LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES LICENSES SWITCH FABRIC TECHNOLOGY FROM STARGEN, INC. TO BUILD HIGHER BANDWIDTH INTERCONNECT SOLUTIONS.Lucent Technologies (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : LU) Microelectronics Group, has entered into a licensing agreement with StarGen, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company A fabless semiconductor company specializes in the design and sale of hardware devices implemented on semiconductor chips. It achieves an advantage by outsourcing the fabrication of the devices to a specialized semiconductor manufacturer called a semiconductor foundry or "fab. specializing in standards compatible switch fabric components for the new generation of communications equipment. The agreement aims to blend Lucent's semi conductor chip technologies and StarGen's switch fabric technology to build higher bandwidth, higher reliability solutions for various types of next-generation communications equipment, such as wireless base stations, digital subscriber line access multiplexers A Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM) allows telephone lines to make faster connections to the Internet. It is a network device, located near the customer's location, that connects multiple customer Digital Subscriber Lines (DSLs) to a high-speed Internet and computer telephony See CTI, VoIP and IP telephony. Computer Telephony - Computer Telephone Integration systems. StarGen's switch fabric provides an efficient, cost-effective information traffic highway between the various processing and input/output elements within a communications system In telecommunication, a communications system is a collection of individual communications networks, transmission systems, relay stations, tributary stations, and data terminal equipment (DTE) usually capable of interconnection and interoperation to form an integrated whole. . "Lucent's selection of our technology reflects a shared vision of the critical requirements of communication equipment manufacturers as they work to design the next generation of worldwide voice, data, and video networks," said Tracy Richardson, founder and president of StarGen, Inc. "When incorporated in Lucent products, our technology will rapidly address an even broader set of application segments." Under terms of the agreement, Lucent's Microelectronics Group plans to develop, market and sell a portfolio of standard products, which will use StarGen's universal switch fabric technology and be compatible with StarGen's products. Lucent's first product is expected to provide a scaleable extension to the H.110 bus by building on Lucent's innovative Ambassador product line (T81XX interface and time slot Continuously repeating interval of time or a time period in which two devices are able to interconnect. interchangers). H.110 is a widely embraced time division multiplex bus standard for voice switching applications. |
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