AUSTIN, TEXAS, December 18, 2006 – Episode 4 of RapidIO® Radio from the RapidIO Trade Association is immediately available for download at www.RapidIO.org and www.iTunes.com. The fourth in a series, “Software Considerations Around RapidIO Designs,” focuses on the unique software considerations that are specific to RapidIO and provides a level of understanding of the basic information needed to succeed with board and system level bring up. Included is a discussion of the High Availability features within RapidIO that help with software and hardware debugging in a RapidIO system. The program is hosted by Tom Cox, the executive director of the RapidIO Trade Association, and features Jim Parisien, president, Fabric Embedded Tools (FET).

All 2006 episodes of RapidIO Radio can be found online at www.rapidio.org/wp/. The expanded 2007 schedule will include market leaders like Freescale, IDT, PMC-Sierra, Silicon Turnkey Express, Texas Instruments, Tundra, and Xilinx.

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