Arescom and Alcatel Microelectronics Sign Agreement for ADSL Dynamite Product Development.FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 7, 1998--Arescom and Alcatel Microelectronics have signed an agreement under which Paris-based Alcatel Microelectronics will supply its DynaMiTe dynamite, explosive made from nitroglycerin and an inert, porous filler such as wood pulp, sawdust, kieselguhr, or some other absorbent material. The proportions vary in different kinds of dynamite; often ammonium nitrate or sodium nitrate is added. (TM) ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line DMT See DSL. chipset A group of chips designed to work as a unit to perform a function. For example, a modem chipset contains all the primary circuits for transmitting and receiving. A PC chipset provides the electronic interfaces between all subsystems (see PC chipset for illustration). and firmware A category of memory chips that hold their content without electrical power. Firmware includes flash, ROM, PROM, EPROM and EEPROM technologies. When holding program instructions, firmware can be thought of as "hard software." See flash memory, ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM and FOTA. for use in Arescom's ADSL products. The agreement involves Alcatel's third generation automatic Rate Adaptive Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (communications, protocol) Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line - (ADSL, or Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Loop) A form of Digital Subscriber Line in which the bandwidth available for downstream connection is significantly larger then for upstream. (R-ADSL) modem chipset MTK-20131. Arescom will use the DynaMiTe chipset in their forthcoming ADSL products. This new product family will build on Arescom's tradition of providing high-speed remote access products that are easy to configure and manage. These new products will offer customers an easy to configure router along with ATM UNI capabilities and the ultra-fast speeds and flexibility of the standards compliant DynaMiTe ADSL technology. These products will further Arescom's goal of providing customers with additional products to meet their diverse product and technology needs while providing unprecedented interoperability with the central office equipment from industry leading vendors. "Arescom is excited about being one of the early adopters of the new Alcatel Microelectronics technology," said Kuldip Ahluwalia, VP of Sales and Marketing at Arescom. "We will offer our customers compatibility with the most widely deployed high speed ADSL technology. This is another example of our goal to expand our product offerings beyond the ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. and Ethernet markets." The new Alcatel DynaMiTe modem kit (MTK-20131) combines the digital functions of the DMT modem and the ATM framer with Utopia interface into a single 0.35 micron technology Micron Technology ("Micron") NYSE: MU is a multinational company based in Boise, Idaho, USA, best known for producing many forms of semiconductor devices. This includes DRAM, SDRAM, flash memory, and CMOS image sensing chips. chip. A second chip incorporates the analog front end using a 0.5 micron analog process, while a third ARM based controller chip provides monitoring and control interface to the host system as well as managing the modem functions. The DynaMiTe chipset is designed to be fully compliant with issue 2 of the ANSI (American National Standards Institute, New York, www.ansi.org) A membership organization founded in 1918 that coordinates the development of U.S. voluntary national standards in both the private and public sectors. It is the U.S. member body to ISO and IEC. standard T1E1.413 specification category 2. Arescom designs, manufactures and markets a complete line of high quality inter-networking equipment for ISDN, ADSL and Ethernet environments. Arescom provides small office users with user friendly and affordable high-speed Remote Access solutions. Alcatel Microelectronics, the Semiconductor Company of Alcatel develops, manufactures and sells both standard and custom application specific semiconductor components for communications applications around the world. Alcatel serves the broadband and narrowband communication markets for public and private network infrastructure, cellular wireless networks and power lines, as well as automotive and industrial systems. For more information contact ARESCOM Inc. 510-445-3638. ARESCOM focuses on bringing affordable, easy-to-use Internet and remote access equipment to small office and home office users. ARESCOM designs, manufactures, and markets a complete line of high quality Inter-networking equipment, including ISDN digital modems and routers for ISDN, ADSL, and high-speed office and remote access environments. |
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