AMCC's Quad SONET/SDH Physical Layer Devices Enable Customers to Efficiently Build Line Cards While Providing Savings in Power, Real Estate and System Cost.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 26, 2004 The Outstanding Integrated Functionality of the S1212 and S1213 Offer System Vendors a Flexible and Cost-Efficient Means for Giving Existing Optical Designs a "Face-Lift" at a Very Low Cost Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (AMCC AMCC Applied Micro Circuits Corporation AMCC Air Mobility Control Center AMCC Ashore Mobile Contingency Communications AMCC Advanced Materials Commercialization Center AMCC allied movement coordination center (US DoD) ) (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : AMCC) today introduced two new quad SONET/SDH physical layer devices, designed for new high density line cards, as well as the remodeling remodeling /re·mod·el·ing/ (re-mod´el-ing) reorganization or renovation of an old structure. bone remodeling of legacy line cards. The ideal solution for re-working any legacy products, AMCC's S1213 quad OC3/12 SONET/SDH 8-bit transceiver (TRANSmitter reCEIVER) An electronic device or circuit that transmits and receives analog or digital signals. It comes in many forms; for example, a transponder on a satellite, a network adapter in the computer or the circuits in a cellphone. requires only that customers update the optical front-end of the design, while the rest of the system, such as the framers, pointer-processors and software, can remain intact. This flexibility leverages existing optical designs and results in significant cost reductions for customers. In addition to the S1213, AMCC also today announced the availability of the S1212, a quad SONET/SDH OC-3/12 clock and data recovery device (CDR (1) See CD-R and extension. (2) (Call Detail Reporting) See call accounting. (3) (Common Data Rate) A standard sampling rate for digital video for 480i and 576i systems. The rate is 13.5 MHz. See ITU-R BT. ). AMCC has leveraged the company's expertise in 0.13-micron CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. design for the S1212 and S1213, offering customers the low power and real estate advantages of this process technology. The S1213 operates in either SONET/SDH OC-12 or OC-3 with a CDR feature, and can also be provisioned to support a combination of OC-3 and OC-12 data for individual channels. Features including diagnostic loopback, line loopback, serial clock loop timing and parallel loop back modes. It also provides customers with maximum flexibility and efficiency when adding new components to legacy systems. For maximum optical performance, the S1213 seamlessly interfaces with AMCC's best-in-class framers, including Congo and Orinoco, as well as customers' ASICs. "When redesigning line cards, customers want to maximize the growth margin on their systems. AMCC has taken a careful look at this need and delivered a viable device to meet the critical demands of upgrading legacy designs," said Neal Neslusan, director of product marketing for AMCC. "The S1212 and S1213 are low cost-per-channel solutions that are easy to design with, allowing customers to get their designs to production, and revenue, as soon as possible. The parts are great for customers wanting to leverage legacy hardware solutions. Our choice of 0.13u CMOS for these devices makes them a superb choice for new hardware architectures as well." The quad S1213 transceiver implements SONET/SDH serialization/deserialization and transmission functions. The chip can be used to implement the front-end of SONET equipment, which consists primarily of the serial transmit interface and the serial receive interface. Additionally, it handles all the functions of these two elements, including parallel-to-serial and serial-to parallel conversion, clock generation and system timing. The system timing circuitry consists of management of the data stream and clock distribution throughout the front-end. The S1213 is divided into four transceiver modules. Each of the modules can run at OC-12 or OC-3 data rates, independent from the other modules. The new device offers reductions of almost 50 percent in real estate and 66 percent in power, relative to its predecessor. The S1212 device consists of four CDR modules, all of which can run independently at the OC-12 or OC-3 data rate. It can also be provisioned to mix and match OC-3 and OC-12 data streams within the same device and configured con·fig·ure tr.v. con·fig·ured, con·fig·ur·ing, con·fig·ures To design, arrange, set up, or shape with a view to specific applications or uses: in MII 1. (body) MII - A consortium of Microsoft, IBM, and Intel. 2. (storage) MII - A broadcast component video tape format licensed by Panasonic. mode or non-MII mode. The S1212 does not require any external capacitors to control the PLL PLL - phase-locked loop bandwidth of the device, offering significant advantages in power (60 percent reduction) and real estate with high integration, low power and a small package. Availability The S1212 and S1213 are currently sampling to development partners, with general availability scheduled for March 2004. For additional technical information, visit: Device S1212 Product Brief www.amcc.com/BestInClass/S1212 Photo www.amcc.com/BestInClass/S1212Photo Device S1213 Product Brief www.amcc.com/BestInClass/S1213 Photo www.amcc.com/BestInClass/S1213Photo About AMCC AMCC designs, develops, manufactures and markets silicon networking solutions for global wide area networks (WAN) and storage area networks (SAN). The company's proven design expertise, coupled with system-level knowledge and multiple silicon process technologies, provides integrated circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. that span the complete WAN PHY-to-fabric roadmap and a robust portfolio of networked storage products addressing Host Bus Adapters See host adapter. , storage array, switching and SAN extension requirements. The company's system solution portfolio addresses the high-performance needs of both transport and switching and routing applications within the evolving intelligent optical network, as well as Fibre Channel hardware and software products for high-growth Networked Storage markets. AMCC's corporate headquarters are located in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. . Sales and engineering offices are located throughout the world. For further information regarding AMCC, visit our Web site at http://www.amcc.com. Forward-Looking Statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. The statements contained in this press release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements, including statements relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc the products discussed in this press release are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including the risk that the products would not be successfully or timely developed, completed or manufactured or achieve market acceptance, risks relating to general economic conditions, as well as the risks and uncertainties set forth in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended March 31, 2003, and in other filings of the company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. As a result of these risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from these forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements contained in this news release are made as of the date hereof here·of adv. Of this. hereof Adverb Formal or law of or concerning this Adv. 1. hereof - of or concerning this; "the twigs hereof are physic" and AMCC does not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statement. Product photos, datasheets and application notes are available upon request. AMCC is a registered trademark of Applied Micro Circuits Corp. |
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