AMCC: Company Information: What's New Submit Query MyAMCC/ Company Products Investor Relations Careers Sales and Support Submit Query AMCC Announces Comprehensive Solution Set For OC-768 Applications AMCC's S76801/S76802 Mux/DeMux and S76804 PECOS framer/pointer processor/ digital wrapper/FEC device will provide a total 40G solution chipset with seamless interfaces, providing customers with exceptional functionality and flexibility SAN DIEGO, March 18, 2002 -- Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (AMCC) [NASDAQ: AMCC], today announced the S76801 transmitter with Clock Synthesizer Unit (CSU), the S76802 receiver with Clock and data Recovery Unit (CRU) and post amplifier (see Figure 1) and Pecos (S76804PBI), a highly-integrated single-chip OC-768 SONET/SDH interleaver/disinterleaver with 40G FEC/digital wrapper (see Figure 2). The S76801/ S76802 and Pecos devices demonstrate AMCC's continued ability to provide outstanding flexibility, exceptional reliability and a high level of integration, while simultaneously maximizing performance for the 40 Gbps marketplace. Building upon AMCC's commitment to being a complete solution provider, the S76801 and S76802 chipset easily interfaces with the Pecos interleaver/disinterleaver as well as AMCC's industry-leading S76800 transimpedance amplifier (TIA) and S76803 modulator driver (see Figure 3. The S76801 (16:1 Mux) and S76802 (1:16 DeMux) Silicon Germanium (SiGe) OC-768 devices are designed for SONET/SDH short and long-haul applications. The fully integrated mux/demux chipset is offered in a compact, V-connectorized package that simplifies system design and can easily operate over the STS-768 (39.813 Gbps) to STS768 with ITU-T G.709 Forward Error Correction (FEC) bit rates (43.018 Gbps). "The mux/demux chipset provides a reliable and manufacturable SiGe solution, providing customers with overall savings in cost, development time and real estate," said Oswin Schreiber, senior product marketing manager at AMCC. "The introduction of the S76801/ S76802 and Pecos, along with AMCC's previously announced transimpedance and modulator driver, offers customers, for the first time, a complete and glueless chipset for OC-768 applications. We not only deliver affordable and reliable solutions with superior bandwidth and functionality, we are enabling the next generation of high-performance equipment for the world's 40 Gbps telecommunications infrastructure." Developed for Metro and long haul DWDM, optical switches and routers, Pecos allows customers to experience seamless backplane interfaces to switch fabrics and other framer products enabled by its 2.5G I/O and OC-48 interfaces on its low speed side. Pecos's industry-first architecture includes on-chip support of 40G inverse muxing and transparency, which enables customer's routers with OC-768 payloads to be transported over existing 10G and 2.5G Lambda networks. "Routers traditionally prefer to transport traffic over the fattest pipe possible and 768c 'fat pipe' payloads will soon be the preference. By introducing Pecos, AMCC is addressing the issues involved in getting these payloads across Metro and Transport networks," said Mark Donovan, senior product marketing manager at AMCC. "Pecos's unique 40G inverse muxing technology enables the conversion of 40G 768c payloads into either file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/tamerz/Desktop/html/Marvell%20DSP%20Switcher%20MDS-G16%20-%201A%20Switching%20Regulator%20Module.htm (1 of 3)6/28/2005 2:11:54 PM Submit Query AMCC: Company Information: What's New 4x10G pseudo 192c or 16x2.5G pseudo 48c payloads so that the 768c signal can transverse existing 10G and 2.5G Lambda networks. At the far end of the network, Pecos can restore the signals back into the original 768c signal." The S76801 performs all SONET/SDH serialization transmission and features a built-in, parallel interface deskew capability, providing customers with a reliable interconnect to Pecos. The S76802 performs all SONET/SDH deserialization and generates a parallel interface 17th-bit, which is used to deskew on the receiving side of Pecos. For increased flexibility and ease of board design, the chipset enables all low-speed signals to enter/ exit through a standard BGA interface. High-speed serialized signals are transmitted/ received to/from the optical module through the V-connector packaging. The chipset's built-in test mode allows customers to generate a random 128-bit balanced pattern for output as a serial 40 Gbps data stream, which enables customers to debug the serial part of their system without the need to stimulate the parallel Mux inputs. The Pecos supports synchronized 4 x OC-192 to OC-768 aggregation, OC-768/OC-768c inverse multiplexing with deskew compensation up to 500 nano-seconds and duplex 768c Pointer Processing. The device also supports the interleaving/disinterleaving of 4 x OC-192 or 16 x OC-48 signals into/out of an OC-768 or40G DW with FEC signal. Pecos features 40G Transport Overhead (TOH) monitoring/generation and Drop/Insert and includes SFI-5 interfaces on both sides of the device, enabling 40G performance monitoring applications. Building upon AMCC's successful family of framers, Pecos works in conjunction with GANGES, providing a channelized OC-768 path terminating solution down to OC-12c signal payloads. The device's flexible architecture also compliments AMCC's Mekong and Danube framers by providing an OC-768/OC-48/OC12/OC-3 framer/pointer processor solution. Availability Available in a connectorized 255 BGA package (CV), the S76801/S76802 chipset is currently sampling to development partners. General availability is scheduled for Q3 2002. Packaged in a 728 PBGA and manufactured in 0.13m CMOS, Pecos (S76804PBI) will begin sampling to development partners in Q2 2002 with general availability scheduled for Q3 2002. About AMCC AMCC designs, develops, manufactures, and markets high-performance, highbandwidth silicon solutions empowering intelligent optical networks. AMCC utilizes a combination of digital, mixed-signal and high-frequency analog design expertise coupled with system-level knowledge and multiple silicon process technologies to offer integrated circuit products that enable the transport of voice and data over fiber optic networks. The company's system solution portfolio includes switch fabric, traffic management, network processor, framer/mapper, PHY and PMD devices that address the high-performance needs of the evolving intelligent optical network. AMCC's corporate headquarters and wafer fabrication facilities 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 forwardlooking 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 products discussed in this press release are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including the risk that the products would not be successfully or timely, developed or manufactured or achieve market acceptance, 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, 2001, and in file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/tamerz/Desktop/html/Marvell%20DSP%20Switcher%20MDS-G16%20-%201A%20Switching%20Regulator%20Module.htm (2 of 3)6/28/2005 2:11:54 PM AMCC: Company Information: What's New 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 forwardlooking 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. ### Product photos, datasheets and application notes are available upon request. AMCC is a registered trademark of Applied Micro Circuits Corporation. [ Back to Top ] file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/tamerz/Desktop/html/Marvell%20DSP%20Switcher%20MDS-G16%20-%201A%20Switching%20Regulator%20Module.htm (3 of 3)6/28/2005 2:11:54 PM