Centellax Demonstrates 16:1 MUX at OFC 2003; Now, Great Serdes Performance in a Reliable Process is Available for 40 Gb/s Systems.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

OFC 2003

booth #6733

SANTA ROSA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 2003

Centellax, a company that designs and develops high speed components for the optical communications industry, will demonstrate, for the first time, its state of the art 16:1 MUX with clock multiplying unit (CMU) at their booth (#6733) at the Optical Fiber Conference 2003 March 25th through March 27th in Atlanta, Georgia. This 16:1 MUX is a fully integrated SiGe packaged IC and is a critical component for transponder applications in 40 Gb/s OC-768 and STM-256 systems.

"This is the first public demonstration of our 16:1 technology which we have been working on for the last couple years and I believe that it will show that Centellax is a very competitive force in the 40 Gb/s Serdes market," said John Hirsekorn, Director of Sales & Marketing at Centellax, Inc. "We have not seen less than 1 ps rms jitter in a fully integrated 16:1 SiGe part on the market to date and now our customers will be able to get the killer combination of excellent performance in a reliable and manufacturable process technology."

These new Serdes components are capable of handling data rates from 39 to 44 Gb/s, have low rms jitter (less than 1 ps on the MUX output), fast rise and fall times, a 400 mV output swing, SFI-5 compliance and very low power dissipation. The booth demonstration of this state of the art performance is being aided by the new, portable IXIA (booth #4032) 40 Gb/s BERT with SFI-5 parallel interface modules.

The Centellax design philosophy continues to couple high performance and ease of integration for the application with a technology that offers proven reliability at an attractive price. More information is available from Centellax on the Web at www.centellax.com, or at 707/568-5900, ext. 25.

About Centellax

Centellax, Inc. designs and develops high-speed components for the OC-768 / STM-256 market, providing solutions for short-haul, metro, long-haul, and ultra long-haul optical communication networks. Using state-of-the-art processes, proven technologies and innovative design, the company offers integrated circuit products operating at 40 Gb/s and beyond. Privately held, Centellax was incorporated in early April 2001 by a team of veteran telecommunications industry engineers. The company is headquartered in Santa Rosa, Calif., with additional design facilities in Carlsbad, Calif.