TranSwitch's Envoy-CE2/4 Carrier-Class Ethernet Controller Now Available in Green; TranSwitch Shipping 'Beyond-RoHS-Compliant' Devices for Retrofits and New Designs.SHELTON, Conn. -- TranSwitch(R) Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : TXCC TXCC Transwitch Corporation (stock symbol) ), a leading provider of high-speed semiconductor solutions for voice, data and video communications, today announced that Green versions of its Envoy(TM)-CE2 and Envoy-CE4 multi-port carrier-class Ethernet controllers are shipping to customers. The devices, among the first Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) or Green-compliant products available, are being incorporated into new and existing designs. Many OEMs provide Customer Premise Equipment (CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment ), such as micro-MSPPs, and customer edge switches and routers, which can be classified as 'commercial' or 'industrial' equipment. These products need to comply with the European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community (EU) Directive on RoHS by July 1, 2006 in order to continue shipping into Europe and Asia. TranSwitch's Envoy-CE4, a powerful Ethernet to SPI-3 controller for carrier-class networks, is now being deployed by a Tier One wireless communications OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and for the RoHS redesign of its high performance network security platform. Telecommunications equipment suppliers have until January 1, 2010 to meet the European RoHS requirements for systems classified for 'network infrastructure' use. "Many communications OEMs are facing the challenge of how to meet the EU's RoHS directive, particularly for those boxes and systems which fall outside the EU's 'network infrastructure' exemption," said Brian Stroehlein, product marketing manager at TranSwitch. "With the introduction of TranSwitch's 'Green' Envoy-CE2 and Envoy-CE4, OEMs can easily meet the deadline for 'commercial/industrial' classified CPE. "The migration of existing designs to the Envoy devices is straightforward, with our applications/quality engineering team providing excellent support," continued Stroehlein. "The standard device has been shipping since April 2004, and the Green version has now started to ship in volume quantities." RoHS compliance involves six substances which are restricted in semiconductor devices: lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd), chromium-6 (Cr+6), Polybrominated Biphenyls (PBBs), and Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers Polybrominated diphenyl ethers or PBDE, are a flame retardant sub-family of the brominated flame retardant group. They have been used in a wide array of household products, including fabrics, furniture, and electronics. (PBDEs). Devices which are considered Green in the industry go beyond the RoHS directive by restricting other non-environmentally friendly substances including halogens and antimony antimony (ăn`tĭmō'nē) [Lat. antimoneum], semimetallic chemical element; symbol Sb [Lat. stibium,=a mark]; at. no. 51; at. wt. 121.75; m.p. 630.74°C;; b.p. 1,750°C;; sp. gr. (metallic form) 6. (Sb). The Envoy-CE2 and Envoy-CE4 have proven themselves in dozens of OEM products since their introduction in March 2004. The Envoy-CE4 incorporates four configurable Media Access Controllers (cMACs), while the Envoy-CE2 contains two cMACs. Each cMAC is configurable at boot-up as a single Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000-compliant) or octal A numbering system that uses eight digits. It is used as a shorthand method for representing binary characters that use six-bits. Each three bits (half a character) is converted into a single octal digit. Okta is Greek for 8. Fast Ethernet (10/100-compliant) interface, thereby enabling the devices to support up to 32 Fast Ethernet ports and/or four Gigabit Ethernet (GE) ports. An extended FE buffer mode allows Envoy-CE4 to support 8 FE ports with 31 KB of ingress An entrance. Contrast with "egress," which means exit. See ingress traffic. See also Ingres 2006. and 16 kB of egress See ingress. buffering. (Envoy-CE2 can support 4 FE ports in this mode.) The SPI-3 interface can operate at up to 125 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. , allowing throughputs of up to 4 Gbps, and it directly interfaces with the Intel IXP (1) (Internet EXchange Processor) See IXA. (2) (Internet eXchange Point) A public junction point on the Internet that provides an on-ramp to the Internet as well as a location for carriers to exchange traffic. 2400 and other network processors. The support for master mode on the SPI-3 allows a glueless interface with standard SPI-3-based VCAT/GFP mappers for delivery of Ethernet-over-SONET/SDH. Per-port flow control on the SPI-3 interface prevent head-of-line blocking, and large on-chip buffers enable extended distances with flow control. The Envoy-CE4 and Envoy-CE2 support jumbo (9,600 bytes) and super jumbo (12KB) frames on both the Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet interfaces. Envoy-CE4 and Envoy-CE2 provide port muxing and a customer-programmable routing tag encapsulation. The standard and Green versions of Envoy-CE4 (TXC-06885BROG) are priced at $109 each and Envoy-CE2 (TXC-06880BROG) at $79 each, both in 1K quantities. Both devices are rated for industrial temperature range (-40 C to +85 C). TranSwitch has been RoHS/Green compliant with many of its devices since January of this year. The company's environmental strategy is to provide its devices at the Green level as it evolves towards full compliance, with all new products being offered in standard and Green versions. For more information on TranSwitch's environmental policy and RoHS compliance, and the availability of Green versions of other devices, contact your local sales representative or, go to: http://www.transwitch.com/company/environment/index.jsp About TranSwitch TranSwitch Corporation designs, develops and markets innovative semiconductors that provide core functionality and complete solutions for voice, data and video communications network equipment. As a leading supplier to telecom, datacom, cable television and wireless markets, TranSwitch customers include the major OEMs that serve the worldwide public network, the Internet, and corporate Wide Area Networks (WANs). TranSwitch devices are inherently flexible, many incorporating embedded programmable microcontrollers to rapidly meet customers' new requirements or evolving network standards by modifying a function via software instruction. TranSwitch implements global communications standards in its VLSI VLSI: see integrated circuit. (1) (Very Large Scale Integration) Between 100,000 and one million transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, LSI and ULSI. (2) (VLSI Technology, Inc., Tempe, AZ, www.semiconductors. solutions and is committed to providing high-quality products and services. TranSwitch, Shelton, CT, is an 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. 9001:2000 registered company. For more information, visit www.transwitch.com. Forward-looking statements in this release, including statements regarding management's expectations for future financial results and the markets for TranSwitch's products, are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Investors are cautioned that these forward-looking statements regarding TranSwitch, its operations and its financial results involve risks and uncertainties, including without limitation risks of downturns in economic conditions generally and in the telecommunications and data communications markets and the semiconductor industry specifically; risks in product development and market acceptance of and demand for TranSwitch's products and products developed by TranSwitch's customers; risks relating to TranSwitch's indebtedness; risks of failing to attract and retain key managerial and technical personnel; risks associated with foreign sales and high customer concentration; risks associated with competition and competitive pricing pressures; risks associated with investing in new businesses; risks of dependence on third-party VLSI fabrication facilities; risks related to intellectual property rights and litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. ; risks in technology development and commercialization; and other risks detailed in TranSwitch's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. TranSwitch is a registered trademark of TranSwitch Corporation. Envoy is a trademark of TranSwitch Corporation. |
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