Altera Announces POS-PHY Level 4 Support in APEX II Devices
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 27, 2001--Altera
Corporation (Nasdaq:ALTR), a leading programmable logic device (PLD)
supplier, today announced support for POS-PHY Level 4 in its new
APEX(TM) II device family. The symmetric POS-PHY Level 4 interface
handles leading-edge OC-192 (10 Gbps) data rates for next-generation
Packet-over-SONET (POS) internet traffic, Ethernet, as well as ATM
applications.
POS-PHY Level 4 was developed by the SATURN® Development Group
and defines an industry-wide standard for 10 Gbps multi-service system
interfaces. This standard was adopted by the Optical Internetworking
Forum as SPI-4 Phase 2 (System Packet Interface Level 4 Phase II).
POS-PHY Level- 4 has also been submitted to the ATM Forum as Frame
Based Interface Level 4, and is pending final approval.
``From definition to implementation, Altera has worked closely with
PMC-Sierra to ensure support for POS-PHY Level 4,'' said Bill
Richardson, director of business partnerships at PMC-Sierra. ``Altera
is a natural partner to interface with our 10 Gbps devices through
POS-PHY Level 4, as well as an ideal platform for creative bridging
applications, for instance from POS-PHY Level 4 to POS-PHY Level 3.''
Benchmarks run in Altera's APEX 20K architecture clearly
demonstrate support for OC-192 data rates. With the advances made in
the new APEX II device family, a 128-bit wide CRC-32 executes in
excess of 120 Mhz, well over the 100Mhz required for POS-PHY Level 4
implementation.
``We have seen tremendous demand from customers who want to use
Altera's industry-leading True-LVDS(TM) buffers to implement POS-PHY
Level 4,'' said Justin Cowling, Altera senior IP marketing manager.
``Through our close relationship with PMC-Sierra, Altera will release a
parameterizable POS-PHY4 MegaCore® solution, demonstratable in
production silicon, to further accelerate customers' time-to-market.''
With Altera's APEX II device family, telecom/datacom designers can
build OC-192 systems while leveraging the traditional time-to-market
and flexibility benefits of PLDs. ``We have customers constantly
pushing the limits of telecom/datacom design. The APEX II device
family stretches those limits,'' added Cowling.
About PMC-Sierra
PMC-Sierra's extensive family of broadband communication
semiconductors is enabling the equipment that makes up the backbone of
the Internet. PMC-Sierra develops Internet Protocol (IP), ATM,
SONET/SDH, T1/E1, T3/E3, Packet-over-SONET, Voice-over-Packet,
wireless infrastructure, MIPS® microprocessor, and Gigabit Ethernet
solutions for wide area network (WAN), and Internet networking
equipment. The company's quality system is registered with the Quality
Management Institute to the ISO 9001 standard. As co-founder of the
SATURN® Development Group, PMC-Sierra works with over 30 other
member companies to define and develop interoperable,
standard-compliant solutions for high speed networking applications.
For more information about PMC-Sierra, visit
http://www.pmc-sierra.com.
About Altera
Altera Corporation, The Programmable Solutions Company®, was
founded in 1983 and is a leading supplier of programmable logic
devices (PLDs). Altera's CMOS-based PLDs are user-programmable
semiconductor chips that enhance flexibility and reduce time-to-market
for companies in the communications, computer peripheral, and
industrial markets. By using high performance devices, software
development tools, and sophisticated intellectual property cores,
system-on-a-programmable-chip (SOPC) solutions can be created with
embedded processors, memory, and other complex logic together on a
single PLD. Altera common stock is traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market
under the symbol ALTR. More information on Altera is available on the
Internet at http://www.altera.com.
Note to Editors: Altera, The Programmable Solutions Company, APEX,
True-LVDS, MegaCore, and specific device designations are trademarks
and/or service marks of Altera Corporation in the U.S. and other
countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective
holders.
Contact:
Altera Corporation
Ami Dorrell, 408/544-6879
adorrell@altera.com
or
PR21
Laura Margolis, 312/396-9726
laura.margolis@pr21.com
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