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VELIO
DEBUTS SILICON DESIGNS FOR OPTICAL CORES, TARGETS
TERABIT-ON-A-CHIP SWITCHING
Velio Communications, a start-up based in San Jose,
California, unveiled a silicon architecture for core switching
platforms designed to scale to thousands of OC-48 and OC-192 ports
and hundreds of OC-768 (40 Gbps) ports.
Velio’s designs are targeted at high performance
switch/router backplanes capable of supporting multi-terabits of
capacity. The company
also expects to be early to market with a terabit of switching
capacity on a single silicon device.
Velio’s silicon architecture will integrate low-power
serial input/output ports directly onto the switch fabric to
maximize densities and reduce overall device count.
The company will use a standard CMOS processes along with
extremely low power circuit design mechanisms to address internal
switching functions, thereby allowing hundreds of gigabits to be
switched with just a few watts of power.
Products will include Serializer/Deserializer (SerDes)
backplane transceivers (Dec 2000), SONET/SDH grooming switches (Q1
2001), and a cross-point space switch for optical core platforms
and lambda routers (Q2 2001).
http://www.velio.com
Velio, October 23, 2000
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Velio
is led by Raju Chekuri, formerly a group director at Cadence.
Its technical team is headed by Dr.
William Dally, currently a professor at Stanford University, where
he leads projects on high-speed signaling, computer
architecture and network architecture, and Dr. John
Poulton of University of North Carolina.
The company was previously known as Chip2Chip.
Velio has raised more than $50 million in venture
funding from Sequoia Capital, IVP, Global Catalyst Partners,
Capital Research Group and HarbourVest Partners.
NEC
& HIMEJI RAISE LUMINESCENT EFFICIENCY OF OPTICAL DEVICES BY
40%
NEC Corporation and the Himeji Institute of Technology (Hyogo
Prefecture, Japan) announced a high-resolution microbeam X-ray
diffraction method capable of defining optical devices with
approximately 100 times greater accuracy than in the past and with
approximately 40% greater luminescent efficiency.
The companies said their achievement could lead to
significant improvements in optical elements used for WDM systems.
http://www.nec.co.jp/english/today/newsrel/0010/2001.html
NEC,
October 20, 2000
CISCO
ACQUIRES CAIS
SOFTWARE FOR IN-BUILDING BROADBAND SERVICE MANAGEMENT
Cisco Systems
will acquire the broadband subscriber management software business
of CAIS Software Solutions (CAISsoft) for approximately $170
million in stock. CAIS
Software Solutions (previously known as ATCOM/INFO) develops
applications that enable service providers to more easily
provision and manage broadband Internet services in hotels,
apartments, airports and office buildings.
The San Diego based company was acquired last year by CAIS
Internet, a service provider that specializes in Internet
solutions for hotels. Cisco
said the acquisition enhances its in-building DSL, Ethernet, cable
and wireless solutions. CAISsoft
has 65 employees. http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/146/pressroom/2000/oct00/corp_102000.htm
http://www.caissoft.com/
Cisco Systems, October 20, 2000
- CAISsoft's application, the
iPORT Broadband Provisioning System, provides security,
accounting, authorization, reporting, policy, and management
functionality for in-room Internet access.
The company has previously disclosed contracts covering
more than 9,000 properties across the US with 1.2 million
guest rooms. The
automated Internet access software is also being deployed by
Royal Caribbean on eleven cruise ships to provide in-room
Internet access and other custom services.
Click for list of previous
acquisitions |
The
deal represents Cisco's 20th acquisition this
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UNISPHERE
NETWORKS TO ACQUIRE BROADSOFT FOR ITS SERVICE CREATION PLATFORM
Unisphere Networks will acquire BroadSoft Inc., a developer of
packet telephony service creation technology, for an undisclosed
sum. BroadSoft's
software architecture supports web-enabled business telephony
applications such as call waiting, voice mail, conferencing,
auto-attendant and follow-me-anywhere services.
Unisphere offers a complementary service mediation switch
and softswitch. BroadSoft
has approximately 110 employees in the US and Canada.
http://www.unispherenetworks.com
http://www.broadsoft.com
Unisphere Networks, October 20, 2000
ALCATEL'S
OPTRONICS TRACKING STOCK MAKES MARKET DEBUT
Alcatel sold 16.5 million Class O Optronics Division tracking
shares at a price to the public of 85.00 per share ($71.95/ADS).
The shares are trading in Paris on the Premier Marche under
the symbol CGO and as American Depositary Shares on Nasdaq under
the ticker ALAO. Alcatel's
Optronics Division develops optical components, modules and
integrated sub-systems for use in terrestrial and submarine
networks. Key
products include DWDM lasers, photo detectors, optical amplifiers,
high-speed interface modules and key passive devices such as
arrayed waveguide multiplexers and Fiber Bragg Grating filters.
http://www.alcatel.com/vpr/?body=/latestnews/20102000uk
Alcatel, October 20, 2000
THURAYA-1
SATELLITE ENTERS ORBIT, DUAL-MODE GSM/SATELLITE COVERAGE + GPS
Thuraya-1, a geosynchronous mobile satellite serving the
Middle East, North and Central Africa, Europe, Central Asia and
the Indian subcontinent, was successfully carried into orbit on
board a Sea Launch Zenit-3SL rocket launched from the equator in
the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The satellite will use on-board
digital signal processing to route calls directly from one
handheld unit to another or through a terrestrial GSM network.
The handheld phones will function as regular GSM phones
while in range of a land-based mobile network, but will be able to
automatically switch to Thuraya satellite mode in areas that are
outside the terrestrial system.
The phones also incorporate Global Positioning System (GPS)
accurate to 100m and SMS
(Short Message Service) text paging.
The devices are similar in appearance, size and
weight to ordinary mobile phones.
Thuraya’s satellite footprint over approximately 99
countries gives the satellite a potential coverage of nearly 1.8
billion people. The
on-board processor constantly changes the beam configuration to
match fluctuating usage patterns.
Thuraya has the capacity for 13,750 simultaneous calls and
an expected in-orbit life of 12 years. The satellite is owned by
Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Co. of the United Arab
Emirates. http://www.thuraya.com
October 22, 2000
MASSANA
RAISES $16.5 MILLION FOR ITS GIGABIT ETHERNET DSP CORES
Massana, a
developer of custom signal processing compilers and processing
algorithms, secured $16.5 million in new investment.
The company's new 1000BASE-T Ethernet DSP soft core
incorporates all of the digital blocks for full IEEE 802.3u and
802.3ab compliance. Investors
include Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, JAFCO Co., ACT Venture Capital,
BancBoston Capital, and Vision Capital.
http://www.massana.com
Massana, October 20, 2000
BELLSOUTH
REPORTS 134K DSL CUSTOMERS, UP 81% OVER Q2
As of September 30, BellSouth had 134,000 customers for
DSL and other high-speed access products, compared to 74,000 at
the end of June, a quarterly gain of 81.1%.
The attributed the rapid uptake in DSL to its new
self-install kits. The
percentage of residential customers successfully using the
self-install option was nearly 70%.
BellSouth now anticipates reaching 200,000 DSL customers by
year's end.
http://www.bellsouthcorp.com/proactive/documents/render/34282.vtml
BellSouth,
October 20, 2000
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