LSI
LOGIC UNVEILS NEW PROCESS TECHNOLOGY FOR COMMUNICATION CHIPS
LSI Logic
introduced a flexible process technology that is more than twice
as dense as its previous generation chip making technology, paving
the way new classes of optical, wireless, baseband processor xDSL
systems-on-a-chip designs. LSI
Logic’s Gflx technology is a 0.10-micron effective channel
length (0.13-micron drawn) process technique that offers 78
million usable logic gates, equivalent to 612 million transistors
on a tiny 20 by 20 millimeter silicon chip.
The process can provide up to eight layers of metallization
on a single silicon chip. LSI
Logic is offering its Gflx in eight different product modules:
high performance and low power transistors, 1.5V and 1.2V core
libraries, mixed signal, application optimized I/O sets, metal
options ranging from four-to-eight layers, embedded SRAM and
embedded FGPA. http://www.lsilogic.com/news/nwsreleases/pr0222.html
LSI Logic, March 17, 2000
STORM
PLANS RE-ROUTABLE OPTICAL SERVICES BASED ON SYCAMORE PLATFORM
Storm
Telecommunications, a venture backed carrier with operations in 8
European countries, will use Sycamore Networks’ optical switches
to offer re-routable optical services for ISPs, as well as TV and
cable TV broadcasters. The
optical switches will be installed in a mesh configuration across
Storm's network in the UK, Belgium, Holland, France, Germany,
Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and
the US. The deal was
valued at $40 million. http://www.sycamorenet.com/about/news/pressreleases.cfm?news_item_id=200
Sycamore Networks, March 19, 2000
- Storm Telecommunications, was
originally founded in 1998 by 3 shareholders: Telenor AS of
Norway, IXC Communications, Inc. and Clarion Resources
Communications. Storm recently announced the management buyout
of the UK-based carrier from its founding shareholders using
investments from Soros Private Equity Partners. http://www.stormtel.com
STORM
SIGNS $100 MILLION DARK FIBER DEAL WITH TELIA
Storm
Telecommunications signed a long-term, US$100 million dark fiber
lease with Telia, giving it access to substantial fiber
infrastructure across Scandinavia, Europe and the US.
http://www.telia.com
Telia, March 17, 2000
TACHION
SIGNS $40 MILLION CONTRACT FOR ITS COLLAPSED CENTRAL OFFICE
PLATFORM
Tachion Networks announced a deal valued at up to $40
million to supply its FUSION 5000 collapsed central office
platform to Gabriel Communications, a facilities-based integrated
communications provider serving 14 markets in the Midwest.
Tachion’s platform integrates transport, switching, routing and
signaling into a single box, significantly reducing the cost of
complexity over a traditional multi-box and Class 5-based
architecture. The
platform leverages a dual TDM/ATM switching matrix, allowing
services to be switched in native format. The integration of SONET
ATM/STM Add Drop Mux (ADM) enables direct attachment to SONET
rings. The platform
also provides an integrated, wire speed IP services routing
engine; enabling differentiated services and supporting MPLS,
DiffServ, BGP, IS-IS, OSPF and RIP.
Gabriel has previously deployed both ATM data switches and
traditional Class 5 voice switches in its networks.
Gabriel said the Tachion's Collapsed Central Office
architecture would be more cost-effective, offer a smaller
footprint and would facilitate a more rapid market expansion.
The company participated in Tachion’s previously
announced second round financing.
http://www.tachion.com/
http://www.gabrielcom.net/
Tachion Networks, March 20, 2000
NEXT
LEVEL AND PIXSTREAM ENTER VDSL PARTNERSHIP, BELL CANADA TRIAL
Next Level Communications and PixStream, a developer of
video head-end solutions, entered into a partnership to provide
telephone companies with equipment to offer TV services to their
customers over existing copper wire networks using VDSL.
The two companies are currently working with Bell Canada on
a VDSL trial to over 100 customers in a 45 story, 430-unit
condominium apartment building.
PixStream’s head-end equipment is deployed in a central
office to aggregate video signals from a number of sources,
providing video processing and adapting the signals to the network
infrastructure. Each
PixStream video networking system can redistribute more than 144
channels of video and music content.
http://www.nlc.com
http://www.pixstream.com
Next Level Communications, March 17, 2000
OSI
SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES OC-48 SILICON-BASED FIBER OPTIC DETECTOR
OSI
Systems Inc. has developed a 150 micron diameter silicon-based
fiber optic detector that can achieve 2.5 Gbps data rates when
operated at a 3.3 volt power supply.
The company said its silicon processing technology would be
a cost-effective alternative to Gallium Arsenide and Indium
Gallium Arsenide, the predominant materials currently used in
fiber optic detectors. http://www.osi-systems.com/
OSI Systems
Inc., March 17, 2000
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CONFERENCE
ANNOUNCEMENT: NEXT
GENERATION NETWORK VENTURES
Next
Generation Network Ventures, an executive conference
covering the
hottest areas for network startups, will be held April 24th
– 27th at the Hyatt
Regency in Burlingame, California (near San Francisco
airport). Chaired
by Dr. John McQuillan, the NGN Ventures conference will
feature presentations from CEOs and investors at 40 of the
top, privately held, independent venture-backed startups.
The four day event is divided into 12 areas of
coverage: advanced network semiconductors, next generation
DSL and cable, optical access, emerging wireless
alternatives, next generation telephony switches, service
creation platforms, operational support systems,
integrated communication providers, next generation core
switches, metro optical systems, streaming media, and
personal communications portals.
The
cost for the full conference is $2495.
The event is organized by BCR
Enterprises and McQuillan Ventures.
http://www.bcr.com/ngnv/about.htm
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