PMC-Sierra Unveils Industry's First Family of PHY/Framers to Enable Convergence of OC-192 ATM/POS, Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet Services.Business Editors/Technology Writers NOTE: PHOTOS relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc this story will be available for journalists to download beginning today at www.newstream.com and at www.businesswire.com BURNABY, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 30, 2001 New XENON xenon (zē`nŏn) [Gr.,=strange], gaseous chemical element; symbol Xe; at. no. 54; at. wt. 131.29; m.p. −111.9°C;; b.p. −107.1°C;; density 5.86 grams per liter at STP; valence usually 0. (TM)Family is First Set of POS-PHY(TM)Level 4 Devices for Metro Transport, Router and Enterprise Switch Equipment that Supports Multiple Standard 10 Gigabit Optical Module Interfaces Utilizing systems expertise in high-speed physical layer design, PMC-Sierra (Nasdaq:PMCS PMCS PMC Sierra (stock symbol) PMCS Project Management Control System PMCS partial mission-capable, supply (US DoD) PMCS Preventive Maintenance Checks & Services PMCS Professional Military Comptroller School ) today unveiled the XENON(TM) (10 Gigabit Ethernet An Ethernet standard that transmits at 1 Gbps. Used mostly to connect high-end workstations and servers as well as for network backbones, Gigabit Ethernet transmits full duplex from point to point using switches and half duplex in a shared environment (CSMA/CD) using a hub. for Optical Networks) family of clock recovery and concatenated PHY/framer devices designed to enable the convergence of WAN-based OC-192 ATM/POS, Gigabit Ethernet (GE) and 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GE) services in the metro. The XENON family includes the PM5390 S/UNI(R)-9953 (10 GE LAN/WAN LAN/WAN Local Area Network/Wide Area Network PHY See physical layer and physical. and OC-192 ATM/POS concatenated PL4 framer), PM5392 S/UNI(R)-9953-POS (OC-192 POS/ATM concatenated PL4 framer), PM3392 S/UNI(R)-1x10 GE (10 GE 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. PHY with PL4), and PM3388 S/UNI(R)-10xGE (10 port GE PHY with PL4) devices. These four devices are ideal for current and next generation metro edge/core equipment such as routers, data center and POP switches and multiservice provisioning platforms (see Figure 1 and Table 1). XENON devices are compatible with multiple ITU (International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland, www.itu.ch) A telecommunications standards body that is under the auspices of the United Nations. Comprising more than 185 member countries, the ITU sets standards for global telecom networks. , 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. , 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 ATM Forum A membership organization founded in 1991 to promote ATM networking technology. It worked with ANSI and the ITU to set standards. Its first specification in 1992 defined the User-Network Interface (UNI). In 2004, the Forum merged with the MPLS and Frame Relay Alliance. standards offering broad support for 10 Gigabit optical modules and protocol framing modes. It is the first family to utilize the SATURN(R) Development Group's highly optimized 10 Gigabit POS-PHY Level 4 standard system interface to terminate traffic running over 10 GE WAN, 10 GE LAN, 10-port GE, OC-192c ATM/POS and four-channel OC-48c ATM/POS fiber links. The highly integrated XENON family represents PMC-Sierra's fourth phase of a comprehensive 10 Gigabit strategy for PMC-Sierra which includes the CHESS(TM)-II channelized Refers to an architecture that transmits data in channels. It often refers to the 64 Kbps channels in T1 lines, which were originally developed to handle digitized voice streams (TDM). See TDM. cross-connect chip set architecture, the multi-gigabit SERDES See serializer/deserializer. interconnect family and the 10 Gigabit strategic alliance with MultiLink Technology Corporation (see Figure 2). 10 Gigabits is the Convergence Point for New Ethernet and SONET/SDH Services in the Metro To remain competitive, carriers must quickly deploy additional value-added services at increased bandwidths. As metro networks Metro Networks is a broadcasting outsourcing company based in Houston, Texas. It is a subsidiary of Westwood One, which is managed by CBS Radio. The company operates a number of local and regional news and traffic facilities that provide regular reports to affiliates, together with scale from OC-48 to OC-192 rates, the convergence of new, high speed Ethernet services with existing carrier services is creating a large economic opportunity. To accelerate this convergence, two different physical layer standards have emerged through IEEE P802.3ae. The 10 GE LAN PHY standard is intended for use in POP switch, metro dark fiber, enterprise and campus networks. The 10 GE WAN PHY standard matches the OC-192 SONET/SDH rate and frame structure so as to be compatible with optical transport infrastructures. The new challenge for 10 Gigabit metro equipment is to provide for both 10 GE LAN PHY and 10 GE WAN PHY interfaces while simultaneously supporting traditional SONET/SDH, ATM and POS (1) See point of sale and packet over SONET. (2) "Parent over shoulder." See digispeak. POS - point of sale carrier services at OC-192 speeds and increased port densities. "Gigabit Ethernet was intended only for use in the LAN. However, the 10 Gigabit version is showing huge potential as the transport layer for the emerging multi service metro network, thus leveraging Ethernet's proven reliability and scalability," said Allen Leibovitch, director of communications Director of Communications is a position in the private and public sectors. The Director of Communications is responsible for managing and directing an organization's internal and external communications. Semiconductor Research at RHK RHK Ratahallintokeskus (Finnish: Finnish Rail Administration) RHK Ryan Hankin Kent (RHK, Inc. marketing consulting firm) RHK Rigshospitalets Kollegium (Copenhagen, Denmark dorm) , Inc. "Since the 10 Gigabit Ethernet specification will include several LAN and WAN variations, IC vendors in this space will need to meet certain standards to be successful. They will need to be involved in the standards bodies Following are some of the standards bodies defined in this database. For Windows users of CDE, look up Lessons/Review/Associations. For Web users of CDE's online HTML version, review the Lessons list at the bottom of the definition. Organization Covers ANSI U.S. , understand well the existing optical transport standards, and provide a comprehensive product lineup. We believe PMC-Sierra can meet these criteria with its new chip set products." 10 Gigabit Convergence Requires Supporting Multiple Optical Module Standard Interfaces The XENON device family enables 10 Gigabit metro equipment to support the necessary optical module standard interfaces with a single port card design (see Figure 3). The SFI-4 (SERDES-to-Framer Interface Level 4) 16-bit, 622 Mbit/s optical module interface, standardized by the OIF, is widely deployed in all the current OC-192 SONET/SDH, ATM and POS systems using optics from Very Short Reach (VSR VSR Very Short Reach (Ciena/Cisco design for high speed, 10Gbps data) VSR Variable Speed Reversible VSR Very Short Reach (optical interconnection; Sprint) VSR Volume Search Radar ) to long haul Long distance. Long haul implies traversing a state or a country. Contrast with short haul. . 10-port GE applications require a bank of ten small-form-factor 1.25 Gbit/s optics. Additionally, the IEEE P802.3ae 10 Gigabit Ethernet Working Group has standardized the XSBI XSBI 10 Gigabit Sixteen-Bit Interface (IEEE 802.3) XSBI Ten Gbps Sixteen Bit Interface (10 Gigabit Sixteen-Bit Interface) 16-bit, 645 Mbit/s optical module interface. It is a slightly faster version of SFI-4 designed for current 10 GE LAN PHY and 10 GE WAN PHY applications using serial 10 Gigabit optics. PMC-Sierra pioneered the XSBI optical module interface standard within IEEE P802.3ae. XENON Family Supports Broadest Range of Current and Emerging 10 Gigabit Metro Requirements This XENON 10 Gigabit family includes the following four devices: -- PM5390 S/UNI-9953 (10 GE LAN/WAN PHY and OC-192 POS/ATM concatenated PL4 framer) - The XENON flagship product. It is the industry's only framer device integrating six different 10 Gigabit standard PHY/framing modes. The S/UNI-9953 supports the SFI-4 and XSBI 10 Gigabit standard optical module interfaces. All of PMC-Sierra's 10 Gigabit S/UNI PHY/framers incorporate the POS-PHY Level 4 system-side interface. For SONET/SDH applications, the S/UNI-9953 provides both ATM and POS functionality at both single-channel OC-192c and quad-channel OC-48c port densities. For 10 GE applications it provides both 10 GE LAN PHY and 10 GE WAN PHY functionality with embedded 10 Gigabit Media Access Controller (10GMAC), Physical Coding Sublayer (PCS) and WAN Interface Sublayer (WIS). PMC-Sierra is the editor for the IEEE P802.3ae WIS (clause 50). -- PM5392 S/UNI-9953-POS (OC-192 POS/ATM concatenated PL4 framer) - Industry's highest density concatenated POS-PHY Level 4 framer for SONET/SDH applications. It provides both ATM and POS functionality at both single-channel OC-192c and quad-channel OC-48c port densities. A complete quad channel OC-48c port card design can be achieved with only two chips by utilizing either the S/UNI-9953 or S/UNI-9953-POS with PM5395 CRSU-4x2488, the industry's highest density SONET/SDH clock recovery synthesis and SERDES device. -- PM3392 S/UNI-1x10 GE (10 GE LAN PHY with PL4) - Industry's first cost- and board-space optimized single-channel 10 GE LAN PHY device with embedded 10 Gigabit Media Access Controller (10GMAC GMAC General Motors Acceptance Corporation GMAC Graduate Management Admission Council GMAC Give Me A Call GMAC Genetic Manipulation Advisory Committee GMAC Genetic Modification Advisory Committee (Singapore) GMAC Give Me A Chance ), Physical Coding Sublayer The Physical Coding Sublayer (PCS) further helps to define physical layer specifications for ethernet. The Ethernet PCS sublayer is part of the Ethernet PHY layer. The hierarchy is as follows: (PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. ) and POS-PHY Level 4 functionality. It is ideal for edge/core router, enterprise switch and multiservice provisioning platform applications where standard or proprietary processing of higher layers is required. -- PM3388 S/UNI-10xGE (10 port GE PHY with PL4) - Industry's first high-density 10-Port Gigabit Ethernet PHY device with embedded standard Gigabit Media Access Controller (GMAC), Physical Coding Sublayer (PCS), Serializer/Deserializer (SERDES), and POS-PHY Level 4 functionality for edge router Also called an "access router," it is a router that sits at the periphery of a network. Contrast with "core router," which is a router that resides in the middle of the network. See router and WAN router. See also edge device. and POP switch applications. XENON Family Offers Optimized Features for High-Speed Carrier Class Ethernet The XENON 10 Gigabit family is designed with the demanding requirements of tomorrow's carrier-class metro networks in mind. All devices offer industrial temperature range operation from -40 degrees to +85 degrees along with complete access to SONET/SDH overhead bytes. Comprehensive statistics for GE and both 10 GE LAN PHY (RMON (Remote MONitoring) Enhancements to the management information base (MIB) structure used by the simple network management protocol (SNMP). In 1991, RMON added comprehensive network monitoring capabilities. , SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) A widely used network monitoring and control protocol. Data are passed from SNMP agents, which are hardware and/or software processes reporting activity in each network device (hub, router, bridge, etc. ) and 10 GE WAN PHY (SONET OAM (Operations Administration Maintenance) Refers to managing and maintaining a network or network device. The P in "OAM&P" adds "provisioning" to the list, which is a telephone company term for setting up a service. ) applications provide for highly increased network management support. To bring a more stringent and dynamic level of service provisioning not traditionally characteristic with Ethernet, the XENON 10 Gigabit family integrates highly differentiated GMACs and 10GMACs supporting larger packet sizes such as 9.6 Kbyte jumbo frames. Enhanced on-chip buffering is provided allowing for up to 5 kilometers of loss-less flow control per link to prevent packet drop due to network congestion In data networking and queueing theory, network congestion occurs when a link or node is carrying so much data that its quality of service deteriorates. Typical effects include queueing delay, packet loss or the blocking of new connections. . "PMC-Sierra's mission is to enable 10 Gigabit services cost-effectively in the Metro," said Steve Perna, vice president and general manager of PMC-Sierra's Optical Networking Communications between computers, telephones and other electronic devices using light. An optical network is far more reliable and has far greater potential transmission capacity than networking in the electrical domain. See optical fiber. Division. "The XENON product family announcement continues our strategy of being first-to-market with complete 10 Gigabit architectural solutions supporting the most current Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet PHY protocols. Our 10 Gigabit portfolio is the broadest metro offering available with channelized, concatenated, cross-connection and SERDES capabilities in support of high speed SONET/SDH, Ethernet, ATM and POS protocols," Perna continued.
Table 1: XENON Family Features, Pricing, Packaging and Availability
Product Name Features Package/ Prototype Prototype
Process Pricing Availability
IKU
S/UNI(R)-9953 OC-192c/STM-64 1152 FCBGA $1259 Q3, 2001
PM5390 POS/ATM
Quad OC-48c/STM-16 0.18u CMOS
POS/ATM
10 Gigabit Ethernet
LAN & WAN PHY
(with embedded
10GMAC/PCS/WIS)
Standard POS-PHY
Level 4 system
interface
S/UNI(R)-9953-POS OC-192c/STM-64 1152 FCBGA $1143 Q3, 2001
PM5392 POS/ATM 0.18u CMOS
Quad OC-48c/STM-16
POS/ATM
Standard POS-PHY
Level 4
system interface
S/UNI(R)-1x10 GE 10 Gigabit Ethernet 896 FCBGA $654 Q3, 2001
PM3392 LAN PHY 0.18u CMOS
(with embedded
10GMAC/PCS)
Standard POS-PHY
Level 4
system interface
S/UNI(R)-10xGE 10 Port Gigabit 1152 FCBGA $999 Q3, 2001
PM3388 Ethernet PHY 0.18u CMOS
(with embedded
GMAC/PCS/SERDES)
Standard POS-PHY
Level 4
system interface
For more information about pricing and availability, contact a PMC-Sierra sales representative. (visit http://www.pmc-sierra.com/contactsales) About POS-PHY Level 4 POS-PHY Level 4 provides an industry-accepted standard for multiservice system interfaces supporting OC-192, 10 Gigabit Ethernet and multi-channel 2.5 Gbit/s OC-48 and 622-Mbit/s OC-12 and Gigabit Ethernet as required by the new generation of super routers and Layer 3 switches used in multiservice voice and data networks. The interface is flexible, supporting high-speed Packet-over-SONET (POS) Internet traffic as well as 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet and Asynchronous Transfer Mode See ATM. (communications) Asynchronous Transfer Mode - (ATM, or "fast packet") A method for the dynamic allocation of bandwidth using a fixed-size packet (called a cell). See also ATM Forum, Wideband ATM. ATM acronyms. Indiana acronyms. (ATM) applications. POS-PHY-Level 4 was originally created by the SATURN(R) Development Group, has successfully completed final ballot by the OIF and is currently in final ballot by the ATM Forum. PMC-Sierra again provided support as editors of the System Packet Interface Level 4 Phase II (SPI-4 Phase 2) and Frame Based ATM Interface Level 4 (FBATM-4) respectively at the OIF and ATM Forum respectively. For more information, visit http://www.pmc-sierra.com/posphylevel4. About PMC-Sierra PMC-Sierra is accelerating the broadband revolution. PMC-Sierra's extensive family of broadband communication semiconductors enables the equipment that makes up the backbone of the Internet. PMC-Sierra offers worldwide technical and sales support including a network of offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. PMC-Sierra is publicly traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. under the symbol "PMCS". The company is included in the Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX NDX Index NDX Index (File Name Extension) NDX Northern Document Exchange NDX Index File ) which contains the largest non-financial companies on the Nasdaq Stock Market. The Nasdaq-100 Index is the benchmark for the Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking Stock (Amex:QQQ QQQ The Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking Stock. This is a tracking stock which trades like an index mutual fund which follows the Nasdaq 100 index. It trades continuously. QQQ ). PMC-Sierra develops Internet Protocol (IP), ATM, SONET/SDH, T1/E1, T3/E3, Packet-over-SONET, Voice-over-Packet, wireless infrastructure, MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second) The execution speed of a computer. For example, .5 MIPS is 500,000 instructions per second; 100 MIPS is a hundred million instructions per second. (R) microprocessor, and Gigabit Ethernet solutions for wide area network (WAN), and Internet networking equipment. The company's quality system is registered with the Quality Management Institute to the ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001 standard. As co-founder of the SATURN(R) Development Group, PMC-Sierra works with over 30 other member companies to define and develop interoperable, standard-compliant solutions for high speed networking applications. For more information about PMC-Sierra, visit http://www.pmc-sierra.com. Attachments Figure 1: The New Carrier Class Metro/Super POP Figure 2: Industry's Broadest 10 Gigabit Metro Architectures Figure 3: PMC's XENON Family Supports Broadest 10-Gigabit Standard Module Interfaces Technical Glossary Photo Technical Overview Technical Glossary
10GMAC 10 Gigabit Media Access Controller
ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode
CHESS(TM)-II Channelizer Engine for SONET/SDH
CMOS Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
CRSU-4x2488 Quad Clock Recovery and Synthesis Unit for
2488 Mbit/s
E1, E2, E3 European (world) standards for 2.048 Mbit/s,
8.448 Mbit/s, and 34.368 Mbit/s transmission,
respectively
FBATM-4 Frame Based ATM Interface Level 4
FCBGA Flip Chip Ball Grid Array
GE Gigabit Ethernet
GMAC Gigabit Media Access Control
IC Integrated Circuit
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IP Internet Protocol
ITU International Telecommunications Union
Kbyte One thousand bytes
LAN Local Area Network
Mbit/s One million bits per second
MIPS(R) Million Instructions Per Second
OAM Operations and Maintenance
OC-48 Optical Carrier 48 (2488 Mbit/s)
OC-192 Optical Carrier 192 (10 Gbit/s)
OIF Optical Internetworking Forum
P.802.3ae 10 Gigabit Ethernet standard in development at IEEE
PCS Physical Coding Sublayer
PHY Physical Layer
POP Point-of-Presence
POS Packet-over-SONET
RMON Remote MONitoring
SATURN(R) Development Group
PMC-Sierra works with over 30 member companies to
define and develop interoperable,
standard-compliant solutions for high speed
networking applications
SDH Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
SERDES Serializer/Deserializer
SFI-4 SERDES-to-Framer Interface Level 4
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
SONET Synchronous Optical Network
SPI-4 Phase 2 System Packet Interface Level 4
S/UNI(R) SATURN User Network Interface
S/UNI(R)-1x10 GE 10 GE LAN PHY and PL4 PHY
S/UNI(R)-10xGE 10 port GE PHY and PL4 PHY
S/UNI(R)-9953 10 GE LAN/WAN PHY, OC-192 ATM/POS and
Quad OC-48 concatenated PL4 framer
S/UNI(R)-9953-POS OC-192 POS/ATM Quad-OC-48c ATM/POS concatenated PL4
framer
T1 North American standard for 1.544 Mbit/s
transmission
T3 North American standard for a TDM digital channel
carrier that operates at 44.736 Mbit/s.
It can multiplex 28 DS-1 signals and is synonymous
with DS-3
VSR Very Short Reach
WAN Wide Area Network
WIS WAN Interface Sublayer
XENON(TM) 10 Gigabit Ethernet for Optical Networks
XSBI Ten Gigabit Sixteen-Bit Interface
(c)Copyright PMC-Sierra, Inc. 2001. All rights reserved. S/UNI(R)and SATURN(R)are registered trademarks of PMC-Sierra, Inc. CHESS(TM), PMC-Sierra(TM), POS-PHY(TM)and XENON(TM)are trademarks of PMC-Sierra, Inc. MIPS(R)is a registered trademark of MIPS Technologies, Inc. NOTE: PHOTOS relating to this story will be available for journalists to download beginning today at www.newstream.com and at www.businesswire.com Note: Photos are available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.043001/bb1 |
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