Centillium Communications to Enable Industry's First Symmetrical DSL Chipsets for Japan.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 5, 2000 Sumitomo Electric Industries Sumitomo Electric Industries (住友電気工業 to Deploy Central Office and Customer Premises Equipment See CPE. Based on Centillium's G.dmt Annex H CopperFlite DSL Chipsets Demonstrating continued leadership in broadband communications technology for Japan, Centillium Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTLM CTLM Imaging Computed tomography laser mammography A diagnostic technique using lasers to produce a 3-D cross-sectional image of the breast without x-rays. See Mammography. ) announced today availability of software to enable CopperFlite Central Office (CO), CopperFlite Utopia, and Flite Optimizer Customer Premise Equipment (CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment ) chipsets to comply with the G.dmt (G.992.1) Annex H standard for Synchronized Symmetrical Digital Subscriber Line See DSL. (communications, protocol) Digital Subscriber Line - (DSL, or Digital Subscriber Loop, xDSL - see below) A family of digital telecommunications protocols designed to allow high speed data communication over the existing copper telephone lines between end-users and (SSDSL SSDSL Synchronized Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line ). Now Japanese businesses and residential users can utilize SSDSL for high-speed access to the Internet and corporate networks reaping the full benefits of broadband technology. Sumitomo Electric Industries, the leading DSL equipment vendor in the Japanese market, introduced Japan's first residential Asymmetrical DSL (ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line ) equipment based on Centillium chipsets in 1999 and will manufacture Annex H SSDSL CO equipment and CPE utilizing Centillium's CopperFlite Octal CO chipset and CPE utilizing CopperFlite Utopia CPE chipset. The ITU G.dmt Annex H specification is the standard allowing symmetric DSL to coexist with TCM-ISDN TCM-ISDN Time Compression Multiplexed Integrated Services Digital Network within the same bundle, addressing the unique requirements of Japanese copper loop plants. Centillium's Annex H implementation can achieve data rates well over 3 Mbps for SSDSL, exceeding the requirement of 1.6 Mbps. Japan has one of the largest installed bases of ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. in the world with more than seven million ISDN subscribers. "Centillium's technology leadership in developing DSL chipsets which address the special needs of the Japanese market has been unmatched," said Mr. Yoshikazu Nishiwaki, general manager of Sales & Marketing, Sumitomo Electric Industries. "By using Centillium's highly integrated low power products for Annex C ADSL and Annex H SSDSL, we are able to offer a complete suite of high performance products for both residential and business markets in Japan." Centillium's G.dmt Annex H Chipsets Centillium's CopperFlite CO chipset is a fully programmable DSL transceiver. Each port consumes less than 1/2 a watt of power and occupies about one square inch of total board space. CopperFlite uses just two chips to deliver the integrated silicon and software needed for a low-power, high-density 8-port SSDSL transceiver. Centillium's CopperFlite Utopia and Flite Optimizer chipsets each deliver a complete CPE transceiver with just two chips, significantly reducing the form factor, power-usage, component count, and BOM costs normally associated with broadband access devices. The CopperFlite Utopia chipset interfaces with Ethernet for such products as routers and gateways. The Flite Optimizer chipset supports USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. , PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). , Mini-PCI, and CardBUS interfaces for PC Centric solutions. In addition to support for Annex H, Centillium CopperFlite and Flite Optimizer chipsets conform to a wide range of international DSL standards, including Turbo G.lite, G.lite (ITU-T See ITU. ITU-T - International Telecommunications Union G.992.2) Annex A and C, and G.dmt (ITU-T G.992.1) Annex A, B, and C. Centillium's CopperLite chipset, which has been shipping to network equipment makers since early 1999, is the only ADSL Annex C solution that has been actively deployed by NTT and CLECs in Japan. About Sumitomo Electric Industries Sumitomo Electric Industries (SEI), a total solutions provider in broadband networking, offers cost-effective high quality DSL products for Central Offices (CO), Customer Premises and MDU/MTU. As a market pioneer of G.lite/G.dmt, SEI has delivered "MegaBit Gear" DSLAM (DSL Access Multiplexor) A central office (CO) device for ADSL service that intermixes voice traffic and DSL traffic onto a customer's DSL line. It also separates incoming phone and data signals and directs them onto the appropriate carrier's network. See DSL. and CPE for actual field deployment by major carriers in Japan and Asia. In addition to products for the carrier DSL market, SEI has shipped tens of thousands of ADSL products for campus networks based on legacy Ethernet LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. . Along with DSL, SEI's wide product lineup ranges from ultra high-quality fiber optic cable Noun 1. fiber optic cable - a cable made of optical fibers that can transmit large amounts of information at the speed of light fibre optic cable transmission line, cable, line - a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power to high-performance network equipment such as ATM Switches, ATM Routers, Layer 3 LAN Switches with Gigabit Ethernet, FDDI or ATM uplink, and Network Management Systems. For further information, please visit http://www.sei.co.jp (about DSL) http://www.megabitgear.com. About Centillium Communications Centillium Communications, Inc. is combining technical innovation and customer commitment to make broadband communications a mass-market reality. Centillium consistently delivers value to its customers by providing broadband networking systems for applications across all market segments. The company designs and markets communications chipset solutions for central office equipment, DLC line cards, and customer premise equipment for Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), home networking and Voice-over-Packet. Centillium Communications, Inc. is located at 47211 Lakeview Blvd., Fremont, CA 94538. Additional information is available at www.centillium.com. Statements Looking Forward Except for historical information contained in this press release, the foregoing contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements based on a variety of risks and uncertainties, including the risks and uncertainties relating to actual quantities and timing of any orders received under the contract and the successful development and market acceptance of Centillium's new products. Information about potential factors that could affect Centillium's financial results is included in Centillium's prospectus and will be included in Centillium's Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, which will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Note to Editors: CopperFlite is a trademark of Centillium Communications, Inc. All other products or service names mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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