Atrica Selects Kawasaki Microelectronics ASIC Solutions For its Carrier-class Optical Ethernet Systems.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 7, 2003 Advanced Yet Affordable ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. Technology Will Help Enable the Cost-effective Delivery of Advanced Ethernet Services Kawasaki Microelectronics, a leader in advanced yet affordable ASICs, announced today that Atrica, a leading provider of Optical Ethernet equipment for the rapidly expanding Metro networking market, has selected Kawasaki as its ASIC supplier for its industry-leading, carrier-class Optical Ethernet Systems. "Atrica is committed to helping carriers worldwide realize dramatic cost savings while rapidly and profitably delivering new Ethernet-based services," said Randy Ziffer, vice-president, global operations of Atrica. "Kawasaki's combination of advanced technology and affordable pricing will allow us to continue delivering on this important mission and will allow service providers to fully enjoy the numerous business and technical benefits of Optical Ethernet technology. We look forward to working with them on the development of advanced ASIC solutions." ASICs are critical components in Atrica's network platforms. They allow Atrica to cost-effectively implement its industry-leading technology for delivering carrier-class capabilities such as guaranteed Service Level Agreements (SLAs), Quality of Service (QoS), sub-50 millisecond One thousandth of a second. See space/time and ohnosecond. (unit) millisecond - (ms) One thousandth of a second, one thousand microseconds. A long time for a modern computer. resiliency, end-to-end service management, and MPLS (1) (MultiProtocol Lambda Switching) The earlier name for GMPLS. See GMPLS. (2) (MultiProtocol Label Switching) A standard from the IETF for including routing information in the packets of an IP network. . "Atrica is precisely the type of customer that can benefit from Kawasaki ASIC solutions," said Hideki Yoneda, executive vice president of Kawasaki. "They are in a highly competitive market, where customers demand leading-edge technology at reasonable prices. By using Kawasaki ASIC solutions, Atrica can continue to offer highly competitive products and to build on their impressive success. As ASICs inherently are a collaborative development effort between the ASIC vendor and the customer, we look forward to working closely with Atrica to deliver ASICs that work right the first time and are on schedule." About Kawasaki Microelectronics Kawasaki Microelectronics is the leader in advanced yet affordable ASIC semiconductor technology solutions. The company's innovative core technologies and world-class design support are used in the consumer electronics, computer, office-automation, networking, wireless, and electronic-storage markets. Deployed worldwide, Kawasaki's products enable customers to quickly introduce highly-competitive solutions. The company is an active participant in industry standards organizations, including the Network Processing Forum The Network Processing Forum (NPF) was organized to facilitate and accelerate the development of next-generation networking and telecommunications products based on network processing technologies. The NPF was merged into the Optical Internetworking Forum in June of 2006. (NPF NPF National Park Foundation NPF Norton Personal Firewall NPF National Parkinson Foundation NPF National Pain Foundation (Englewood, Colorado) NPF National Psoriasis Foundation NPF National Pro Fastpitch NPF Network Processing Forum ), Optical Internetworking Forum The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) was organized to facilitate and accelerate the development of next-generation optical internetworking products. The OIF produces Electrical, Tunable Laser, Very Short Reach Hardware Interfaces. (OIF OIF Operation Iraqi Freedom OIF Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (French: International Organization of Francophonie) OIF Office for Intellectual Freedom (American Library Association) ), and the USB Implementers Forum The USB Implementers Forum, USB-IF, is a non-profit organisation to promote and support the Universal Serial Bus. Its main activities are the promotion and marketing of USB, Wireless USB, USB On-The-Go, and the maintenance of the specifications, as well as a compliance program. . Kawasaki has design centers in San Jose, Calif.; Boston, Mass.; Japan and Taiwan. For more information, contact the company at 408-570-0555, or visit its web site at http://www.klsi.com. About Atrica Atrica's mission is to deliver the most cost-effective, high-performance Optical Ethernet solutions to forward thinking service providers that are building next-generation metro networks. Its revolutionary, Carrier-class Optical Ethernet Systems are designed to allow service providers to reduce costs, simplify operations, and rapidly and profitably deliver new Ethernet-based services. Privately held, Atrica is based in Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. , with R&D facilities in Israel and business development and sales offices throughout the U.S., Europe, and Asia Pacific. The company has received a total of $134 million in funding to date, from world-class venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] , industry leaders, and seven global service providers. For more information, visit Atrica on the Web at www.atrica.com Atrica and ASPEN are registered trademarks and trademarks of Atrica Ireland Limited in the United States and other countries. |
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