Vitesse targets telecom applications with new low-cost FX gate arrays.CAMARILLO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 1995--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 ) Tuesday announced the availability of three new members of the FX series of high-performance gate arrays. These new arrays are available in low-cost, thermally enhanced plastic packages, which dramatically reduces the cost of implementing high-performance IC solutions for telecommunications applications. The arrays are offered in both commercial and extended temperature- range operation. The three new members of the FX family have a sea-of-gates architecture and a utilization factor of 70 percent. The VGFX10K with 10,000 raw gates has 30 I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output signals and is available in the 52 Plastic Quad Flat Pack (PQFP (Plastic Quad Flat Package) Refers to many varieties of QFP chip packages, which are molded in plastic. See QFP. ) or has 70 I/O in the 100 PQFP. The VGFX20K with 20,000 raw gates has 90 I/O signals available in the 144 PQFP. The VGFX40K with 40,000 raw gates has 134 I/O and is available in the 208 PQFP. These low-cost molded-plastic packages, coupled with the high-yielding H-GaAs III manufacturing process, enable Vitesse to offer FX arrays as a cost-competitive high-performance alternative to 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. . ``Vitesse is partnering with a majority of the large telecommunications leaders and has expanded the FX product line in direct response to the demand from the telecommunications industry,'' said Bob Nunn, vice president and general manager of the Vitesse ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. Products Division. ``GaAs has always been a natural choice for the high-bandwidth applications that require performance beyond the reach of CMOS. With the addition of low-cost packaging and extended temperature range, Vitesse gate arrays are poised to provide the high performance margins required in the telecommunications industry at prices equal to, or lower than, lower-performance BiCMOS ASICs,'' continued Nunn. Extended-temperature-range (0 to 110 degrees C.) operation is a requirement for many telecommunication systems. Integrated circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. in telecommunications equipment are subjected to extreme conditions due to the high density of heat-generating components and the lack of exotic cooling equipment. Extended temperature range also increases system reliability in case of a cooling-system failure. Uptime in the telecom marketplace is of paramount importance. The VGFX10K, VGFX20K and VGFX40K, as well as the higher- integration VGFX100K, VGFX200K and VGFX350K, are based on the mature Vitesse 0.6-micron H-GaAs III manufacturing technology. These arrays feature a sea-of-gates architecture with four-layer metal routing for flexibility and efficiency. All packages are thermally enhanced for efficient power dissipation. Input/output signals for these arrays are compatible with TTL (1) (Time To Live) A parameter in a network packet that sets a time limit to its validity. In order to prevent an IP packet from propagating endlessly through the network, the value in the TTL field is reduced by each router. , ECL (Emitter-Coupled Logic) A digital circuit composed of bipolar transistors in which the emitter ends are wired together. ECL gates switch faster than TTL gates, but consume more power. See TTL, I2L and bipolar. 1. and pseudo-ECL levels, and the devices use industry-standard power supplies. A two-input NOR gate has a typical delay of 60 picoseconds (unloaded) while dissipating only 0.18 milliwatts of power. This results in a speed-power product of 11 femtojoules (fJ), which is significantly better than silicon BiCMOS at approximately 35 fJ at 50MHz (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. or silicon bipolar ECL at about 50 fJ. The FX arrays in plastic packages are available now. These new arrays are priced below .3 cents per used gate in volume. All FX arrays are currently available over the extended temperature range. Vitesse Semiconductor is a leading supplier of high-performance integrated-circuit solutions. The company's products, consisting of custom, semicustom and standard products, are used in a wide variety of applications, including telecommunications, data communications, computers and ATE/instrumentation. Vitesse has headquarters in Camarillo. CONTACT: Vitesse Semiconductor Corp., Camarillo Judy Calvin, 805/388-3700 or Kalman Communications, Los Angeles Jerry Kalman, 310/477-9664 |
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