SAN JOSE, USA: A team from Belarus National Technical University (BNTU) was presented with the Second Annual Professor E.I. Tochitsky Fellowship Award.
Under the leadership of Prof. Igor E. Zuikov, the groups from the Department for Advanced Device Development implemented a massive deployment of the Cypress PSoC programmable system-on-chip platform, including multiple PSoC-based seminars and diploma works. The award was presented at a ceremony in Minsk, Belarus.
“PSoC has been a wonderful teaching and design platform for us," said Professor Zuikov. “We are looking forward to continuing work with the platform, including next-generation devices.”
Leading principals of BG Partners—Professor Alexander P. Ryjov, Dr. Irina E. Tochitskaya, and Entrepreneur-In-Residence Paul Molchanov (Winner of the 2007 Cypress PSoC Challenge)—presented the Award to BNTU. “We clearly recognize the enormous potential of BNTU as an excellent PSoC design center,” said Dr. Victor V. Boksha, Managing Director of BG Partners.
“We expect the BNTU team will further develop under the capable guidance of Professors Zuikov and Piotr G. Krivicky. We think that BNTU will augment the outstanding PSoC design capabilities we already have in Kiev and Cairo. We look forward to working together to fully realize in Belarus the immense potential for PSoC-based solutions.”
“We are very happy to have the sophisticated Belarus National Technical University team as part of the Cypress family,” said Patrick Kane, director of the Cypress University Alliance. “They are without a doubt one of the most dynamic and imaginative groups embracing the PSoC platform.”
BG Partners Group, Cypress Semiconductor University Alliance, and Professor E.I. Tochitsky’s family established the Fellowship in 2007 to recognize and support a best Student-Professor Entrepreneurial Effort.
The fellowship was founded in memory of Prof. Eduard Ivanovich Tochitsky (1935–2007) -- a remarkable business and technology leader. The fellowship is instituted to support young entrepreneurial talent from Belarus –- Prof. Tochitsky's motherland.
Best works from Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Egypt, Kuwait, and Greece also will be considered. The 2007 Award went to Professor Victor F. Zavortony’s group (Ukraine National Technical University) – the Winner of the 2008 Cypress PSoC Challenge. There are three main components of the Fellowship: the opportunity to work with BG Partners to create a business plan for an innovative product; an interview with Cypress concerning a potential internship; and a student financial award.
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Tuesday, 16 June 2009
Monday, 15 June 2009
Cypress intros most flexible ultra-low phase jitter solution
SAN JOSE, USA: Cypress Semiconductor Corp. has introduced the FleXO family of programmable high-performance clock generators.
The new clocks deliver ultra-low phase jitter as low as 0.6 ps – typical, across the 12 kHz to 20 MHz range, exceeding the requirements of demanding high-speed serial interface standards such as 10 Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Fibre Channel, PCI Express and SATA.
The flexible clocks can be instantly programmed in the factory or field to any frequency up to 650 MHz. The programmability of the FleXO family speeds development and simplifies testing for improved manufacturing quality.
FleXO clock generators employ powerful, programmable Phase Locked-Loop technology, which can be used in integer or Frac-N mode, to synthesize and tightly control the frequency of ultra-low noise clock signals using a standard low-cost crystal input.
These solutions provide a strong alternative to expensive and inflexible SAW oscillators and overtone crystal oscillators. The family is ideal for switches and routers, 3G wireless base stations, Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) hubs, enterprise hard-disk drives, test equipment, professional video equipment and any system requiring high-performance clocks.
"The FleXO high-performance clock family offers the industry’s best combination of flexibility and performance, enabling system designers to bring their products to market faster, and procurement managers to simplify their supply chains," said Dave Kranzler, vice president of Synchronous Memory and Timing Products at Cypress. "The FleXO family moves our timing solutions portfolio into the high-speed networking and telecom equipment markets, where we have strong customer relationships based on our synchronous SRAM leadership."
"Demand for increasing precision is at the heart of the growing market for high-performance timing ICs in communication and data processing applications," said Sergis Mushell, principal research analyst at Gartner. "Programmable clocks offer design flexibility to engineers, addressing a wide array of applications within the communication and data processing segments."
The FleXO family leverages Cypress’s patented programmable clock technology to instantly generate any frequency from 50 to 690 MHz, including non-standard frequencies often required to optimize performance of an FPGA or ASIC. Designers can adjust the output frequency of a FleXO clock via simple pin selection or I2C programming to allow usage of a single device across a family of hardware platforms.
FleXO clock generators support frequency margining, which enables designers to vary clock frequency with 0.2ppm precision to test system robustness across potential frequency fluctuations. The FleXO family is available in a broad array of synthesizer, VCO and crystal-inside XO and VCXO options to support a variety of applications.
FleXO high-performance clocks are currently in production in multiple configurations, and are available in 8-pin TSSOP, 16-pin TSSOP and 6-pin LCC packages. The CY3675-CLKMAKER1 CyClockMaker Programming Kit is currently available for $160, and the CY3675-LCC6A FleXO Socket Adapter is available for $57. These kits are available on the Cypress eShop.
The new clocks deliver ultra-low phase jitter as low as 0.6 ps – typical, across the 12 kHz to 20 MHz range, exceeding the requirements of demanding high-speed serial interface standards such as 10 Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Fibre Channel, PCI Express and SATA. The flexible clocks can be instantly programmed in the factory or field to any frequency up to 650 MHz. The programmability of the FleXO family speeds development and simplifies testing for improved manufacturing quality.
FleXO clock generators employ powerful, programmable Phase Locked-Loop technology, which can be used in integer or Frac-N mode, to synthesize and tightly control the frequency of ultra-low noise clock signals using a standard low-cost crystal input.
These solutions provide a strong alternative to expensive and inflexible SAW oscillators and overtone crystal oscillators. The family is ideal for switches and routers, 3G wireless base stations, Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) hubs, enterprise hard-disk drives, test equipment, professional video equipment and any system requiring high-performance clocks.
"The FleXO high-performance clock family offers the industry’s best combination of flexibility and performance, enabling system designers to bring their products to market faster, and procurement managers to simplify their supply chains," said Dave Kranzler, vice president of Synchronous Memory and Timing Products at Cypress. "The FleXO family moves our timing solutions portfolio into the high-speed networking and telecom equipment markets, where we have strong customer relationships based on our synchronous SRAM leadership."
"Demand for increasing precision is at the heart of the growing market for high-performance timing ICs in communication and data processing applications," said Sergis Mushell, principal research analyst at Gartner. "Programmable clocks offer design flexibility to engineers, addressing a wide array of applications within the communication and data processing segments."
The FleXO family leverages Cypress’s patented programmable clock technology to instantly generate any frequency from 50 to 690 MHz, including non-standard frequencies often required to optimize performance of an FPGA or ASIC. Designers can adjust the output frequency of a FleXO clock via simple pin selection or I2C programming to allow usage of a single device across a family of hardware platforms.
FleXO clock generators support frequency margining, which enables designers to vary clock frequency with 0.2ppm precision to test system robustness across potential frequency fluctuations. The FleXO family is available in a broad array of synthesizer, VCO and crystal-inside XO and VCXO options to support a variety of applications.
FleXO high-performance clocks are currently in production in multiple configurations, and are available in 8-pin TSSOP, 16-pin TSSOP and 6-pin LCC packages. The CY3675-CLKMAKER1 CyClockMaker Programming Kit is currently available for $160, and the CY3675-LCC6A FleXO Socket Adapter is available for $57. These kits are available on the Cypress eShop.
Wednesday, 27 May 2009
AgigA Tech intros first high-speed, high-density, battery-free NVS
POWAY, USA: AgigA Tech Inc., a subsidiary of Cypress Semiconductor Corp., introduced the industry’s first high-speed, high-density non-volatile RAM system. The new AGIGARAM non-volatile system (NVS) technology delivers densities between 4 megabytes (32 megabits) and 2 gigabytes (16 gigabits) and peak transfer rates equivalent to DRAMs.
The AGIGARAM is ideal for a wide range of systems, including storage, networking, communications, industrial computing and controls, medical equipment, gaming systems, ATMs and point-of-sale terminals, printers, scanners, copiers, automotive and military systems.
Until now, high-speed, non-volatile memory choices have been limited, especially when the performance of a RAM is desired. Complementing the nvSRAM offerings from Cypress, the AGIGARAM system scales and extends nonvolatile solutions to much higher densities. The next best high-density alternative, battery-backed memories, can offer high speeds, but are subject to numerous problems, such as hazardous material issues, increased design complexity, long charge times, limited operating life, and a high total cost of ownership.
The AGIGARAM system solves these problems with a novel use of a battery free power sub-system, teamed with high-speed synchronous DRAM, NAND Flash, intelligent power management and a proprietary system controller. During normal operation the AGIGARAM functions exactly like a synchronous DRAM (SDRAM).
When power is lost, however, it automatically saves the data to NAND Flash using the energy stored in the power subsystem. When power is restored, the data is transferred back into the SDRAM. This functionality can be used for power interruption/loss immunity, instant-on recovery, write caching and posting, data logging and journaling, and service and maintenance processing.
“Today's memory technologies all have a problem. DRAM is volatile, flash is slow, SRAM with batteries is unreliable, and alternative technologies are too costly to use in large densities," said Jim Handy, Director of Objective Analysis. "Products like AgigA Tech's that combine the best attributes of DRAM and NAND are likely to meet with broad acceptance."
“AgigA Tech’s unique technology and expertise have yielded a superior solution for high-speed, high-density non-volatile RAM,” said Ron Sartore, CEO of AgigA Tech. “And our relationship with Cypress enables us to work with customers through a world-class sales and distribution network.”
AGIGARAM products and features -- AgigA Tech announced two distinct AGIGARAM product families; BALI and CAPRI.
BALI Product Features: Targeted at general purposes, embedded, and industrial applications:
4-MB to 64-MB densities
High-speed 100 MHz SDRAM
200 MB/sec peak transfers
I2C command/control bus
3.3V VCC for 4 MB to 32 MB, 5.0V VCC for 64 MB
Package: 200-pin SO-DIMM or Mezzanine card
0-70 degrees C operating range
3 year, 5 year and 10 year operating life options
Integrated battery-free power pack
CAPRI Product Features: Targeted at higher end storage, industrial, networking, and communications applications, this product comes in sizes ranging from 256 MB to 2 GB and uses a much higher speed DDR-800 interface. It also integrates a battery-free power pack. Future versions will extend these sizes even further.
Availability
The AGIGARAM BALI product is available now in production. Evaluation kits are also available now. The higher-end DDR2 based CAPRI product will be sampling in July of this year, with production quantities available in September 2009.
The AGIGARAM is ideal for a wide range of systems, including storage, networking, communications, industrial computing and controls, medical equipment, gaming systems, ATMs and point-of-sale terminals, printers, scanners, copiers, automotive and military systems.Until now, high-speed, non-volatile memory choices have been limited, especially when the performance of a RAM is desired. Complementing the nvSRAM offerings from Cypress, the AGIGARAM system scales and extends nonvolatile solutions to much higher densities. The next best high-density alternative, battery-backed memories, can offer high speeds, but are subject to numerous problems, such as hazardous material issues, increased design complexity, long charge times, limited operating life, and a high total cost of ownership.
The AGIGARAM system solves these problems with a novel use of a battery free power sub-system, teamed with high-speed synchronous DRAM, NAND Flash, intelligent power management and a proprietary system controller. During normal operation the AGIGARAM functions exactly like a synchronous DRAM (SDRAM).
When power is lost, however, it automatically saves the data to NAND Flash using the energy stored in the power subsystem. When power is restored, the data is transferred back into the SDRAM. This functionality can be used for power interruption/loss immunity, instant-on recovery, write caching and posting, data logging and journaling, and service and maintenance processing.
“Today's memory technologies all have a problem. DRAM is volatile, flash is slow, SRAM with batteries is unreliable, and alternative technologies are too costly to use in large densities," said Jim Handy, Director of Objective Analysis. "Products like AgigA Tech's that combine the best attributes of DRAM and NAND are likely to meet with broad acceptance."
“AgigA Tech’s unique technology and expertise have yielded a superior solution for high-speed, high-density non-volatile RAM,” said Ron Sartore, CEO of AgigA Tech. “And our relationship with Cypress enables us to work with customers through a world-class sales and distribution network.”
AGIGARAM products and features -- AgigA Tech announced two distinct AGIGARAM product families; BALI and CAPRI.
BALI Product Features: Targeted at general purposes, embedded, and industrial applications:
4-MB to 64-MB densities
High-speed 100 MHz SDRAM
200 MB/sec peak transfers
I2C command/control bus
3.3V VCC for 4 MB to 32 MB, 5.0V VCC for 64 MB
Package: 200-pin SO-DIMM or Mezzanine card
0-70 degrees C operating range
3 year, 5 year and 10 year operating life options
Integrated battery-free power pack
CAPRI Product Features: Targeted at higher end storage, industrial, networking, and communications applications, this product comes in sizes ranging from 256 MB to 2 GB and uses a much higher speed DDR-800 interface. It also integrates a battery-free power pack. Future versions will extend these sizes even further.
Availability
The AGIGARAM BALI product is available now in production. Evaluation kits are also available now. The higher-end DDR2 based CAPRI product will be sampling in July of this year, with production quantities available in September 2009.
Monday, 25 May 2009
Cypress, Sona College of Technology to set up new PSoC laboratory
SALEM, INDIA: Cypress Semiconductor Corp. and Sona College of Technology (Sona Tech) of Salem, Tamil Nadu, India recently have agreed to set up a joint PSoC programmable system-on-chip laboratory at Sona Tech.
The agreement was signed at Sona Tech by Pashupathy Gopalan, Vice President of Strategic Marketing and Corporate Business Development at Cypress and A. Dhirajlal, Secretary of Sona Tech.
As part of the agreement, Cypress will provide hands-on training sessions for the faculty and students of Sona Tech, in addition to free hardware and software tools. Sona Tech will provide the facilities for the laboratory.
The laboratory will expose the students to the PSoC platform, a flexible family of devices with programmable analogue and digital blocks integrated with an MCU. With its unique architecture, PSoC provides an unrivaled learning platform for embedded design students. The lab will also be made available for training activities held by Cypress and Sona Tech to train other universities and companies.
Sona Tech will incorporate PSoC solutions in the microcontroller/microprocessor, digital design, and analog design curriculum and research projects. Sona Tech will also encourage students to participate in PSoC design contests held by Cypress.
“This new PSoC laboratory, which Cypress is graciously collaborating with us on, demonstrates Sona Tech’s commitment to bring established and emerging technologies to our engineering students,” said Dhirajlal. “The PSoC platform offers a powerful development environment to learn practical design skills that our students will bring with them into their careers.”
“This agreement helps Cypress continue to build its presence with the growing, talented foundation of engineers in India,” said Gopalan. “This new lab will familiarize Sona Tech students with the flexibility and integration delivered by the PSoC platform. We are confident that the ease-of-use and versatility of PSoC will lead many new designers to leverage the technology as customers.”
“The Cypress University Alliance is focused on expanding knowledge of the PSoC embedded design platform with students and faculty at the world’s leading universities,” said Patrick Kane, director of the Cypress University Alliance. “Sona Tech is an outstanding addition to the list of world-class universities using PSoC.”
Sona College of Technology
Sona College of Technology is synonymous with academic excellence, adorning the steel city, Salem, in Tamil Nadu. Affiliated to Anna University and approved by AICTE, the college offers quality education and technical competencies on the strong foundation of values, ideals and rich culture to the students across the country and beyond.
Located in arcadian environs at the heart of the city, the college is equipped with world class infrastructure and highly qualified and experienced faculty members. An active Placement Training and Welfare Cell is functioning with full enthusiasm with the aim of placing the students in top-notch companies.
‘Out Look’, has ranked Sona Tech in 27th position among the top 35 Self Financing Engineering Colleges in India and Anna University has ranked this renowned institution in 10th position among 242 Engineering Colleges in Tamil Nadu. The Sona College of Technology website is www.sonatech.ac.in/.
PSoC: Because change happens
PSoC devices employ a highly configurable system-on-chip architecture for embedded control design. PSoC devices integrate configurable analog and digital circuits, controlled by an on-chip microcontroller, providing both enhanced design revision capability and component count savings.
They include up to 32 Kbytes of Flash memory, 2 Kbytes of SRAM, an 8x8 multiplier with 32-bit accumulator, power and sleep monitoring circuits, and hardware I2C communications.
The flexible PSoC resources allow designers to future-proof their products by enabling firmware-based changes during design, validation, production, and in the field. The unique PSoC flexibility shortens design cycle time and allows for late-breaking feature enhancements. All PSoC devices are also dynamically reconfigurable, enabling designers to morph internal resources on-the-fly, utilizing fewer components to perform a given task.
A single PSoC device can integrate as many as 100 peripheral functions, saving customers design time, board space and power consumption while improving system quality. Customers can save as much as $10 in system costs.
Cypress's University Alliance Program is a multifaceted program empowering electronics engineering and computer science students to develop the skill sets needed to perform in today's marketplace. The program mounts regional design competitions, offers academic workshops, and maintains a university alliance website (www.cypress.com/cua) which provides access to myriad free design resources, evaluation boards and online courses.
The agreement was signed at Sona Tech by Pashupathy Gopalan, Vice President of Strategic Marketing and Corporate Business Development at Cypress and A. Dhirajlal, Secretary of Sona Tech. As part of the agreement, Cypress will provide hands-on training sessions for the faculty and students of Sona Tech, in addition to free hardware and software tools. Sona Tech will provide the facilities for the laboratory.
The laboratory will expose the students to the PSoC platform, a flexible family of devices with programmable analogue and digital blocks integrated with an MCU. With its unique architecture, PSoC provides an unrivaled learning platform for embedded design students. The lab will also be made available for training activities held by Cypress and Sona Tech to train other universities and companies.
Sona Tech will incorporate PSoC solutions in the microcontroller/microprocessor, digital design, and analog design curriculum and research projects. Sona Tech will also encourage students to participate in PSoC design contests held by Cypress.
“This new PSoC laboratory, which Cypress is graciously collaborating with us on, demonstrates Sona Tech’s commitment to bring established and emerging technologies to our engineering students,” said Dhirajlal. “The PSoC platform offers a powerful development environment to learn practical design skills that our students will bring with them into their careers.”
“This agreement helps Cypress continue to build its presence with the growing, talented foundation of engineers in India,” said Gopalan. “This new lab will familiarize Sona Tech students with the flexibility and integration delivered by the PSoC platform. We are confident that the ease-of-use and versatility of PSoC will lead many new designers to leverage the technology as customers.”
“The Cypress University Alliance is focused on expanding knowledge of the PSoC embedded design platform with students and faculty at the world’s leading universities,” said Patrick Kane, director of the Cypress University Alliance. “Sona Tech is an outstanding addition to the list of world-class universities using PSoC.”
Sona College of Technology
Sona College of Technology is synonymous with academic excellence, adorning the steel city, Salem, in Tamil Nadu. Affiliated to Anna University and approved by AICTE, the college offers quality education and technical competencies on the strong foundation of values, ideals and rich culture to the students across the country and beyond.
Located in arcadian environs at the heart of the city, the college is equipped with world class infrastructure and highly qualified and experienced faculty members. An active Placement Training and Welfare Cell is functioning with full enthusiasm with the aim of placing the students in top-notch companies.
‘Out Look’, has ranked Sona Tech in 27th position among the top 35 Self Financing Engineering Colleges in India and Anna University has ranked this renowned institution in 10th position among 242 Engineering Colleges in Tamil Nadu. The Sona College of Technology website is www.sonatech.ac.in/.
PSoC: Because change happens
PSoC devices employ a highly configurable system-on-chip architecture for embedded control design. PSoC devices integrate configurable analog and digital circuits, controlled by an on-chip microcontroller, providing both enhanced design revision capability and component count savings.
They include up to 32 Kbytes of Flash memory, 2 Kbytes of SRAM, an 8x8 multiplier with 32-bit accumulator, power and sleep monitoring circuits, and hardware I2C communications.
The flexible PSoC resources allow designers to future-proof their products by enabling firmware-based changes during design, validation, production, and in the field. The unique PSoC flexibility shortens design cycle time and allows for late-breaking feature enhancements. All PSoC devices are also dynamically reconfigurable, enabling designers to morph internal resources on-the-fly, utilizing fewer components to perform a given task.
A single PSoC device can integrate as many as 100 peripheral functions, saving customers design time, board space and power consumption while improving system quality. Customers can save as much as $10 in system costs.
Cypress's University Alliance Program is a multifaceted program empowering electronics engineering and computer science students to develop the skill sets needed to perform in today's marketplace. The program mounts regional design competitions, offers academic workshops, and maintains a university alliance website (www.cypress.com/cua) which provides access to myriad free design resources, evaluation boards and online courses.
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
Cypress, MNIT Bangalore to build new PSoC laboratory
BANGALORE, INDIA: Cypress Semiconductor Corp. and Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology (NMIT) of Bangalore have agreed to build a joint PSoC programmable system-on-chip laboratory in the department of Electronics and Communications Engineering (ECE) of NMIT.
The agreement was signed at NMIT on by Balaji Thirumalai, Director of Strategic Marketing and Corporate Business Development and Dr. H.C. Nagaraj, Principal of NMIT, Bangalore.
As part of the agreement, Cypress will provide hands-on training to the faculty and students of NMIT, Bangalore, in addition to free hardware kits and software tools. NMIT, Bangalore will provide the facilities for the laboratory.
This Laboratory will expose the students to the PSoC platform, a flexible family of devices with programmable analogue and digital blocks integrated with a microcontroller. With its unique architecture, PSoC provides an unrivaled learning platform for embedded design students. The lab will also be used for training the local engineering community
A two semester course on PSoC is also being planned at NMIT. The course material will be developed by the faculty of NMIT in collaboration with Cypress. The course will include both theory and practical labs. The emphasis will be on allowing the students to use PSoC in innovative applications and in their academic projects. The course will also provide the academic community an excellent opportunity to engage in more industrial projects.
"This new laboratory adds a new facet to our curriculum here at NMIT, Bangalore" said Dr. Nagaraj. "The PSoC platform provides a rich environment for our students to learn practical, real-world engineering skills, which will help them immediately in their chosen careers. We look forward to a long and fruitful relationship with Cypress."
"We have a long history in Bangalore, and we are pleased to partner with a leader in education in this area," said Thirumalai. "The engineers and professionals that use this new lab will learn the power and flexibility of the PSoC platform, and we expect many of them will want to use PSoC in real-world designs."
"This agreement is exactly what the Cypress University Alliance is about-partnering with the world's leading universities and students to establish PSoC as the premier embedded design learning platform," said Patrick Kane, director of the Cypress University Alliance. "We are proud to add NMIT, Bangalore to the growing list of world-class universities using PSoC."
The agreement was signed at NMIT on by Balaji Thirumalai, Director of Strategic Marketing and Corporate Business Development and Dr. H.C. Nagaraj, Principal of NMIT, Bangalore.
As part of the agreement, Cypress will provide hands-on training to the faculty and students of NMIT, Bangalore, in addition to free hardware kits and software tools. NMIT, Bangalore will provide the facilities for the laboratory.
This Laboratory will expose the students to the PSoC platform, a flexible family of devices with programmable analogue and digital blocks integrated with a microcontroller. With its unique architecture, PSoC provides an unrivaled learning platform for embedded design students. The lab will also be used for training the local engineering community
A two semester course on PSoC is also being planned at NMIT. The course material will be developed by the faculty of NMIT in collaboration with Cypress. The course will include both theory and practical labs. The emphasis will be on allowing the students to use PSoC in innovative applications and in their academic projects. The course will also provide the academic community an excellent opportunity to engage in more industrial projects.
"This new laboratory adds a new facet to our curriculum here at NMIT, Bangalore" said Dr. Nagaraj. "The PSoC platform provides a rich environment for our students to learn practical, real-world engineering skills, which will help them immediately in their chosen careers. We look forward to a long and fruitful relationship with Cypress."
"We have a long history in Bangalore, and we are pleased to partner with a leader in education in this area," said Thirumalai. "The engineers and professionals that use this new lab will learn the power and flexibility of the PSoC platform, and we expect many of them will want to use PSoC in real-world designs."
"This agreement is exactly what the Cypress University Alliance is about-partnering with the world's leading universities and students to establish PSoC as the premier embedded design learning platform," said Patrick Kane, director of the Cypress University Alliance. "We are proud to add NMIT, Bangalore to the growing list of world-class universities using PSoC."
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