AMCC Delivers Unrivaled Mixed-Signal Integration; Single-Chip Yukon Conquers New Territory for OC-48c ATM and Packet-Over-Sonet Applications.Business Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo is available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 6, 2000 First in a Series to Condense con·dense v. con·densed, con·dens·ing, con·dens·es v.tr. 1. To reduce the volume or compass of. 2. To make more concise; abridge or shorten. 3. Physics a. Multiple Devices Into a Single-Chip Solution, Providing Superior Jitter A flicker or fluctuation in a transmission signal or display image. The term is used in several ways, but it always refers to some offset of time and space from the norm. For example, in a network transmission, jitter would be a bit arriving either ahead or behind a standard clock cycle Performance While Dramatically Reducing Real Estate, Power and Cost Leading high-bandwidth silicon connectivity provider 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 availability of YUKON (S4803), the industry's first single chip OC-48c SONET/SDH Framer/Mapper with integrated clock recovery (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. ) and clock synthesis (CSU See DSU/CSU. 1. CSU - California State University. 2. CSU - Cleveland State University. 3. CSU - Channel Service Unit. ). This unequaled level of integration offers a 65 percent reduction in board real estate compared to existing solutions. This drastically reduces design complexity, combined with a significant decrease in power and cost. With typical jitter generation of less than 6.0mUI rms and world class jitter tolerance of 0.5UI, the YUKON is the first in a series of highly integrated solutions that leverage the company's expertise in mixed signal design at multi-gigabit data rates. "YUKON is a momentous achievement for AMCC and provides revolutionary design advantages for our customers," said Brent Little, AMCC's vice president of marketing. "Consistent with recent market trends this device will enable new levels of OC-48c line card density and cost. It is proof positive of the enormous synergy and fusion borne from our acquisition of Cimaron just last year." YUKON processes SONET/SDH STS-48c data streams with full duplex mapping of ATM packets into SONET/SDH payloads. Implemented in 3.3V technology with 3.4W of typical power, the single-chip solution provides full section, line, and path overhead processing and fully supports SONET/SDH framing and ATM/POS capability. For simplified board design, the YUKON provides a serial CML 1. CML - A query language. ["Towards a Knowledge Description Language", A. Borgida et al, in On Knowledge Base Management Systems, J. Mylopoulos et al eds, Springer 1986]. 2. CML - Concurrent ML. 2.5 Gbps direct connection to small form factor (SFF (Small Form Factor) Refers to a device that is smaller than others in its field. For example, a miniature display on a cellphone is an SFF device because displays can be extremely large on monitors and TVs by comparison. See form factor. ) OC-48 optics modules that significantly reduces the amount of engineering and board space required. "This is only the beginning of the integration potential to be realized from the union of our design teams," said Ram Sudireddy, vice president of AMCC and formerly Cimaron's president and chief executive officer. "We've broken the barrier between overhead processors and transceivers/CDRs without sacrificing performance, and we will continue to aggressively develop and integrate solutions that address the most urgent needs of our customers." "This feat of engineering has reduced chip count and therefore design complexity while dramatically cutting power and price," said Perminder Chohan, product marketing manager at AMCC. "YUKON is the most robust addition to AMCC's OC-48c product portfolio yet, providing unprecedented digital and analog integration comprising framing, mapping, serialization/deserialization and world class CDR/CSU functionality." YUKON affords a 32-bit parallel interface, operating at 100 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. on the system side, and imparts a low-cost, low power mapping solution that will offer high reliability, lower board debug and easier control of EMI (ElectroMagnetic Interference) An electrical disturbance in a system due to natural phenomena, low-frequency waves from electromechanical devices or high-frequency waves (RFI) from chips and other electronic devices. Allowable limits are governed by the FCC. for SONET, ATM and Packet HDLC (High-level Data Link Control) A data link protocol from ISO for point-to-point communications over serial links. Derived from IBM's SDLC protocol, HDLC has been the basis for numerous protocols including X.25, ISDN, T1, SS7, GSM, CDPD, PPP and others. processing. The device includes AMCC's Flexbus-3(TM) interface for POS (1) See point of sale and packet over SONET. (2) "Parent over shoulder." See digispeak. POS - point of sale traffic, and provides a UTOPIA Level 3 interface for ATM traffic. Pricing and Availability YUKON is available in an industrial temperature range 352-pin SBGA SBGA Striped Bass Growers Association SBGA Spreader Ball Grid Array SBGA Super Ball Grid Array package, and is priced at $275 in quantities of 5,000. The device will be sampling to development partners in March with volume production in June. About AMCC AMCC designs, develops, manufactures and markets high-performance, high-bandwidth silicon solutions for the world's optical networks. The company utilizes a combination of high-frequency, mixed-signal design expertise and multiple silicon process technologies to offer IC products for the telecommunications market that address the SONET/SDH and ATM transmission standards and for the data communications markets that address the Gigabit Ethernet, ATM and Fibre Channel transmission standards. AMCC's core technologies also address ATE and high-speed computing needs. AMCC's corporate headquarters and wafer fabrication facilities are located in San Diego. Sales and consulting engineering offices are located throughout the world. For further information regarding AMCC and its products, write: Marketing Communication Department, AMCC, 6290 Sequence Drive, San Diego, CA 92121-4358; or call 800/755-AMCC (800/755-2622) or 858/450-9333; or fax 858/450-9885; or email nwpr@amcc.com; or visit our Web site at http://www.amcc.com. Forward Looking Statements Except for historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this news release are forward-looking statements that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, "The Factors That May Affect Future Results" detailed 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, 1999, and the company's other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Actual results could differ materially, as a result of such factors, from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. Product photos, datasheets and application notes are available upon request. AMCC is a registered trademark of Applied Micro Circuits Corp. Note: A Photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. 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