Vitesse offers immediate availability of new Gigabit
Ethernet transceiver in reduced form factor
CAMARILLO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 2, 1997--Vitesse Semiconductor Corp.
(NASDAQ:VTSS) Monday announced the immediate availability of the VSC7135QU Gigabit
Ethernet transceiver IC.
Mounted in a 10mm 64-pin PQFP, this new device reduces the board space required for the
transceiver and complies fully with the Gigabit Ethernet 802.3z draft specification.
The VSC7135QU is derived from the production-proven Vitesse VSC7135QN (14mm package)
Gigabit Ethernet transceiver. Using the VSC7135QU, developers of Gigabit Ethernet network
equipment can develop new products based on established, low-risk transceiver technology with
minimal lead time for the critical transceiver component.
To meet the needs of the emerging Gigabit Ethernet market, Vitesse announced the industry's first
Gigabit Ethernet transceiver, the VSC7135, in August 1996. The VSC7135, a serial physical layer
IC that transfers data at 10 times the speed of 100BaseT Fast Ethernet, is a 1.25Gb/s, 10-bit
serializer/deserializer, with the integrated clock and data recovery and high-speed clock generation.
The VSC7135 is currently used in the majority of initial products developed for the Gigabit Ethernet
industry and is suitable for network interface cards, hubs, switches, routers and test equipment.
Vitesse authored the 10-bit interface portion of the 802.3z Gigabit Ethernet draft specification,
which was finalized in March of this year.
At the same time, early adopter manufacturers of Gigabit Ethernet equipment encountered a need for
a smaller transceiver that meets the 802.3z specification. The VSC7135QU is designed to meet that
need.
``The new version of the VSC7135 allows the user to implement an 802.3z-compliant Gigabit
Ethernet channel in a smaller form factor,'' said John Schaefer, Vitesse product marketing manager.
``Since the transceiver is fully contained in a single package, designers can easily implement the
high-speed physical interface to their proprietary network functions. Immediate availability allows
users to get their products to market faster.''
The VSC7135QU has a power dissipation of 700mW, operates from a single +3/3V supply, is
delivered in an industry-standard 10mm PQFP package and requires no external components. It is
available now, priced at $19 in 10,000 unit volumes.
In addition to the VSC7135 family of Gigabit Ethernet transceivers, Vitesse offers a wide range of
Fibre Channel physical layer ICs including transmitters, receivers, transceivers, port bypass circuits
and repeaters. Compatible optoelectronic products include transimpedance amplifiers with fully
integrated photodetectors.
Vitesse Semiconductor is a leading supplier of high bandwidth communications integrated circuits.
The company's products, consisting of standard, custom and semi-custom products are used in a
wide variety of applications including telecommunications, data communications and automated test
equipment and instrumentation. Vitesse has headquarters in Camarillo. |
