SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 13 /PRNewswire/ — Tabula, Inc., a privately held fabless semiconductor company and developer of the ABAX family of 3-D Programmable Logic Devices (3PLDs), today announced they have partnered with seven sales representative firms to support the Company’s ABAX go to market strategy across the United States. Initially targeting North American telecom and wireless infrastructure customers, including next generation LTE and WiMAX applications, Tabula’s sales representatives will leverage on average over 15 years of experience selling FPGAs. Communications equipment vendors developing solutions for next generation networks require a cost effective, flexible platform with high performance capability. Working with Tabula sales representative partners, equipment suppliers will have access to Tabula’s ABAX 3PLD product family that delivers superior compute power at competitive price points. Tabula’s sales partners will report to Steve Haynes, Tabula’s VP of Worldwide Sales. Mr. Haynes, the former Xilinx Senior VP Worldwide Sales, recently came out of retirement to drive Tabula’s worldwide sales strategy and adoption of its ABAX family of 3-D Programmable Logic Devices (3PLDs).

“Tabula is committed to advancing the field of programmable logic with its ABAX family of 3-D Programmable Logic Devices delivering true programmability at breakthrough price points suitable for volume applications. With the addition of Affinity Alliance, Beta Technology, Harper & Two, Focus Design Technologies, Paragon Technical, TMI, and Universal Technologies, we have a North American sales presence with the experience and breadth to effectively drive and support the ABAX 3PLD in the the customer base,” said Steven Haynes, VP Worldwide Sales at Tabula. “Our ability to attract independent selling organizations of this caliber speaks to the unprecedented price/performance advantages our ABAX 3PLD is demonstrating in the field over FPGAs.”

Tabula’s new US-based sales representatives include:

Affinity Alliance, based in Moorestown, NJ, will be responsible for New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, and Eastern Pennsylvania. Affinity Alliance is a sales, marketing and applications consulting firm that provides early stage technology companies with a virtual sales organization to target specific customers. For more information, visit www.affinityalliancellc.com.

Beta Technology, based in Itasca, IL, will be responsible for Illinois and Wisconsin. Beta Technology is a manufacturer’s representative firm with offices in Chicago and Milwaukee that represents both chip level and board level manufacturers providing the marketplace with a total system solution. For more information, visit www.betatechnology.com.

Harper & Two, based in Signal Hill, CA, will be responsible for Southern California, Southern Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico. Harper & Two is a sales representative firm serving components and materials companies in southern California. For more information, visit www.harperandtwo.com.

Focus Design Technologies, based in Chardon, OH, will be responsible for the Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Western Pennsylvania. Focus specializes in the sale and marketing of precision, proprietary and high-performance electronic components for a limited number of manufacturers. For more information, visit www.focusdt.com#mce_temp_url#.

Paragon Technical, based in Sunnyvale, CA, will be responsible for Northern California and Northern Nevada. Paragon is a semiconductor manufacturer’s representative with vast and diverse industry experience and has been awarded “Rep of the Year” from Fujitsu Microelectronics of America, Mellanox, Littelfuse, as well as individual awards from Actel, Littelfuse, Mellanox, and Numonyx. For more information, visit www.paragont.com.

Technical Marketing Inc., based in Austin, TX, will be responsible for Texas and Oklahoma. TMI, founded in 1974, is a premier manufacturer’s representative servicing the South Central U.S. and focused on high-technology semiconductor and system level solutions. For more information, visit www.tmisales.com.

Universal Technology, Inc., based in Burlington, MA, will be responsible for the New England region. UTI specializes in high level, technical sales of components, system level products, and lab and data center solutions. For more information, please visit www.ut.com.

About Tabula

Tabula is a privately held fabless semiconductor company developing 3-D Programmable Logic Devices. Its ABAX family of 3PLDs, based on Tabula’s patented Spacetime architecture, sets new density, performance, and affordability benchmarks for programmable logic, memory, and signal processing. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Tabula has assembled a leadership team consisting of industry veterans and successful entrepreneurs. The company is backed by top-tier investors with a long-term view toward enduring market leadership. Tabula, the Tabula logo, ABAX, the ABAX logo, Spacetime, the Spacetime logo, and other designated brands included herein are trademarks of Tabula in the United States and other countries. 

FREMONT, Calif., July 2010 – Elma Electronic Systems division, a leading supplier of embedded products and systems solutions built on open standards-based platforms like CompactPCI, ATCA, VME and VPX, has released a new two-slot VPX/OpenVPX test and development platform that accommodates both 3U and 6U boards via a shelf divider.  The new E-Frame Series Test Platform can connect multiple backplanes to efficiently simulate various fabric topologies, eliminating the need for costly custom backplanes and allowing high speed signals to be passed from one slot to the next. 

The new E-Frame Series enables developers to power up one or more VPX blades under test and interconnect the J1 fabric connections to emulate the user’s application.  Signals from an external device can also be introduced through the J1 fabric connector or accessed on the J1 fabric connector using the provided SMA and SATA cable headers. 

The use of a standard VPX RTM (rear transition module) plugged into the back provides access to the J0, J2, J3, J4, J5 and J6 connectors, while simultaneously accessing high speed signals in the J1 connector, routed out the side of the backplane.  Each slot’s J1 “A” channel is broken out into 16 SMA connectors and the “B”, “C” and “D” channels into four SATA2 cable headers (12 total per slot). 

Designed for ease of use, the test platform features a 1.6” card pitch that enables easy cable access to components on either side of the board under test.  A built-in LED voltage monitor provides bus voltage compliance, and VNAs (vector network analyzers) and other probes can be used on the surface of the VPX card under test for enhanced testing capabilities. 

The new E-Frame Series measures 9U x 42 HP (8.4”) x 11.73” and weighs only 18 lbs.  Located on the rear of the chassis, power input voltage is 97 VAC to 264 VAC auto-ranging and power input frequency is 47 Hz to 63 Hz. Total power consumption is 580 W.  The test platform operates from 0°C to +50°C at altitudes of up to 6,000 feet.  It withstands shock of up to 10 Gs at 11 ms and vibration to 1 G at 10 Hz to 330 Hz in non-condensing humidity from 5% to 95%.

Optional Elma computing products compatible with the E-Frame Series include 3U and 6U OpenVPX SBCs; secure, rugged, NAS and RAID storage solutions; fabric network switches; and FPGA-configurable I/O solutions.

Pricing for an E-Frame Series Test Platform is $6,200 in single unit quantities. Delivery is two to four weeks through Elma’s Express Program.

For more information, please visit Elma’s website site, contact Valerie Andrew at sales@elma.com, or call (510) 656-3400.