New AMCC PHY IC enables 10GE over legacy fiber
19 September 2006
r> SUNNYVALE, CA, Sept. 18 - Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (AMCC) (NASDAQ:AMCC) today announced availability of the QT2025, a highly integrated physical layer IC (PHY) for 10GBASE-LRM applications. The 10GBASE-LRM standard targets the large base of installed multi-mode fiber (MMF) in corporate backbones and provides a cost-effective way to convert these links from speeds as low as 100Mbps to 10Gbps operation.
Over 90 percent of the installed fiber in enterprise backbones is legacy MMF. While the IEEE802.3aq 10GBase-LRM standard specifies 220m as the target fiber length, the QT2025 is designed to operate over 300m of FDDI-grade fiber which increases the backbone coverage by close to 20 percent.
"Intermediate-reach 10GE links are becoming critical, but the technology is still too expensive," said Mitch Kahn, AMCC Vice President of Marketing, Transport Product Line. "Robust and cost-effective LRM solutions will be key drivers of the adoption of 10GE in the corporate backbone and enterprise market. The QT2025 addresses these requirements with its high-performance, high-integration architecture."
Last month AMCC announced the QT2035S, a 10G Ethernet PHY designed for the emerging small form factor SFP+ module market. SFP+ is regarded as the most cost-effective and low-power form factor for high-speed enterprise connectivity. According to Kahn, "In the long term, enterprise switches and NIC cards will move towards solutions based on SFP+. However, an estimated 80 percent of installed equipment is still utilizing the larger XENPAK, XPAK and X2 modules, and this trend is expected to continue over the next 12 to 18 months. Our new QT2025 device is optimized for this market."
The introduction of the QT2025 reinforces the commitment AMCC made to the enterprise Ethernet market when it recently acquired Quake Technologies. Already a world leader in processing, storage and transport products, the Quake acquisition positioned AMCC as the market-share leader in the 10G Ethernet PHY space.
About the QT2025
The QT2025 integrates 10Gbps serial-to-XAUI Ethernet processing with high-performance electronic dispersion compensation (EDC). The EDC engine uses a novel architecture that optimizes the link performance to different fiber impulse responses and adapts to modal changes in the fiber. The PHY can be field upgraded via a built-in microprocessor in order to support standards changes, new standards or to optimize performance.
The QT2025 is sampling now. Visit AMCC at ECOC in Cannes, France, booth #291 for more information.
About AMCC
AMCC is a global leader in network and embedded PowerPC processing, optical transport and storage solutions. Our products enable the development of converged IP-based networks offering high-speed secure data, high-definition video and high-quality voice for carrier, metropolitan, access and enterprise applications. AMCC provides networking equipment vendors with industry-leading network and communications processing, Ethernet, SONET and switch fabric solutions. AMCC is also the leading vendor of high-port-count SATA RAID controllers enabling low-cost, high-performance, high-capacity storage. AMCC's corporate headquarters are located in Sunnyvale, California. Sales and engineering offices are located throughout the world. For further information regarding AMCC, please visit our web site at http://www.amcc.com.
Forward Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the potential growth of the market in which Quake Technologies operates, the anticipated impact of this acquisition on AMCC, and trends in business conditions. Readers are cautioned that these forward-looking statements are predictions based only on current information and expectations that are inherently subject to change and future events or results may differ materially. Readers are referred to the documents filed by AMCC with the SEC, specifically the most recent annual report on Form 10-K and most recent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, which identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in these forward-looking statements. Among the important factors or risks that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements in this release are: risks associated with the successful integration of Quake Technologies' business with AMCC's; AMCC may not be able to retain key employees of Quake Technologies; anticipated benefits of this acquisition may not be realized; global economic conditions; uncertainties in the geopolitical environment; pricing pressure in the optical networking industry; competition in the networking industry; dependence on the introduction and market acceptance of new product offerings and standards; rapid technological and market change; Internet infrastructure problems and government regulation of the Internet; international operations; litigation involving patents, intellectual property and state and federal securities litigation matters; and possible disruption in commercial activities occasioned by terrorist activity and armed conflict. The information in this release is current as of the date of this release, but may not remain accurate as of any future date. AMCC does not undertake any duty to update the information provided in this release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as otherwise required by law.
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