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Mar 23, 1997
March 17, 1997, Issue: 654 Section: Network Infrastructure -- Switches, Routers, Hubs, Remote Access, NICs, Topolog
Vendors Add Piece Parts To DSL Lines
By Jeff Caruso
Vendors are scrambling to make xDSL equipment smarter, cheaper and easier to develop.
Advanced Telecommunications Modules Ltd., Santa Clara, Calif., last week shipped a development package, consisting of an ASIC (application specific integrated circuit) and software, for creating systems that run ATM over digital subscriber line (xDSL) technologies.
Amati Communications Corp., San Jose, Calif., said it will adapt its xDSL software to Dallas-based Texas Instruments Inc.'s digital signal processor (DSP). And Motorola Semiconductor, Austin, Texas, is combining its asymmetric DSL (ADSL) hardware with internetworking software from Sourcecom Corp., Westlake Village, Calif.
Vendors are finding out that they need to add support for protocols on top of xDSL transmission technology, said Kieran Taylor, broadband consultant at TeleChoice Inc., Verona, N.J. "Suppliers are looking at total solutions rather than bit pumps.">>
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