector not a competitor) Recent BRCD (fibrechannel switch makers don`t compete with INPH) CSCO deal makes SAN growth accelerate. Fibrechannel is far superior to Gigabit ethernet in speed and Quality of service and is predicted to grow and extend over WAN and MAN for many other future uses. INPH was the first to market (Only INPH makes these right now) and ship Gigabit ethernet/ FC adapters and this revenue could grow at 40% sequentially (350% annually) starting q3-q4. These adapters use ACEnic technology from ATON exclusively. These will take a huge market share from competitors due to huge cost savings it offers. (upto40% savings by using less servers) ATON has fastest growing ACEnic adapters. (according to recent delorro report) These cards have a hot market already and INPH is shaping up to have the giant share in this nascent market. (Easy 50m revenue from GE/FC adapter alone in 2001) Proper value is 20 x revenues. (1b). If properly valued like QLGC INPH will be 550, Like EMLX it will be 275, and Like JNIC it will be 200 dollars. Recent earnings in the sector show acceleration of fibrechannel SAN depolyment. Especially the case for INPH broadband telecom and GE/FC adapter businesses. Many reseller initiatives were introduced as well. Selling to HWP, IBM, SUNW, (Old OEMs) are ramping up. 3NO signed up INPH on 06/21/00 for INPH ATM controllers. INPH poised take a huge market share of broadband telecom controller market connecting PSTN to IP networkds in wireless and wireline sectors as well as broad band internet accesss market for DSL/Cable/wireless 3g based providers with worlds leading ATM controllers. Next year April revenues would be in 40m vs 13.5 million this april with over 200% growth.

Gruß Gerd

[gholzbauer]

Langsam finde ich es verdächtig, daß dieselben 2 oder 3 Texte immer wieder auftauchen ...
Gruß, gholzbauer

[rational_as_ever]

Hallo zusammen!

Es gibt schon seit längerer Zeit die Diskussion, ob INFINIBAND, eine Technologie, die zukünftig
Datenübertragungsraten von bis zu 3GB/s ermöglichen wird, FC basierte Systeme ersetzen wird
(zum Vergleich: FC ermöglicht Übertragungsraten von derzeit bis zu 400MB/s, mit höheren bis zu
1GB/s in Planung).

Ich habe dazu schon einen Beitrag im Yahoo-Board gepostet, und stelle den jetzt aus Bequemlichkeit
in Englisch hier ´rein:

INFINIBAND was developed to provide increased I/O bandwith, mainly for interprocessor
communication within
clustered environments, but also for the design of future SANs, and this by abolishing of the
traditional PCI bus
architecture.

Now this leads to the question: Will INFINIBAND replace FC?

Yes, but not at once, in fact they´ll co-exist for many, many years!
All current interconnects such as FC, PCI, PCI-X and Ethernet will be compatible with
INFINIBAND.

Currently, most FC-HBA´s are PCI based.
A 64bit/66MHz PCI bus has a theoretical bandwith of 533MB/s, so it´s absolutely sufficient for
today´s most advanced 2
Gbps HBA´s (400MB/s throughput).

And there is even a solution for future 4 Gbps HBA´s, called PCI-X with a theoretical bandwith of
1066 MB/s.
Presently, only Qlogic offers a PCI-X based HBA(2 Gbps), which is the QLA2300 series, but I´m
sure other vendors will
follow soon.

Generally,it is expected that the PCI-X bus will satisfy systems I/O performance demands over the
next few years and
remain broadly supported for years after that.
Infiniband isn´t a revolutionary but a EVOLUTIONARY technology drawing on exsisting
technology; fundamental shifts
in architecture happen gradually, so the new Infiniband switched architecture will have to be
compatible with shared bus
architecture for some time to come.

FC switches will be Infiniband switches sometime, point-to-point FC interconnects will be
point-to-point Infiniband
interconnects and most likely those companys, who today produce FC-HBA´s will be producing
Infiniband HCA´s or
TCA´s tomorrow.
(There´s no equivalent to an FC-AL with Infiniband, however.)

ALL HBA-makers have joined the "Infiniband Trade Association" to ensure that they won´t miss
future developments.
But only one out of them did not decide to make a splendid press release out of it, and that was
Interphase.
Even if the Qlogic and Adaptec announcements regarding this are some kind of hype, Interphase
should still have
announced it by a press release.

First Infiniband products to market will be available in early 2001, but this will only be some kind of
software bridge for
server clustering.
Until real hardware components come out it may be 2-3 years.

[rational_as_ever]

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[Raunzer]

Hallo zusammen, wollte nur mal die Seite von Qlogic´s QLA 2300 reinstellen. Ist im Moment aber auch noch nicht leistungsfähiger als der 5560 von Interphase. Über die neuen HBA´s bei Emulex konnte ich leider noch nicht´s in Erfahrung bringen, außer einer mageren Pressrelease. Wenn jemand was genaueres weiß, bitte reinstellen.

QLA2300 - 2 Gigabit Fibre Channel 64-Bit PCI-X HBA

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


KEY FEATURES
64-bit, 66/133 MHz PCI-X (backwards compatible with standard 32/64 bit, 33/66 MHz PCI)
Supports up to 400 MB/s Fibre Channel data transfer rates in Full Duplex mode
Automatically negotiates Fibre Channel bit rate (1 or 2 Gb)
FC-AL Private & Public Loop, Point-to-Point, Switched Fabric
FL-Port, F-Port and Fabric Log-in
Concurrent SCSI, IP, Virtual interface (VI) protocol support
FC-Tape support
Classes 1, 2, 3 and intermix of Fibre Channel service
SCSI Initiator, Initiator/Target and Target modes
Comprehensive suite of software drivers
Copper and Fiber Optic Models
ACPI Power management, PC99 Support
BIOS Support (Local & Fabric)
OVERVIEW

Based on QLogic`s award-winning Fibre Channel architecture, the QLA2300 Series are 64-bit, 133 MHz PCI-X to 2-Gigabit Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters. Targeted specifically for Storage Area Networks (SANs) and server clustering environments, the QLA2300 Series has been optimized for peak performance and real-world scalability.


UNPRECEDENTED BALANCED PERFORMANCE. QLogic has pushed the performance envelope with the QLA2300 Series. Engineered for maximum bandwidth, the QLA2300 Series is the first to support both 2-Gigabit Fibre Channel and 133 MHz PCI-X, resulting in the union of the two fastest I/O technologies. This combination eliminates host bus bottlenecks that may impede the high performance of 2Gb Fibre Channel and creates the perfect balanced solution. To further boost IOPs performance, we`ve doubled our embedded RISC processor performance and moved time critical functions into the hardware modules allowing the QLA2300 Series to hit breakneck speeds.

SAN & CLUSTERING SOLUTIONS. The QLA2300 Series is the ultimate choice for open systems solutions for SAN and server clustering, with support for concurrent multiple protocols - SCSI, IP, Virtual Interface (VI) and FC-Tape. Optimized for high-speed data movement, system management and application-to-application communication within server clusters, the QLA2300 Series provides the flexibility needed to run complex storage networks. Cutting-edge SAN utilities like QLogic Management Suite provide advanced capabilities for remote configuration and management, load-balancing, failover, and LUN-masking. The QLA2300 Series is far more than just hardware, it`s a complete I/O solution.



The Emulex fibre channel family also includes the company`s PCI-based 64-bit, 66 MHz LP9000 and LP950 host adapters, the high-performance LP7000E and open-server LP850 host adapters, the new 2Gb/s LP9002 host adapter family, the Sbus-based LP8000S host adapter and the industry`s first digital re-timing hub, the LH5000 series.

Weiß jemand wann die 2GB HBA`s von Qlogic und Emulex am Markt verfügbar sein werden? Die von JNIC sind ja nur für Entwickler zu haben, wenn man der Homepage trauen kann.
Sieht also für mich so aus, als ob Interphase first to market ist und einen Vorsprung von von ein paar Monaten hat.
Zu Infinband kann ich nicht viel sagen weil ich mich noch nicht eingehend damit beschäftigt hab.
Lieber rational_as_ever gibt´s zu Infiniband irgendwelche schriftlichen Quellen? Wäre sehr dankbar über ein paar Links.

Mfg Raunzer

[rational_as_ever]

Hallo Raunzer!


Nach allem, was ich in der letzten Zeit gelesen habe, wird eine marktbreite Einführung von Servern, die 2 GB/s unterstützen, im Herbst stattfinden. Bis dahin werden alle einen 2GB/s HBA am Markt haben.
Obwohl INPH nach JNI der zweite HBA Maker war, der einen 2GB/s HBA eingeführt hat, ergibt sich daraus aus oben genannten Gründen kein direkter Wettbewerbsvorteil.

Trotzdem muss man neidlos anerkennen, dass Qlogic derzeit wohl den fortschrittlichsten 2 GB/s HBA liefert.
Er unterstützt bereits den neuen PCI-X Standard, der Datenraten bis 1066MB/s ermöglicht und unterstützt auch das VI Protokoll (Ich bin sicher INPH und JNI werden damit bald folgen), das u.a. von Interphase, Qlogic und Emulex mitentwickelt wurde:

http://developer.intel.com/design/servers/vi/the_spec/origin…

Zum Thema INFINIBAND gibt`s eine sehr umfangreiche Erklärung (PDF) bei Compaq:

http://www.compaq.com/support/techpubs/whitepapers/tc000702t…


Die Homepage der "Infiniband Association" ist

http://www.infinibandta.org/home.php3


Presseartikel zu Infiniband kriegst du am besten, wenn du zu http://www.planetIT.com gehst und dort die Stichwortsuche nimmst.
Ich hoffe, das wird dir weiterhelfen.

Gruß,


RAE

[Tronic]

Es gibt wieder mal richtige News zu Interphase!

Interphase Launches Diamond Developer Partner Program; Provides Foundation for On-going Business Development

DALLAS, Aug 15, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Interphase Corporation (Nasdaq: INPH),
an international supplier of next-generation networking technologies, today
announced a strategic partnership program designed to strengthen its
relationships with key hardware and software providers in the Storage Area
Network (SAN) and embedded telecommunications markets. The Interphase Diamond
Developer Program provides evaluation product, technical support, co-marketing
programs and equipment discounts to qualifying partners to ensure reliable,
easy-to-integrate, turn-key solutions for end-users and fast-time-to-market for
resellers, integrators and equipment suppliers.

"Building strategic alliances with other suppliers in the SAN and telecom
industries is paramount to providing world class solutions to Interphase
customers," said Greg Kalush, Interphase president and CEO. "The Diamond
Developer Program moves beyond compatibility testing to actively leverage the
combined strengths of Interphase and our partners toward robust networking
solutions aimed at exciting business opportunities. Having a joint program that
encompasses interoperability testing, marketing, and future product development
with strategic partners will foster truly innovative solutions for the market."

The Diamond Developer Program provides a three-tier approach to building a
robust business development relationship with complementary solution partners.
The first step involves extensive product interoperability and compatibility
testing. In this phase of the program, Diamond Developer partners receive
advance releases of Interphase product to thoroughly test integrated
multi-vendor solutions.

The next phase of the program offers several co-marketing opportunities to
Diamond Developer partners to enhance brand recognition and product awareness in
the marketplace. Such activities include joint public relations activities in
conjunction with tradeshows and product launches, sales training, cooperative
white papers and promotional programs with distributors and systems integrators.

The top phase of the Diamond Developer Program involves a more formal
co-development relationship between Interphase and its partners, thus creating
new market opportunities through joint business activities. This tier of the
program includes the co-development of hardware and software, joint strategic
business planning between company executives, and collaborative direct and/or
channel sales initiatives.

"Our goal is to seek out and develop strategic partnerships with the key
platform, operating system, protocol software and I/O equipment vendors that
will allow Interphase to dominate our respective market segments," said Roger
Woolley, Senior Director of Global Marketing at Interphase. "The Diamond
Developer Program provides a springboard for us to leverage our on-going
interoperability efforts into more fully integrated product development with
industry-leading SAN and next-generation embedded telecommunication solution
vendors."


What Diamond Developer Partners Are Saying

Inaugural partners through the Interphase Diamond Developer Program include
Eurologic Systems, Force Computers (NYSE:SLR), Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702),
Gadzoox Networks (Nasdaq: ZOOX); LynuxWorks (formerly Lynx Real-time Systems),
Molex Incorporated (Nasdaq:MOLX, MOLXA), Motorola Computer Group, Vixel
Corporation (Nasdaq: VIXL), Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: WIND), and Ziatech
Corporation.

Eurologic Systems: "Eurologic`s key focus is on enabling our customers to be
first-to-market with optimum network storage solutions," said Mike Stolz, Vice
President of Marketing for Eurologic Systems. "Building a stronger business
partnership with Interphase through the Diamond Developer Program will help
ensure we continue to bring our innovative technology to new markets such as
telecommunications and Internet applications."

Force Computers, Inc.: "The Interphase Diamond Developer Program complements our
`Running with the Force` partner program," said Lorraine Orcino, third party
alliance manager at Force Computers. "Our collaborative testing and marketing
efforts with Interphase ensure a hassle-free, turnkey solution for
telecommunication providers building tomorrow`s communication infrastructure."

Fujitsu Limited: "Our customers require a comprehensive and reliable storage
system environment to implement their enterprise storage applications," said
Mike Fitzpatrick, Director, Strategic Engineering, Architecture Development
Group, for Fujitsu Computer Products of America. "The Interphase Diamond
Developer Program gives us an excellent approach to validate multi-vendor
solutions for our customers and nurture future enhancements to our products by
working with a proven leader in storage connectivity."

LynuxWorks: According to John Hannigan, Synergy Partners Program Manager at
LynuxWorks, "We provide new ways to solve embedded Linux and real-time customer
needs using the two most complementary operating systems on the market today:
LynxOS(R) and BlueCat(TM) Linux. Our strategic alliance with Interphase via the
Diamond Developer program opens the door for the development of tightly
integrated solutions targeted to next-generation telecommunication environments
running on open embedded platforms."

Molex: "As a leading global manufacturer of electronic, electrical and fiber
optic interconnection products and systems, Molex products play a commanding
role in the interconnection systems of the future," said Jay Neer, Strategic
Product Development Manager, Molex Incorporated. "The total solution approach
inherent in Interphase`s Diamond Developer Program offers us a unique
opportunity to verify our new product development in a multi-vendor atmosphere
on an on-going basis."

Motorola Computer Group: "Working closely with Interphase as a strategic partner
and through their Diamond Developer Program, higher degrees of interoperability
and compatibility are possible with our respective products," said Tom McKearney
vice president and director of marketing, Telecommunications Business, Motorola
Computer Group. "By combining MCG`s world-class carrier-grade platforms with
Interphase`s next-generation telecommunication boards, we are able to help
deliver superior complete solutions to our OEM customers. This enables our
customers to focus on their strategic value add for their end users and move
their product to market faster."

Vixel: "Vixel is a leading developer, manufacturer, and supplier of Fibre
Channel interconnect products and partners with industry leaders like Interphase
to develop products to meet the growing needs of Enterprise data centers," said
Edmund J. Reilly, Vice President, Customer Services and Solutions at Vixel. "The
Diamond Developer Program allows us to build upon our existing partnership with
Interphase, and to focus cooperative efforts on providing enhanced Fibre Channel
storage solutions to the user community."

Wind River Systems: "Embedded development is very complex and the time-to-market
requirements facing today`s telco suppliers makes it even more difficult," said
Caroline Yao, Group of Partner Solutions at Wind River. "Working with partners
like Interphase to develop products and tools that help shorten design cycles
for the embedded market is crucial for our customers` success. Wind River is
committed to building long-lasting relationships with the industry leaders
driving the future of the communications industry. Our participation in the
Diamond Developer Program demonstrates our commitment to this space."

Ziatech: "The convenience of quick-to-market high availability solutions is
critical to companies building network equipment for current and next generation
communication environments," said Jim Medeiros, Vice President of Business
Development at Ziatech. "Rigorously testing our products in conjunction with the
Diamond Developer Program clearly demonstrates our commitment to provide
industry-leading CompactPCI solutions for these most demanding, carrier-grade
applications. We look forward to developing further business opportunities in
the telecommunications market with Interphase as key partner."

[Tronic]

Und falls es noch keiner bemerkt haben sollte, Interphase hat seine Webseite neu gestaltet!

http://www.iphase.com/

Party up!

[Raunzer]

Danke rational_as_ever,

werd mich mal Durcharbeiten. Hab mich erst seit letzten Oktober mit dieser Teilsparte beschäftigt, als ich meine ersten Aktien von Interphase gekauft hatte.

Mfg Raunzer

[Tronic]

besser spät, als nie.

Interphase Introduces New Low Profile Fibre Channel Adapter; Designed for the New Generation of Rack-mounted Internet Servers

DALLAS, Aug 22, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Interphase Corporation (Nasdaq: INPH),
an international supplier of next-generation networking technologies, today
announced that it has expanded its enterprise-class Fibre Channel product line
with a new adapter that addresses the rapidly growing market for low profile
servers. The small form factor design of the new 5541 PowerSAN adapter offers
full duplex 1 Gbps Fibre Channel throughput, flexible GBIC connections for both
fiber and copper applications, and integrated SAN management.

In response to demand from ISPs and enterprise network centers, major server
vendors including Compaq, Dell, Hewlett-Packard and IBM have introduced a new
generation of low profile servers to provide the scalability required to keep
businesses connected to the Internet. According to International Data
Corporation, the Internet server segment of the overall appliance server market
will experience a compound annual growth rate of more than 130 percent through
2004.

"The 5541 provides a solution to network planners and integrators that are
building Internet, e-commerce and storage network infrastructures with 1U
rack-mount servers," said Greg Kalush, Interphase president and CEO. "This new
card offers the same high-performance, reliability and functionality that
customers have come to expect from our PowerSAN 2000 architecture."

The 5541 adapter also features Interphase`s new Storage Networking Device (SND)
architecture with integrated support for FibreView Enterprise. The Interphase
SND architecture provides a highly integrated software core that allows new
functionality to be quickly deployed in response to rapidly changing market
requirements. Current drivers available for the 5541 include Windows NT, Windows
2000, Solaris and Linux. Future driver support includes NetWare and Intel`s
forthcoming IA64 Itanium architecture. FibreView Enterprise is an
Internet-enabled software management tool that provides the unprecedented
real-time ability to configure, analyze and dynamically reallocate server
connections anywhere within the SAN.

The expansion of the PowerSAN product line gives Interphase a broad range of
competitive products to aggressively pursue the rapidly growing SAN marketplace.
According to IDC, Fibre Channel HBA ports will grow at 100 percent CAGR through
2003, reaching more than 4.4 million ports shipped.

The 5541 complements the existing family of Interphase Fibre Channel HBAs that
include:


-- 5540 PowerSAN 2000 Fibre Channel HBA - provides
cost-effective, high-performance 1 Gbps throughput for SAN and
storage connectivity. Both copper and fiber connections are
available and list pricing begins at $ 995.00.

-- 5550 PowerSAN 2000 Fibre Channel HBA - provides dual port 1
Gbps Fibre Channel connectivity, with each port supplying full
duplex throughput. Options for both copper and fiber
connections with list prices beginning at $ 1,795.00.

-- 5570 SlotOptimizer Storage Networking Adapter - a
multifunction card providing full duplex Gigabit Fibre Channel
and high-performance Gigabit Ethernet connectivity from a
single slot. List pricing for single unit quantities begins at
$ 1,795.00.

The 5541 has a list price beginning at $ 995.00 and is available immediately
with either copper or fiber GBIC connections.

[Tronic]

Hi Interphasefreunde!

Ich glaube einige werden den Kurseinbruch beim Konkurrenten Emulex bemerkt haben.
Angeblich sollen die Zahlen, die vor ca. einem Monat von Emulex veröffentlicht wurden, nicht ganz der Wahrheit entsprochen haben.

Ich hoffe darauf, das die Leute die in Emulex investiert waren und von der FibreChannel-Technologie überzeugt waren, es auch noch weiter sind.
Sie haben jetzt nur das Vertrauen in Emulex verloren, werden aber wahrscheinlich versuchen ihr Geld jetzt in andere Werte der gleichen Branche zu stecken.
Davon könnten Werte wie QLogic, Brocade oder eben auch Interphase profitieren.

Wie gesagt ist das nur eine Vermutung von mir und nicht´s weiter.

Schreibt Eure Meinungen dazu!

Party up!

[Raunzer]

Hallo Tronic,

das Vertrauen ist schon wieder da. Aber die ganze Sache sieht schon recht merkwürdig aus. Oder wie würde Mister Spok sagen: "interessant, interessant". Ich tippe eher auf die Sammelleidenschaft der Instie´s.

Mfg und schönes Wochenende

[Tronic]

Hi Raunzer,

einen schönen Rebound hat Emulex da hingelegt, aber ich denke die Sache wird noch für ein paar Tage für Ärger sorgen. Auch wenn es nur eine Fakemeldung war, hat es dem Unternehmen Emulex sicherlich geschadet.
Raunzer kannst du mir sagen, ob QLogic eine Tochtergesellschaft von Emulex ist, das wird jedenfalls in einem anderen Thread behauptet.
Mir hingegen wäre dieser Sachverhalt völlig neu.

MfG

Tronic