
"Perfisans Holdings, Inc. (PFNH) is an emerging, advanced integrated circuit design house focused on developing and delivering innovative solutions that address the performance needs of the next generation of network systems.
In the world of today, information and the speed of its transfer is the thrust of the mission of many of the planet's important companies. Indeed, it is the holy grail of this century's quest. Whether it is the ‘pipe' it moves through, the server it is stored in, the computer where it is formulated, the network it is distributed through, even the digitalization of its content – this age of information technology is ‘our' era and defines our time. And its scope boggles the mind.
Occasionally new products come along that make a significant difference in the performance of existing technological systems. I believe that the new Perfisans chip portfolio could be such a product line.
Perfisans' proprietary acceleration technologies leapfrog existing network systems by significantly speeding up the exchange of information across Ethernet networks, reducing the workload on the host processor by as much as 80%, thereby achieving true Gigabit throughput speeds across the networks. This is ten to 100 times the typical speed of data throughput.
I like to look at them as implements to grease the pipe. They in fact open up bottlenecks long considered to be major obstacles in data transfer.
The Perfisans founders, To-Hon Lam and Bok Wong, are long on international experience and lead a team of senior executives and veterans that have created world class products representing hundreds of millions of shipped semiconductors in the highly competitive semiconductor industry. "
Perfisans Technology Positioned to Spark
Next Generation of Network Products From
OEM Manufacturing Community
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Proprietary Architecture
Expected to Boost
Gigabit Ethernet Network Speeds Over 200%
Without Increasing Product Costs |
LOS ANGELES—August 6, 2004 – Perfisans Holdings Inc. (OTC BB: PFNH), a next generation technology company focused on the burgeoning Gigabit Ethernet market, announced the completion of its flagship product, ACC-1001 Accelerator chip. Network product manufacturers worldwide are getting their first looks at the new technology, a revolutionary system-on-chip product that offers a new cost and performance paradigm in Ethernet speeds for small and mid-size business networks.
Despite its revolutionary speed improvements, the ACC-1001 architecture provides the flexibility and compatibility the OEM networking industry requires. Because the Perfisans architecture is compatible with industry standard data transfer protocols, they will allow fast adoption of the new technology at the core of the ACC-1001, enabling development of a new generation of servers, motherboards, Network Interface Cards and storage area networks.
Most importantly, the Perfisans system-on-chip designs will allow OEM manufacturers to bring true Gigabit Ethernet speeds – and enterprise quality network applications -- at costs affordable to customers in the small office/home office and entry-level enterprise markets.
“Our proprietary acceleration technology leapfrogs existing performance standards,” said Steve Gormley, Vice President of Perfisans. “It will enable makers of computers, servers and other network products to develop their products cheaper, faster and better than ever before.”
The Perfisans ACC-1001 technology will enable Gigabit Ethernet networks to run 200 to 300% faster than standard available Gigabit networks.
The Perfisans ACC-1001 is a system-on-chip product based on Perfisans' proprietary TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE) architecture. The additional functionality of the Perfisans accelerator technology brings a new level of processing intelligence to Network Interface Cards; these smart NICs will take up to 80% of TCP network processing overhead off network host computers. “This frees the rest of the system to concentrate on pumping the payload data,” said Gormley. “It's a powerful solution that provides meaningful cost-savings and other benefits to users of enterprise networks.“
Business end-users with Perfisans-powered networks will benefit directly from the higher data throughput with increased workplace and CPU efficiency, and decreased computing overhead of enterprise applications. Home users will enjoy superior performance in Internet surfing, as well as vastly improved speed and ease-of-use in popular bandwidth-hungry applications such as music and video downloads.
The ACC-1001 technology is fully scalable, and backward compatible with legacy 10/100 Megabit Ethernet systems, enabling even smaller enterprises to realize the benefits of Gigabit network speeds without requiring costly, system-wide upgrades.
Perfisans officials say their TOE architecture will enable the creation of entire suites of third-party products at a broad range of price points. The company, whose officers are veterans of the semiconductor and ASIC industries internationally, is positioned to maximize global market share with its proprietary chip designs.
The ACC-1001 is targeted specifically at the Windows 2000 and Windows XP small business customer base, the most important component of networked-based home office and entry-level enterprise businesses. Market analysts project that these small and midsize organizations will spend more than $100 billion on information technology products in the United States in 2004, a rate that's expected to increase in 2005 and beyond.
About Perfisans Holdings, Inc.
Founded in 2001, Perfisans Holdings, Inc. is an emerging advanced ASIC design house focused on developing leading edge, cost-effective, system-on-chip (SOC) integrated circuits (IC) and delivering innovative solutions that address the performance needs of next generation network systems. Rapidly being recognized by industry leaders for its innovative network interface products, the Company's technologies have applications in telecommunication, data communication, storage networks, content delivery networks, broadband networks, and rich streaming media. More information can be obtained from the Company's web site at
www.perfisans.com.
Cautionary Statement
This press release contains statements relating to future results of Perfisans (including certain projections and business trends) that are “forward-looking statements” as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those projected as a result of certain risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: the cyclical nature of the semiconductor industry and the markets addressed by the company's and its customers' products; demand for and market acceptance of new and existing products; successful development of new products; the timing of new product introductions; changes in product mix; product obsolescence; the availability of manufacturing capacity; fluctuations in manufacturing yields; pricing pressures and other competitive factors; the ability to develop and implement new technologies and to obtain protection for the related intellectual property; the uncertainties of litigation; our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel; as well as other risks and uncertainties, including those detailed from time to time in Perfisans's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date hereof, and the company undertakes no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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ISP War, the Need for Speed
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AXcess News - July 27, 2004
(reproduced with permission) |
AXcess News ( www.axcessnews.com ) published a story covering the cut throat marketing tactics of ISPs in what some liken as an all out war for customers, have been spending millions on ad campaigns depicting faster access speeds in the hopes of luring away accounts.
EarthLink, Inc. introduced its EarthLink Internet Accelerator in January 2004 while Time Warner, Inc. leaped into heavy marketing of its AOL TopSpeed across television, print, radio and web.
Portland-based advertising agency, Wieden & Kennedy, was awarded an estimated $50 million branding contract with AOL in June 2003. W&K created a high-profile campaign for the Internet service provider in 2004 to coincide with Super Bowl XXXVIII.
Wieden & Kennedy canceled their contract Monday, citing creative differences. In a telephone interview late Monday, W&K would not comment on their decision.
The New York agency of BBDO is credited with creating the yellow figure of a man who runs faster in AOL's ad spots that have gone long to provide the ISP results.
Both AOL and EarthLink have benefited by promoting high-speed internet access through the use of acceleration technology. EarthLink announced Monday that its board of directors had approved increasing its share buyback program, adding $100 million to bring the total share buyback to $145 million.
In the quarter ended June 30, EarthLink earned $49.6 million, or 31 cents a share, on revenue of $348.6 million. In the same period last year, it reported a loss of $15.3 million, or 10 cents a share, on revenue of $352.2 million.
EarthLink added 31,000 net subscribers in the second quarter for a total of 5.3 million subscribers, compared with just over 5 million a year ago.
The company added 47,000 net broadband subscribers in the second quarter, finishing with 1.2 million broadband customers, up 21.5 percent from last year.
America Online said on Monday it will broadcast a sneak preview of a new television series, "Jack & Bobby," over its high-speed Internet service, marking the first time a media company debuts a new show over the Internet in its entirety.
Time Warner's figures for the quarter are due out later this week. Of the 23 analysts covering Time Warner, earnings estimates range from 13 cents to 18 cents with an average estimate of 15 cents. Last year, Time Warner (AOL) chalked up 12 cents for the same period.
In a story that appeared Friday, Bambi Francisco of CBSMarketWatch wrote, "The second quarter's turning out to be a not-good-enough quarter for Internet stocks, as financial results from a number of companies reveal hints of a maturing industry coming to grips with increasing competition."
While EarthLink and Time Warner's AOL have benefited from high-speed Internet access promotions, the consensus is that the future will be less dramatic, unless new accelerator technologies can be deployed that can increase access speeds.
After the closing bell, Perfisans Holdings Inc. (OTC BB: PFNH.OB - News ), a Toronto-based developer of system-on-chip (SOC) integrated circuits, announced that its 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet Accelerator, the ACC-1001, has commenced production. The news raised eyebrows in the growing ISP war for faster, more efficient Internet access speed.
What raised eyebrows was how Perfisans ACC-1001 works. The ACC-1001 frees up the host processor, significantly increasing data throughput and fully backward compatible with legacy 10/100 megabit Ethernet systems, thus avoiding additional equipment costs for ISPs. In much the same way an upgrade to a faster CPU increases the processing power of a computer, Perfisans' microchip increases the speed of the processing power of network and Internet connections in existing and new equipment.
Perfisans (OTC BB: PFNH.OB - News ) shares closed Monday at $2.00, unchanged. While the shares appear to have lackluster interest with a 90-day average daily volume of only 4,656 shares, the company's announcement Monday marks a "first entry" into the market place after years of research and development.
Will ISPs continue their aggressive promotion of high-speed Internet access? Is Perfisans accelerator technology capable of increasing those speeds for ISPs? To find out go to http://www.axcessnews.com and read the whole story.
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