AcceLight Networks Eclipses Moore's Law with Photonic Service Switching.Business Editors PITTSBURGH, Penn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2001 AcceLight AcceLight Networks, Inc., today announced a new era of intelligent core networking - Photonic Dealing with light (photons). See photon and photonics. Service Switching - that consolidates multiple network layers to one intelligent optical core platform. The company will demonstrate its breakthrough technology at invitation-only sessions during OFC OFC Office OFC Officer OFC Of Course OFC Oxygen Free Copper OFC Oceania Football Confederation (soccer) OFC Optical Fiber Cable OFC Optical Fiber Communications OFC Optical Fiber Conference 2001 in Anaheim, CA, March 19 - 21, 2001. "The basic concept allows service providers to essentially 'dump' any mix of IP, SONET, and optical wave services into an AcceLight 'box,' then stand back and let that automated optical switching take over," said Mark Heaton, consultant, Telechoice. "Once it's available, Photonic Service Switching has the potential to help carriers avoid a lot of the costs and pitfalls associated with trying to manage an entire hornets' nest of separate networks and systems." Photonic Service Switching integrates three key innovations: photonic burst switching In a packet switched network, burst switching is a capability in which each network switch extracts routing instructions from an incoming packet header to establish and maintain the appropriate switch connection for the duration of the packet, following which the connection is , delivering patented optical switching at speeds up to 100,000 times faster than current optical technology; Generalized-MPLS multi-layer signaling; and a massively scalable service optimized transport architecture. This fundamentally changes how traffic flows are provisioned and managed throughout the Internet. By combining network intelligence, petabit capacity, and nanosecond (1) One billionth of a second. Used to measure the speed of logic and memory chips, a nanosecond can be visualized by converting it to distance. In one nanosecond, electricity travels approximately a foot in a wire. switching in a large-scale core fabric, AcceLight provides the means for carriers to aggregate legacy and new service offerings into a single, simplified configuration while supporting existing revenue streams. "AcceLight Networks' Photonic Service Switching technology means that service providers - who have been shackled with high capital and operating expenses Operating expenses The amount paid for asset maintenance or the cost of doing business, excluding depreciation. Earnings are distributed after operating expenses are deducted. - can now reap unprecedented cost savings and expense reductions," said Dr. Hyong Kim, founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , AcceLight Networks. "By eclipsing Moore's Law "The number of transistors and resistors on a chip doubles every 18 months." By Intel co-founder Gordon Moore regarding the pace of semiconductor technology. He made this famous comment in 1965 when there were approximately 60 devices on a chip. with photonic burst switching, AcceLight enables carriers to provide an exponential increase in capacity to stay ahead of the accelerating growth of IP traffic, while creating new revenue generating opportunities such as emerging optical Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and dynamic bandwidth trading." About AcceLight Networks AcceLight Networks is a privately held new generation optical solutions provider that was founded in 1999 with funding from Menlo Ventures and Venrock Associations. AcceLight Networks' solution forms the cornerstone of the new optical frontier and leads the Photonic Switching Revolution. The company designs Photonic Service Switching solutions to enable the evolution to end-to-end photonic internetworking. AcceLight Networks has assembled a world-class management and engineering team, with facilities in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania “Pittsburgh” redirects here. For the region, see Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area. Pittsburgh (pronounced IPA: /ˈpɪtsbɚg/) is the second largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. and R&D in Ottawa, Canada. For additional information, please contact AcceLight Networks at 613.596.4804 or visit www.accelight.com. |
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