AMCC Announces Comprehensive Solution Set For OC-768 Applications.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NOTE TO MEDIA: Photos are available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com and at www.newstream.com SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 18, 2002 AMCC's S76801/S76802 Mux/DeMux and S76804 PECOS Framer/Pointer Processor/Digital Wrapper/FEC Device Will Provide a Total 40G Solution Chipset With Seamless Interfaces, Providing Customers With Exceptional Functionality and Flexibility 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:AMCC), today announced the S76801 transmitter with Clock Synthesizer Unit (CSU See DSU/CSU. 1. CSU - California State University. 2. CSU - Cleveland State University. 3. CSU - Channel Service Unit. ), the S76802 receiver with Clock and data Recovery Unit (CRU) and post amplifier and Pecos (S76804PBI PBI protein-bound iodine. PBI abbr. protein-bound iodine PBI, n See iodine, protein-bound. PBI protein-bound iodine. ), a highly-integrated single-chip OC-768 SONET/SDH interleaver/disinterleaver with 40G FEC/digital wrapper. The S76801/S76802 and Pecos devices demonstrate AMCC's continued ability to provide outstanding flexibility, exceptional reliability and a high level of integration, while simultaneously maximizing performance for the 40 Gbps marketplace. Building upon AMCC's commitment to being a complete solution provider, the S76801 and S76802 chipset easily interfaces with the Pecos interleaver/disinterleaver as well as AMCC's industry-leading S76800 transimpedance amplifier (TIA (1) (Telecommunications Industry Association, Arlington, VA, www.tiaonline.org) A membership organization founded in 1988 that sets telecommunications standards worldwide. It was originally an EIA working group that was spun off and merged with the U.S. ) and S76803 modulator Modulator Any device or circuit by means of which a desired signal is impressed upon a higher-frequency periodic wave known as a carrier. The process is called modulation. The modulator may vary the amplitude, frequency, or phase of the carrier. driver. The S76801 (16:1 Mux) and S76802 (1:16 DeMux) Silicon Germanium (SiGe) OC-768 devices are designed for SONET/SDH short and long-haul applications. The fully integrated mux/demux chipset is offered in a compact, V-connectorized package that simplifies system design and can easily operate over the STS-768 (39.813 Gbps) to STS-768 with ITU-T See ITU. ITU-T - International Telecommunications Union G.709 Forward Error Correction A communications technique that can correct bad data on the receiving end. Before transmission, the data are processed through an algorithm that adds extra bits for error correction. If the transmitted message is received in error, the correction bits are used to repair it. (FEC See forward error correction. FEC - Forward Error Correction ) bit rates (43.018 Gbps). "The mux/demux chipset provides a reliable and manufacturable SiGe solution, providing customers with overall savings in cost, development time and real estate," said Oswin Schreiber, senior product marketing manager at AMCC. "The introduction of the S76801/S76802 and Pecos, along with AMCC's previously announced transimpedance and modulator driver, offers customers, for the first time, a complete and glueless chipset for OC-768 applications. We not only deliver affordable and reliable solutions with superior bandwidth and functionality, we are enabling the next generation of high-performance equipment for the world's 40 Gbps telecommunications infrastructure." Developed for Metro and long haul DWDM (Dense WDM) The term given to wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) when significantly more channels were being added. Since WDM is increasingly more "dense" all the time, both terms are used synonymously. See WDM. DWDM - wavelength division multiplexing , optical switches and routers, Pecos allows customers to experience seamless backplane interfaces to switch fabrics and other framer products enabled by its 2.5G I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output and OC-48 interfaces on its low speed side. Pecos's industry-first architecture includes on-chip support of 40G inverse muxing and transparency, which enables customer's routers with OC-768 payloads to be transported over existing 10G and 2.5G Lambda networks. "Routers traditionally prefer to transport traffic over the fattest pipe possible and 768c 'fat pipe' payloads will soon be the preference. By introducing Pecos, AMCC is addressing the issues involved in getting these payloads across Metro and Transport networks," said Mark Donovan, senior product marketing manager at AMCC. "Pecos's unique 40G inverse muxing technology enables the conversion of 40G 768c payloads into either 4x10G pseudo 192c or 16x2.5G pseudo 48c payloads so that the 768c signal can transverse existing 10G and 2.5G Lambda networks. At the far end of the network, Pecos can restore the signals back into the original 768c signal." The S76801 performs all SONET/SDH serialization se·ri·al·ize tr.v. se·ri·al·ized, se·ri·al·iz·ing, se·ri·al·iz·es To write or publish in serial form. se transmission and features a built-in, parallel interface deskew capability, providing customers with a reliable interconnect to Pecos. The S76802 performs all SONET/SDH deserialization and generates a parallel interface 17th-bit, which is used to deskew on the receiving side of Pecos. For increased flexibility and ease of board design, the chipset enables all low-speed signals to enter/exit through a standard BGA (Ball Grid Array) A popular surface mount chip package that uses a grid of solder balls as its connectors. Available in plastic and ceramic varieties, BGA is noted for its compact size, high lead count and low inductance, which allows lower voltages to be used. interface. High-speed serialized signals are transmitted/received to/from the optical module through the V-connector packaging. The chipset's built-in test mode allows customers to generate a random 128-bit balanced pattern for output as a serial 40 Gbps data stream, which enables customers to debug the serial part of their system without the need to stimulate the parallel Mux inputs. The Pecos supports synchronized 4 x OC-192 to OC-768 aggregation, OC-768/OC-768c inverse multiplexing with deskew compensation up to 500 nano-seconds and duplex 768c Pointer Processing. The device also supports the interleaving/disinterleaving of 4 x OC-192 or 16 x OC-48 signals into/out of an OC-768 or40G DW with FEC signal. Pecos features 40G Transport Overhead (TOH TOH This Old House (TV show) TOH Town of Hempstead TOH Transport Overhead (SONET) TOH Top Of the Hill TOH Treehouse of Horror (The Simpsons) TOH Time Overhead ) monitoring/generation and Drop/Insert and includes SFI-5 interfaces on both sides of the device, enabling 40G performance monitoring applications. Building upon AMCC's successful family of framers, Pecos works in conjunction with GANGES, providing a channelized Refers to an architecture that transmits data in channels. It often refers to the 64 Kbps channels in T1 lines, which were originally developed to handle digitized voice streams (TDM). See TDM. OC-768 path terminating solution down to OC-12c signal payloads. The device's flexible architecture also compliments AMCC's Mekong and Danube framers by providing an OC-768/OC-48/OC-12/OC-3 framer/pointer processor solution. Availability Available in a connectorized 255 BGA package (CV), the S76801/S76802 chipset is currently sampling to development partners. General availability is scheduled for Q3 2002. Packaged in a 728 PBGA PBGA Plastic Ball Grid Array and manufactured in 0.13(mu) 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. , Pecos (S76804PBI) will begin sampling to development partners in Q2 2002 with general availability scheduled for Q3 2002. About AMCC AMCC designs, develops, manufactures, and markets high-performance, high-bandwidth silicon solutions empowering intelligent optical networks. AMCC utilizes a combination of digital, mixed-signal and high-frequency analog design expertise coupled with system-level knowledge and multiple silicon process technologies to offer integrated circuit products that enable the transport of voice and data over fiber optic networks. The company's system solution portfolio includes switch fabric, traffic management, network processor, framer/mapper, PHY See physical layer and physical. and PMD (Polarization Mode Dispersion) The type of dispersion that occurs in singlemode fiber due to a lack of perfect symmetry in the fiber and from external pressures on the cable. Light travels over singlemode fiber in two polarization states. devices that address the high-performance needs of the evolving intelligent optical network. AMCC's corporate headquarters and wafer fabrication facilities are located in San Diego. Sales and engineering offices are located throughout the world. For further information regarding AMCC, please visit our Web site at http://www.amcc.com. Forward-Looking Statements 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 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 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, 2001, 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 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. Note: Photos are available at URLs: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.031802/bb5 http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.031802/bb5a http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.031802/bb5b |
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