Stretch Software-Configurable Processors' Multiple GigE Ethernet Ports Supported By Treck TCP/IP Protocol Stack
Stretch Processors Deliver Solid Performance Running the Treck TCP/IP Stack
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., October 25, 2005 — Stretch Inc., a pioneer and leader in software-configurable processor devices and Treck Incorporated, a leading designer and distributor of embedded Internet protocols, today announced the availability of the Stretch S5610 and S5620 software-configurable processors with the Treck TCP/IP protocol stack. The combination provides embedded designers with a high-performance communications protocol to deliver the high data rates required in compute-intensive applications such as high-end video and imaging, wireless base stations, and networking.
The Treck TCP/IP stack provides high performance TCP/IP software ported to the Stretch software-configurable processor. The stack can be used with or without an operating system and features zero-copy send and receive to deliver maximum throughput. The Treck stack supports hardware offload capabilities such as checksum offload and data-realignment. These hardware functions can be implemented in Stretch custom instructions and the ISEF to deliver the highest possible speeds. Jumbo frames (9000-byte Ethernet frames) are also supported when used in conjunction with Gigabit Ethernet. Treck's TCP/IP stack implementation is fully RFC-compliant for interoperability.
"Our focus on compute intensive applications such as video and imaging, called for support of a high-performance communication protocol," said Joe Hanson, director of business development, Stretch. "We and our customers are extremely pleased with the TCP/IP protocol software from Treck."
"Video capture and processing solutions built around Stretch will provide outstanding computational and system capabilities; the Stretch GigE capability supports the desire to incorporate Gigabit Ethernet as the interconnect of choice for most machine vision applications" said Leo Mirkin, director of systems and applications, Alacron. "Stretch delivers to video system designers outstanding data transfer capacity, low power dissipation, and a wide variety of standard I/O options, including PCI-X bus. All in all, Stretch has the definite potential to revolutionize machine-vision applications and their economics."
"Our embedded TCP/IP protocol software is a strong complement to the Stretch Software-Configurable Processor because of its true zero copy design and support for TCP checksum offloading to the Stretch ISEF," said Paul Martin, CEO of Treck Incorporated. "Our engineers were impressed with the Stretch processor. Hands down the fastest thing they've ever worked with and really easy to use, too."
Stretch software-configurable processors combine the speed and efficiency of a DSP with the programmability of an FPGA, and are configured easily with standard C/C++ programming tools. There is no use of assembly language, thereby greatly simplifying application development. Designed to perform extremely well in any compute-intensive application, the processors achieve high performance by spotting software hot spots—sequences of operations that get executed many times—and "crushing" them into a single instruction.
Pricing and Availability
Stretch software-configurable processors are available now by contacting the Stretch sales team at (650) 864-2700 or email: sales@stretchinc.com. The Treck TCP/IP software license is also available now. Pricing begins at $15,000 for 20k units. For more information, contact Treck Incorporated at (513) 528-5732.
About Treck Incorporated
Treck Incorporated designs and develops Internet protocol software for the embedded systems industry. Treck products are built from the ground up for embedded systems and are configurable for code size and performance requirements. Since the creation of the Treck TCP/IP stack in 1997, the company has maintained its focus creating easy to use, high performance, configurable protocols to help its customers make their devices the very best on the market. For more information, contact Treck Incorporated at (513) 528-5732 or visit www.treck.com.
About Stretch
Stretch Inc. is delivering a family of software-configurable processors, the first to embed programmable logic within the processor. Using familiar C/C++ programming tools, system developers automatically configure Stretch's off-the-shelf processors to achieve extraordinary performance, easy and rapid development, significant cost savings, and flexibility to address diverse markets and changing application needs. Founded in March 2002, Stretch is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., and has been funded through investments from Worldview Technology Partners, Oak Investment Partners and Menlo Ventures. For more information, visit www.stretchinc.com.