Infineon Releases New Version of Multi-Service Network Controller for 3G Basestations and Media Gateways
MUNICH, Germany and CANNES, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 19,
2002--Infineon Technologies (FSE/NYSE: IFX), one of the world's
leading providers of Communications Integrated Circuits today
announced the release of its next-generation IWORX(TM) (InterWORking
element neXt generation) Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) controller,
a multi-service engine for line card applications in wireless access
networks and media gateways.
With its flexible line interface architecture and throughput of up
to 155Mbps the new IWORX now supports all major interface types
(E1/T1/J1, E3/T3, and STM-1/OC-3), offering vendors of multi-service
systems a much wider flexibility in the usage of 3G wireless and media
gateways solutions, saving up on design time, efforts and costs.
The IWORX implements Read Back functionality -- a fail-safe
mechanism allowing system recovery via read-back of configuration and
connection data in the case of power failure or emergency shutdown.
The solution is backwards compatible with the previous-generation
IWORX.
"3G wireless technology is all about making mobile phones into
portable, high performance and reasonably-priced personal computers,
therefore it requires a robust infrastructure capable of supporting
both voice and high-speed data transmission," said Mr. Christian Wolff
Vice President of Infineon's Communications Business Group and General
Manager of the Access Business Unit. "The next-generation IWORX
solution, with its enhanced capabilities will enable mobile
infrastructure vendors to scale up their systems and offer integrated
voice, Internet access and video services in a cost effective manner,"
added Mr. Wolff.
The IWORX solution was designed in collaboration with major
players in the 3G infrastructure arena, and fully supports all OAM
functionality according to ITU-T I.610 (released 1999) and guarantees
enhanced AAL2 traffic management according to ITU-T I.363-2 (released
2000) standards.
First samples of the IWORX PXF 4225 V1.2 will be shipped to
selected customers by the end of Q1 2002.
About IWORX(TM) 3G Wireless Platform
The next-generation IWORX PXF 4225 V1.2 is a flexible
communication network controller for 3G mobile infrastructure or
multi-service applications. It functions as an interworking element
enabling the transport of the ATM traffic over PDH and SDH based
networks. The IWORX was designed for line card applications with
speeds of up to 155 Mbps, supporting the adaptation of voice, video,
and data traffic via AAL 2. Shared location of 2G and 3G mobile
networks for easy network migration path is enabled via AAL1 and CES.
4 IMA groups allow flexible bandwidth adjustment of the PDH ports. All
necessary ATM service categories (CBR, VBR, UBR) are implemented for
full Quality of Service (QoS) support. Being a system on a chip with
integrated memory and controlled via high-level command interface
(API), the IWORX is the optimized solution in terms of performance,
ease of use, space and power economy.
About Infineon
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, Germany, offers semiconductor
and system solutions for applications in the wired and wireless
communications markets, for security systems and smartcards, for the
automotive and industrial sectors, as well as memory products. With a
global presence, Infineon operates in the US from San Jose, CA, in the
Asia-Pacific region from Singapore and in Japan from Tokyo. In the
fiscal year 2001 (ending September), the company achieved sales of
Euro 5.67 billion with about 33,800 employees worldwide. Infineon is
listed on the DAX index of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and on the New
York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: IFX). Further information is
available at www.infineon.com.
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