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AMCC to Leverage Proven Switch Fabric Architecture to Enable Advanced Services in Demanding High-Bandwidth, Packet-over-SONET and Ethernet Applications with the PRS Q-80G
AMCC to Continue Switch Fabric Market Leadership with Sixth-Generation
PRS Solution, Leveraging New Technology to Deliver Full-Bandwidth
Multicast Support and Low Latency for 80 Gbps to 320 Gbps Platforms
SAN DIEGO—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Oct. 25, 2004—
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (AMCC) (Nasdaq:AMCC) today
announced the latest member of the sixth-generation, industry-leading
PRS switch fabric family. The PRS Q-80G shared-memory switch fabric
will build upon the successful PRS Q-64G, providing improved multicast
capabilities, reduced latency, enhancements to more efficiently handle
TDM traffic, and higher-speed 3.2 Gbps serial links that will provide
the overspeed required for wire-speed performance. Using 0.13-micron
technology, this latest solution will deliver 80Gbps - 320Gbps of
user bandwidth in a low-power, compact switch fabric design, relieving
the pressure of space and power limitations facing equipment
manufacturers, network service providers and enterprise customers. The
PRS Q-80G will enable faster time-to-market for OEMs addressing the
wide range of high-bandwidth, demanding applications that handle any
mix of real-time and best effort traffic in the Metro Ethernet, WAN
multi-services and enterprise (data centers, NAS/SAN, high-end LANs)
space.
This latest member of the market-leading PRS switch fabric
portfolio will be an integral part of a complete system solution with
AMCC's integrated network processor and full-featured traffic manager
products, framers and software tools. To facilitate the evaluation and
prototyping of complete solutions, AMCC will also be offering a 320
Gbps reference switch board featuring the AMCC PRS Q-80G.
"The PRS Q-80G will help dramatically lower system and network
costs by enabling the convergence of multiple disparate networks over
a single packetized IP/MPLS infrastructure, and enhancing our
customers' ability to provide increased differentiation, value -- and
therefore profitability -- through the offering of individual
services," said Gilles Garcia, director of marketing for AMCC's switch
fabrics. "Support for the growing proportion of multicast traffic on
the Internet -- users distributing a wide variety of audio and video
content -- is an integral part of this solution. Through such support,
combined with AMCC's proven development support and tools and the
inherent multi-terabit scalability afforded by the PRS architecture
roadmap, AMCC will once again protect customer investments and
accelerate time to market for OEMs today and into the future."
The PRS Q-80G switch, when used in conjunction with previously
introduced C48X and C192X fabric interface devices, will provide 80
Gbps (two chips), 160 Gbps (four chips) or 320 Gbps (eight chips)
full-duplex aggregate user bandwidth with a per-port speed-up factor
of two, or eight for C48X-based ports. This functionality will match
wire-speed requirements for all possible cases with all line
protocols, fully enabling system services such as security, deep
packet inspection, web caching, and SSL in demanding Packet-over-SONET
(PoS) and Ethernet applications.
The PRS Q-80G will enable the design of single-stage switch
fabrics with up to 32 ports for NPUs that support OC-192c, 10-Gbps and
multi-Gigabit Ethernet (GE) applications, or up to 128 ports for NPUs
that support OC-48c and multi-GE applications, or any intermediate mix
of those ports. The PRS Q-80G will also have built-in 40 Gbps clear
channel attachment capabilities, requiring only an ASIC or FPGA to
interface with a 40 Gbps protocol engine. The PRS C192X chip will be
configurable in subport mode, allowing switch designs with up to four
multi- GE/OC-48c network processors per line card. For compatibility
with existing line card designs based on the PRS C48 and C192 fabric
interfaces, the integrated SerDes of the PRS Q-80G can operate at 2.5
Gbps instead of 3.2 Gbps. The PRS Q-80G solution will be hardware and
software compatible with the PRS 64Gu, 80G and Q-64G, protecting
customers' existing investments and enabling flexible evolution paths.
Availability
The PRS Q-80G will begin sampling and the reference switch board
will be available in Q2, 2005. The C48X and C192X interface devices
are currently available. For additional technical information, visit
http://www.amcc.com/BestInClass/PRSQ-80G. For a photo of the PRS
Q-80G, visit http://www.amcc.com/BestInClass/PRSQ-80GPhoto.
About AMCC
AMCC provides the essential building blocks for the processing,
moving and storing of information worldwide. The company blends
systems and software expertise with high-performance, high-bandwidth
silicon integration to deliver silicon, hardware and software
solutions for global wide area networks (WAN), embedded applications,
storage area networks (SAN), and high-growth storage markets such as
Serial ATA (SATA) RAID. AMCC's corporate headquarters are located in
San Diego, California. Sales and engineering offices are located
throughout the world. For further information regarding AMCC, please
visit our web site at http://www.amcc.com.
Forward Looking Statements
The statements contained in this press release that are not purely
historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements,
including statements relating to the markets, growth of markets and
products, including the risk that the markets would not grow at the
rates forecasted, and the demand for products would not materialize,
risks relating to general economic conditions, as well as the risks
and uncertainties set forth in the Company's Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended March 31, 2004, and in other filings of the
Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. As a result of
these risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially
from these forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements
contained in this news release are made as of the date hereof and AMCC
does not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking
statement.
AMCC is a registered trademark of Applied Micro Circuits
Corporation. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the
property of their respective owners.
Contact:
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation
Karen Hartz, 858-535-3436
E-mail: khartz@amcc.com
or
The Ardell Group
Angela Edgerton, 858-792-2941 (Editorial Contact)
E-mail: angela@ardellgroup.com
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