Vitesse Surpasses 15 Million Gigabit Ethernet PHY Port Shipment Milestone; Achievement Points to Increasing Demand for Vitesse's Gigabit Ethernet PHY Technology.CAMARILLO, Calif. -- Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. (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 :VTSS VTSS Vehicle Theft Security System VTSS Vancouver Technical Secondary School ), the market leader in Gigabit Ethernet ICs, today announced it has shipped in excess of 15 million Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) PHY See physical layer and physical. ports to the worldwide market. By leveraging years of successful development and Tier 1 deployment of its single, quad, and octal SimpliPHY(TM) transceiver products, Vitesse has gained significant market share in the Gigabit LAN-on-Motherboard (GLOM glom Slang v. glommed, glom·ming, gloms v.tr. 1. To steal. 2. To seize; grab. 3. To look or stare at. v.intr. ), Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network (GEPON GEPON Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network GEPON Geoscience Education and Public Outreach ), and Small-Medium Enterprise (SME (1) (Small and Medium-sized Enterprise) See SMB. (2) (Subject Matter Expert) An individual who is well-versed in the policies and procedures of a particular department or division. ) Switch port market segments. "This is a significant milestone for Vitesse, and demonstrates our ability to penetrate key growth markets and support our partners with a World Class GbE PHY product line," said Martyn Humphries, general manager and vice president of Vitesse's Ethernet Products Division. "Our patented architecture, mixed signal strength, and focus on PHY technology have enabled new design wins in multiple markets, and afforded Vitesse tremendous quarter-over-quarter growth." Vitesse's complete portfolio of GbE PHYs include the most integrated PHYs in the industry. This results in lower power consumption and system costs, as well as a reduction in board space requirements. In their lowest power mode, the PHYs consume less than 500 mW of power per port, which is 30% less than competitive offerings. To reduce bill-of-materials (BOM) costs and board space requirements, the PHYs utilize integrated MAC and media-side terminations to minimize system complexity and to eliminate a large number of external components -- for example, more than 300 passive components in a 24-port configuration. These innovative terminations also reduce PCB PCB: see polychlorinated biphenyl. PCB in full polychlorinated biphenyl Any of a class of highly stable organic compounds prepared by the reaction of chlorine with biphenyl, a two-ring compound. layout complexity, increase system timing margins, and minimize EMI (ElectroMagnetic Interference) An electrical disturbance in a system due to natural phenomena, low-frequency waves from electromechanical devices or high-frequency waves (RFI) from chips and other electronic devices. Allowable limits are governed by the FCC. engineering challenges. Enhanced Connectivity for Copper, Fiber Optics, Backplanes, and Copper SFPs The Vitesse family of PHYs are targeted at applications that require multiple media to be supported from the same switch port. Each port of the PHYs allows fixed copper ports, fiber optics, backplanes, or triple speed copper SFPs to be connected to a single Gigabit Ethernet switch port, increasing system design flexibility in SMB (1) (Small to Medium-sized Business) Also called "SME" (small to medium-sized enterprise), it refers to companies that are larger than the small office/home office (SOHO), but not huge. and Enterprise switch systems. With individual SerDes on both the MAC and media interfaces, the PHYs' unique architecture maximizes receive jitter tolerance and minimizes transmit jitter in comparison to PHYs that use a single SerDes architecture. The Auto-Media Sense(TM) (AMS AMS - Andrew Message System ) feature of Vitesse's PHYs intelligently detects and configures itself to support copper or fiber media on a per-port basis. With flexible support for both SGMII SGMII Serial Gigabit Media Independent Interface and 1000BASE-X MAC interfaces, the PHYs enable direct connectivity to Vitesse's HawX(TM) series of Gigabit Ethernet switch ICs, as well as customer ASICs. Extensive Testing and Cable Diagnostic Features The Vitesse family of PHYs extensive testability features decreases system development and deployment costs, and improves time-to-market. The devices support near-end, far-end, and connector loopbacks, and offer an Ethernet Packet Generator with CRC (Cyclical Redundancy Checking) An error checking technique used to ensure the accuracy of transmitting digital data. The transmitted messages are divided into predetermined lengths which, used as dividends, are divided by a fixed divisor. error counter. These test modes enable manufacturers to simplify and even eliminate expensive test equipment used for production test of their switch systems. In addition, Vitesse's VeriPHY(TM) Cable Diagnostics prevent manufacturing fallout and erroneous equipment return due to defective or improperly installed cables. Extending the diagnostic capabilities commonly found in competitive offerings, Vitesse's VeriPHY Cable Diagnostics detect plant conditions, such as cable length, opens, shorts, coupling between pairs, and termination status -- all without having to bring down the link. Superior Cable Reach and Noise Tolerance Increase System Reliability The Vitesse family of PHYs uses a mainstream, cost-effective, 0.13 mm, digital CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. process. They also include Vitesse's field-proven, fully-adaptive equalization and innovative timing recovery algorithms, which continue to provide up to 10 times greater noise tolerance performance than the competition. Superior noise tolerance eases system design and installation challenges in high-density Gigabit Ethernet switches, blade servers, and line cards, as well as in legacy copper cable plants with sub-standard cables, marginal connectors and patch cords, and noise from other communications services. Advanced SFP Control, VoIP, and PoE Support Features The Vitesse family of PHYs offers GPIO GPIO General Purpose Input/Output GPIO General Purpose Input Output pins that can be used to provide glueless interfaces to SFP slots. For example, these pins can be used to implement a simple two-wire serial interface multiplexer for interfacing multiple SFP ports or can be used to directly drive SFP control signals. The devices' GPIO pins can also be used to increase system integration and lower system cost in Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) enabled designs for applications such as Voice-over-IP (VoIP), by having the pins communicate with a PoE manager using a two-wire serial interface. Availability and Pricing Vitesse's single, quad, and octal GbE PHYs are available in production quantities. For pricing information, please contact your local sales representative. About the Gigabit Ethernet Products Division Vitesse is the pre-eminent supplier to OEMs designing tomorrow's new wave of broadband products. With the industry's most far-reaching offering of tightly integrated, ultra-low power Gigabit Ethernet devices, and a staunch commitment to Gigabit Ethernet, the company continues to set the pace of innovation across market sectors. About Vitesse Vitesse designs, develops, and markets a diverse portfolio of high-performance, cost-competitive semiconductor solutions for communications and storage networks worldwide. Engineering excellence and dedicated customer service distinguish Vitesse as an industry leader in Gigabit 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. , Ethernet-over-SONET, Advanced Switching, Fibre Channel, Serial Attached SCSI See SAS. , Optical Transport, and other applications. Vitesse innovation empowers customers to deliver superior products for Enterprise, Access, Metro, and Core applications. Additional company and product information is available at www.vitesse.com. Vitesse is a registered trademark and HawX, SimpliPHY, Audio Media Sense, and VeriPHY are trademarks in the United States and/or other jurisdictions of Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation. All other trademarks or registered trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective holders. Note to media: For additional information on Vitesse Gigabit Ethernet solutions: http://www.vitesse.com/ethernet |
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