(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020822/XLNXLOGO )"Introducing Paxonet's 10 Gigabit Ethernet IP Cores, combined with its
STS-192 IP Cores, positions Paxonet with the industry's most comprehensive
range of Ethernet IP Cores, providing our customers with flexible Ethernet LAN
and WAN solutions. The multi-gigabit serial I/O capability of Xilinx Virtex-II
Pro devices allows customers to take full advantage of these cores and reduces
their time to market with an FPGA solution. Because of the lower volumes
required in today's telecommunications market, FPGA solutions are frequently
more cost effective," said Kevin Wayne Williams, Vice President of Marketing
at Paxonet.
"Paxonet's ability to provide a full range of Ethernet and SONET solutions
on Xilinx FPGAs enables Metro equipment vendors to implement fully flexible,
customizable non-ASIC solutions," said Robert Bielby, senior director of
Strategic Solution at Xilinx.
The new 10 Gigabit Ethernet IP Cores are compliant with IEEE P802_3ae
Draft 2.1 Physical Coding Sub-Layer specifications and IEEE 802.3 task force
draft 5.0 frame specifications. The PCS Core implements a 64- to 66- bit gear
box, provides a generic 16-bit microprocessor interface, a variety of
performance monitoring counters, and programmable value of control codes and
corresponding 7-bit code mappings. The MAC core supports full duplex
operation, PAUSE frame based full duplex flow control, both LAN and OC-192c
data-rate WAN PHYs, WAN PHY using open loop (IPG stretching) rate control,
Link Fault Signaling (LFS), and VLAN tag frames.
Availability
The 10 Gigabit Ethernet cores are available immediately from Paxonet
Communications. For more information on the Paxonet and Xilinx Ethernet
solutions, visit the Xilinx website at www.xilinx.com/ipcenter or
www.paxonet.com. These products can be licensed from Paxonet Communications
under the terms of the SignOnce IP License, the industry's first multi-vendor
common license for FPGA-based IP. Visit www.xilinx.com/ipcenter/signonce.htm
for more information on the SignOnce IP license.
About Paxonet
Paxonet Communications, Inc., designs, develops and markets silicon
solutions for interworking metro networking technologies to SONET. Paxonet
Communications offers the MetroConnect line of integrated circuits and the
CoreEl line of specialized IP cores focused on the metro market. By offering a
full range of interoperable ICs and IP cores, Paxonet enables customers to
offer highly differentiated, low cost solutions with a quicker time to market.
The company is privately held and employs 115 people. For more information
about Paxonet Communications and its line of products, visit
http://www.Paxonet.com .
Xilinx Online Resource for Metro Area Network Design
Xilinx eSP (www.xilinx.com/esp) is a proven resource for engineers, with
four million visits since its introduction early last year. The latest segment
on the eSP Web portal is dedicated to accelerating the development of metro
area and edge access networking products. The site is a comprehensive
resource, delivering a powerful array of solutions and information in a single
location.
About Xilinx
Xilinx is the worldwide leader of programmable logic solutions. Additional
information about Xilinx can be found at http://www.xilinx.com .
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Xilinx, Inc.
