Kalpana (company)
| Division | |
| Industry | Computer networking |
| Fate | Acquired by Cisco Systems |
| Founded | United States |
| Founder | Vinod Bhardwaj, Larry Blair |
| Headquarters | United States |
| Parent | Cisco Systems |
Kalpana was a computer networking equipment manufacturer, located in Silicon Valley[1] and co-founded by Vinod Bhardwaj, an entrepreneur of Indian origin,[2][3] and Larry Blair.[4] during the 1980s and 1990s. They named the company after Bhardwaj's wife, Kalpana, whose name means "imagination" in Sanskrit.[4]
Kalpana is considered to be the inventor of Ethernet switching[1] as the company was the first to introduce the concept of a multi-port network switch with its seven-port EtherSwitch[5] in 1989.[6][7]
Kalpana also invented EtherChannel, a technology which provides additional inter-switch bandwidth by running several links in parallel. Kalpana was acquired by Cisco Systems in 1994.[1]
Product
Kalpana EtherSwitch EPS-1500, one of the very first Ethernet switches.
| EPS-700 | EPS-1500 | |
|---|---|---|
| max. Ports | 7× AUI 10 Mbit/s | 15× AUI 10 Mbit/s |
| Forwarding method | cut-through ("on the fly") packet switching | |
| Throughput | 30 Mbit/s | 70 Mbit/s |
| Latency | 40 µs | |
| Buffer | 256 packets | |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Cisco to Acquire Kalpana, Leading Ethernet Switching Company". Cisco Systems, Inc. Archived from the original on 2010-06-18.
- ↑ Network world 1998 Network world 1998
- ↑ Network world website Network website
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Breidenbach, Susan (May 4, 1998). "Switching grows up: Where we've come from". Network World.
- ↑ Robert J. Kohlhepp (2000-10-02). "The 10 Most Important Products of the Decade". Network Computing. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
- ↑ "AT&T makes Ethernet switching as easy as a "Seabreeze"". Lucent Technologies. Archived from the original on 1997-06-14.
- ↑ "Ethernet Switching Is Being Pushed Into The Sphere Of Unimaginable Speeds". hardware.com. 2010-05-13. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
- ↑ "Sun Microsystems Technical Product Marketing June 23, 1992". Sun Microsystems. Retrieved 2014-03-23.