AMCC Offers OC-48 Reference Design With Agilent Technologies.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo is 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)--April 18, 2001 AMCC's 16-bit Transceiver With Clock and Data Recovery and Agilent's Small Form Factor Fiber-optic Transceiver Demonstrate Device Interoperability in An OC-48 Reference Design Applied Micro Circuits Corporation Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (NASDAQ: AMCC) is a fabless semiconductor company designing network and embedded Power Architecture (including a Power Architecture license), optical transport and storage solutions. (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), the leader in high-bandwidth silicon connectivity for the world's optical networks, and Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :A), today announced the availability of an OC-48 reference design demonstrating the interoperability of AMCC's S3055 16-bit transceiver with clock and data 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. ) with Agilent's 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. ) fiber-optic transceivers for SONET/SDH short reach (SR) and intermediate reach (IR) links. Developed to facilitate the design implementation of AMCC's and Agilent's highly configurable solutions, the reference design provides key parameter measurements and circuit schematics that allow users to simulate a connection to the optics module, or via SMA connectors, to the high-speed serial ports of AMCC's S3055 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. device. In addition, the design enables interoperability testing and characterizes equipment for jitter and waveform evaluations. "By offering the OC-48 reference design, we demonstrate SONET system compliance for a full solution, allowing our customers to reduce their design cycle time in addition to overall costs," said David Knights, general manager of Agilent's Fiber Optics Business Unit. "Our ability to provide these advantages will continue to fuel the rapid growth of the high-volume OC-48 market." "The successful relationship between AMCC and Agilent is demonstrated through the compatibility of our hardware, which offers a significant time-to-market advantage to our customers," said Alan Sorgi, AMCC's director of marketing applications. "Together, these devices provide a unique combination of increased channel density, real estate savings, low jitter and decreased power to the OC-48 market in high volume quantities." The HFCT-5942L SR and HFCT-5942TL IR SFF transceivers are SONET/SDH compliant and offer high performance, cost effective modules for OC-48 serial optical communication applications. These transceivers feature an industry standard 2 X 10 DIL-style package with LC fiber connector interfaces. The transceivers perform all light-to-logic and logic-to-light functions and provide network designers with high-density solutions for both short and intermediate range applications. Manufactured in .18-micron CMOS technology, the S3055 exceeds Bellcore and ITU-T See ITU. ITU-T - International Telecommunications Union specifications with jitter generation of 5mUI rms, providing outstanding design margin for SONET applications. AMCC's S3055 SONET/SDH/ATM transceiver chip with CDR is a fully integrated SerDes SONET STS-48/OC-48 interface device packaged in a 324-pin PBGA PBGA Plastic Ball Grid Array . The device performs all necessary serial-to-parallel and parallel-to-serial functions in conformance with SONET/SDH transmission standards and supports interface to LVPECL LVPECL Low Voltage Positive Emitter Coupled Logic and LVTTL LVTTL Low Voltage Transistor Transistor Logic (AMCC) LVTTL Low Voltage Transistor to Transistor Logic logic. Availability The OC-48 reference design is currently available from AMCC at www.amcc.com/pdfs/S3055_Agilent_Ref_design.pdf or Agilent at www.agilent.com/view/sff. AMCC's S3055 and Agilent's OC-48 transceivers are currently in volume production. About AMCC AMCC designs, develops, manufactures and markets high-performance, high-bandwidth silicon solutions for the world's optical networks. AMCC utilizes a combination of high-frequency analog, mixed-signal and digital 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 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. , PHY See physical layer and physical. , framer/mapper, network processor, traffic management and switch fabric 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. AMCC 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 new products, the relationship with Agilent Technologies, and anticipated sales resulting from the relationship, are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including the risk that the relationship would not result in expected sales, that the products would not be successfully developed, timely developed or achieve market acceptance, as well as the risks associated with general economic conditions and other risks and uncertainties set forth in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2000, the Company's recent 10-Q filing, 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. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Note: A Photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.041801/bb7 |
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