■ Communications
And the stakes are higher than ever before. As millions of Internet transactions zip back and forth across the planet, they're sped along by the data communications systems of the world's leading hardware manufacturers. Many of these manufacturers rely upon advanced CPU boards and other components supplied by Kontron.

With a decades-long heritage for supplying high-quality components suited for thousands of electronics applications, Kontron is a logical partner for networking OEMs around the world.

The fast-emerging, mission-critical data communications market -- with its rigorous demands for performance, value and speed to market -- is a natural extension of that heritage. Kontron products serving this market are fundamental to the design of hardware devices, such as routers and other networking hardware, which in turn deliver path optimization, traffic management and monitoring of optimum Internet performance.

A wide array of Kontron products perform unique functions for these applications, including the DT64 CPU board for system management and the MXP64GX CPU board for routing.

With a broad product offering, outstanding program management, global technical support, and a proven track record of customization capabilities, Kontron is suited to meet the needs of networking hardware customers anywhere in the world. Powering data and telecommunications.