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| PIKA Announces Reliable Host-Based Processing Technology PIKA Technologies Inc. has announced the initial release of AllOnHost capabilities available in the PIKA MonteCarlo Software Development Kit as well as the release of a digital gateway board. With PIKA's patent-pending AllOnHost architecture, standard voice, tone, and modem applications that have traditionally run only on DSPs can now also run on the host without loss of quality or performance. PIKA's AllOnHost technology incorporates interfaces for both IP and TDM networks, allows applications to make and receive calls, and provides media processing capabilities. Media processing applications include play and record, tone and DTMF detection/generation, conference summing and low latency switching. Codec support includes G.711 and G.729. In an all-IP boardless implementation, PIKA AllOnHost software utilizes the PC's network interface card (NIC) for SIP call control and low latency RTP. To provide efficient connectivity to traditional TDM networks, PIKA also introduces a digital gateway board. This first of a new generation of analog and digital connectivity boards has been specially designed and optimized for AllOnHost-media processing is accomplished using PIKA AllOnHost software resources. The board provides up to four T1/E1 digital interfaces on a 5.3 inch card and will be released first in a PCI format. The PIKA Digital PCI Gateway Board is but the first in a series of gateway boards that will be rolled out over the next year. A PCI Express analog gateway board will be introduced later this year followed by a PCI Express version of the digital gateway board the first half of next year. In the early life of the company, as part of the product strategy, the PIKA design team made the architectural decision to power the call control stacks on the computer's host processor. They have leveraged that knowledge and expertise as they enable current DSP-based media processing algorithms to run on the host as well. The company's product roadmap provides choice for developers in converged TDM/IP and pure IP environments. The new version of PIKA MonteCarlo SDK, which provides the PIKA AllOnHost processing capabilities, as well as the PIKA Digital PCI Gateway Board, will be available at the end of June. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Computing News :: home page |