Harris Corporation Selects RMI's Professional Services Group to Unleash XLR Processor as Foundation for Data Plane Processing Program

Business Wire, Dec 12, 2007

Technical Services and Solutions Group at RMI Provide Unmatched Development and Services Expertise Leveraging Production-Ready XLR Processor

CUPERTINO, Calif. -- RMI([R]), a leading supplier of Processor Based Solutions for networking, communications and consumer applications, today announced that Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and information technology company, has selected RMI's XLR Processor[TM] as the foundation for its data plane processing function being developed for the Warfighter Information Network - Tactical (WIN-T) Program. The development is supported by the Technical Solutions and Services (TSS) Group at RMI which was chosen because of their extensive design experience and expertise in platforms based on the XLR Processor. RMI has also been recognized and has received preferred supplier status by Harris Corporation.

RMI's TSS Group consists of hardware and software development and design teams as well as a complete offering of hardware related boards, such as the MC-4104 family of Advanced Mezzanine Cards. The previously announced AMC Cards from RMI are ideally suited for Gigabit line-rate, content-aware networking applications requiring deep packet inspection and manipulation, and are a standards-based, production-ready solution leveraging RMI's multi-core, multi-threaded MIPS64[R] XLR Processor Family.

"We are extremely pleased to be selected by Harris for this project. Our world-class design and services group coupled with the XLR Processor's capabilities allow us to offer best-in-class custom solutions for leading companies like Harris," said Aseem Parikh, vice president and general manager, Technology Solutions and Services at RMI. "This unique program is one of many projects showcasing RMI's flexibility and reach to produce solutions and services beyond the component level offered at RMI."

The development project awarded to RMI consists of custom board development for data plane processing along with associated software that leverages RMI's XLR500 Series processor's innovative architecture, performance and scalability.

Harris evaluated numerous competitive offerings before choosing RMI's TSS Group and the XLR Processor. Harris selected XLR500 series product family as it met their application's performance goals within a very constrained power and thermal environment, while providing them the ability to port a substantial amount of legacy software written in C-Programming language. TSS was selected for the design expertise and for its product offerings, including the MC4104 - XLR500 based Advanced Mezzanine Card that is currently in production.

"RMI was selected after an extensive and exhaustive evaluation of potential vendors," noted Dr. W. Joel D. Johnson, WIN-T Program Lead for Harris Government Communications Systems. "RMI is an excellent development and technology provider. They have maintained a 100 percent on-time delivery record and very good relations with our engineering team from the beginning and throughout the critical design reviews."

RMI's solutions push the edge of processor technology in performance and integration and are used by system and original equipment manufacturers to address the enterprise, consumer, and core network markets. The company's XLR, XLS, and Alchemy Processor families are highly integrated designs incorporating advanced internal architectures and built on leading-edge silicon process technologies.

About RMI

RMI[R] is a fabless semiconductor company providing highly integrated, feature-rich products ranging from power-optimized System-on-a-Chip (SoC) solutions to High-Performance Processors for the Digital Consumer, Wireless, Networking and Security markets. RMI offers the most advanced and the most complete MIPS-Based[R] processing solutions with both 32/64-bit architectures supporting frequencies from 300MHz to 1.2 GHz. The company is headquartered in Cupertino, CA with branch and subsidiary offices in Texas, India, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and China. More information about RMI can be found on the company's website at http://www.RazaMicro.com.

(c) Copyright 2007 Raza Microelectronics, Inc. All rights reserved. RMI, the RMI logo, XLR, XLS, Alchemy Processor, and the other trademarks named on the RMI website are trademarks of Raza Microelectronics, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.