Austriamicrosystems Ramps Production to Meet Ikanos Product Growth in Japan, Korea and Europe; Ikanos Communications Sees Demand Surge for High-Speed VDSL-DMT Chipsets.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 10, 2003 austriamicrosystems Business Unit Full Service Foundry and Ikanos Communications Ikanos Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IKAN) develops chipsets that enable carriers to offer Fiber Fast™ bandwidth and high-speed network processing for enhanced triple play services. Fremont, California For the unincorporated community in Yolo County, California, see . Fremont (IPA: /ˈfriːmɒnt/) is a city in California that was incorporated on January 23, 1956, from the merger of five smaller communities: announced today production ramps to meet a 200 percent spike in sales orders for the Ikanos SmartLeapTM programmable VDSL-DMT VDSL-DMT Very-High-Bit-Rate Digital Subscriber Line-Discrete Multi-Tone chipset. Foundry partner, austriamicrosystems supply chain management expertise is instrumental in speeding time to market to meet exponential sales growth of Ikanos chipset solutions in Europe and Asia Pacific. The Ikanos design specification maximizes the performance process which leads to an outstanding product far ahead of the competition," said Peter Gasteiner, senior vice president and general manger of austriamicrosystems Business Unit Full Service Foundry. "Due to the tight cooperation with Ikanos, their time to market has been significantly reduced. Flexible supply chain management supported the ability to react fast to the rapid growth in market demand." "Excellent models and superior design support from austriamicrosystems enabled first-time-right designs with excellent production yields," said Joshua Rom, vice president of operations for Ikanos Communications. "austriamicrosystems is a highly supportive and reliable foundry partner with strong expertise in analog and mixed signal applications where process characterization is a key requirement to achieve fast time to market." Ikanos' single-chip architecture provides programmable support for VDSL-DMT, ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line 2+, ADSL and EFM (Ethernet in the First Mile) Using Ethernet to provide connectivity from the customer to the carrier. See 802.3ah. in one high-performance chipset. The highly integrated architecture allows Ikanos to offer industry-leading port density and enables the design of smaller, simpler products with fewer chip counts. By utilizing the Ikanos chipset, suppliers can develop one integrated line card that supports multiple worldwide standards and offers a full suite of high-speed services that programmatically adapt on demand. Key applications of interest among Ikanos' current customers include Fiber to the Premises/Home (FTTP/FTTH) extension over copper, and triple-play services for Multi-Tenant/Multi-Dwelling Unit (MxU) and Central Office/Remote Terminal (CO/RT) markets. About Ikanos Communications Founded in 1999 and based in Silicon Valley, Ikanos Communications has created a new class of silicon that serves the entire range of worldwide broadband markets and applications with a single programmable chipset. Ikanos' industry-leading solution includes the SmartLeap(TM) 8100, SmartLeap(TM) 8800 A/VDSL for broadband access See broadband and wireless broadband. concentrators and the CleverConnect(TM) 150 for Customer Premise Equipment. These chipsets form an end-to-end broadband solution that enables access equipment vendors to serve many different customers while slashing time to market and lowering development, manufacturing, and inventory costs. Ikanos also offers the Ikanos Programmable Operating System operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. (TM) (iPOS), which consists of firmware and APIs. iPOS enables equipment vendors to dynamically configure LRFE, EFM, VDSL-DMT 998, VDSL-DMT 997, VDSL-DMT Flex, and ADSL-DMT on Ikanos chipsets. Ikanos Communications provides comprehensive offerings that encompass silicon, embedded software, reference designs, high-level APIs, and extensive documentation. Ikanos is a member of, and contributes to, 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. , the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 802.3 EFM Study Group, DSL Forum, and ITU-T See ITU. ITU-T - International Telecommunications Union . For additional information about Ikanos Communications, please visit the company's Web site at www.ikanos.com or contact Tracy Oliver at 1.510.438.6276 or toliver@ikanos.com About austriamicrosystems austriamicrosystems Full Service Foundry has successfully positioned itself in the mixed signal foundry market offering well-established RF 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. , high-voltage CMOS, BiCMOS and SiGe-BiCMOS processes. With superior support during the design phase, with high-end tools and experienced engineers, austriamicrosystems succeeds to be an attractive analog mixed signal foundry partner especially for fabless design houses. austriamicrosystems AG is one of the world's leading designers and manufacturers of highly integrated mixed signal IC's. austriamicrosystems combines more than 20 years of design capabilities, product and marketing know-how with a full service silicon foundry specialized in mixed signal, RF and HV technologies. Operating worldwide with more than 800 employees, austriamicrosystems is organized in four strategic business units: Communications, Automotive, Industrial & Medical and Full Service Foundry. Additional information is available on Internet http://www.austriamicrosystems.com |
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