Hyperchip announces HeliOS™ —
Intelligent Software Driving Availability and Reliability at the Core
MONTRÉAL, June 2, 2003 – Hyperchip Inc. is pleased
to announce the HeliOS™ operating system, a unique approach to routing
software providing significant benefits to service providers, including
software availability, resiliency, hitless in-service upgrades, and
protocol scalability, while remaining fully interoperable in today's
PoP environments.
Today's IP network architectures can provide for reliable IP services,
but it comes at a significant cost — it requires the duplication
of all routers in each layer of the network. Service providers have
been forced to adopt network architectures built with duplicate elements
and layers because of the inherent limitations of current generation
routers.
"In order to generate the desired profitability from data networks,
service providers require an IP system that offers an intelligent,
cost-effective, and reliable method of converging and managing core
routing requirements," said Richard Norman, Hyperchip's President
& CTO. "To meet this demand, a fundamental shift in routing software
architecture is needed - made possible by Hyperchip's HeliOS platform,
incorporating the benefits of distributed processing across line cards
and control cards with software integrity and fault isolation to enable
network simplification and core convergence."
Without hitless software upgrades, a system is not carrier class
Unlike traditional routers, where each chassis has dedicated
processing and the routing environment can only grow by initiating
separate routing instances over many chassis, HeliOS expands as needed
— in-service — keeping topologies consistent. Adjacency
intensive protocols such as ISIS and OSPF split processing between
control and line cards, placing processing power where it is needed,
enabling independent scalability where and when the number of adjacencies
increases.
Hyperchip's HeliOS architecture, coupled with the PBR-1280 unique
hardware redundancy features, satisfies the requirements of next generation
applications, which demand carrier-class resiliencies throughout the
system, scalability to meet tomorrow's growth, and in-service lifetime
operation.
Currently in over a dozen international trials and deployments, Hyperchip's
Core IP Systems are helping carriers redefine their PoPs by simplifying
topologies, streamlining infrastructures, and driving down the costs
of operating IP networks.
Hyperchip at SUPERCOMM 2003
Hyperchip will demonstrate the functionality of HeliOS
using the latest Agilent RouterTester equipment at booth #21429, at
the SUPERCOMM 2003 conference in Atlanta, June 3-5, 2003.
About Hyperchip Inc.
Based in Montreal and Dulles (Virginia), Hyperchip is a revenue company
with customer and partners across three continents. Defining the future
of the Internet, Hyperchip stands alone in the high-end routing space
with a core IP system that offers reliable, high-quality bandwidth
at a fraction of the current costs — driving the convergence
of disparate systems onto a common IP/MPLS backbone. More than just
a bigger, faster router, Hyperchip's core IP systems are purpose-built
to accommodate the constant fluctuations at the core, with quality
and reliability applied to every aspect of the system, ensuring sustainable
profitability. For more information about Hyperchip, visit www.hyperchip.com.
Media contacts
Jennifer Goldfinch, Hyperchip
T. 514.906.4844; jgoldfinch@hyperchip.com