Lucent Technologies Unveils 3V Fast Ethernet ICs
Lucent and Enable Semiconductor To Serve As Alternate Suppliers
ALLENTOWN, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 4, 1998--Lucent Technologies' Microelectronics Group today announced the addition of three-volt single- and multi-channel Fast Ethernet transceivers to its FASTCAT(tm) Ethernet IC product line.
The new chips, which will be sampling in the second half of the year, join Lucent's five-volt integrated transceivers and quad-channel 10/100 Mbps devices in the FASTCAT line. The 5V chips entered volume production earlier this year, and the company has shipped more than 4 million 100 Mbps ports of capacity to date.
Building on a licensing agreement between Lucent and Enable Semiconductor, Inc., the two companies will serve as alternate suppliers of single channel 5V as well as single, quad, hex, and octal 3V Fast Ethernet integrated circuits.
''By serving as alternate suppliers of these products, we will make it easier for data networking designers and manufacturers to get the components they need, when they need them,'' said Jim Tann, vice president of sales and marketing for Enable Semiconductor.
''We expect to serve our customers by more than doubling our FASTCAT Ethernet transceiver product offerings within the year based on our relationship with Enable,'' said Mark Hunsicker, Ethernet products director with Lucent's Microelectronics Group.
Customers attending the Networld+Interop trade show in Las Vegas can learn more about the new products from Lucent and Enable representatives at Enable Semiconductor's booth #3081.
Enable Semiconductor is a privately held fabless semiconductor company which designs and markets leading-edge digital and mixed-signal CMOS integrated circuits. Its headquarters are in San Jose, Calif. Additional information can be found on the world wide web at enablesemi.com.
Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., designs, builds and delivers a wide range of public and private networks, communications systems and software, data networking systems, business telephone systems and microelectronic components. Bell Labs is the research and development arm for the company. For more information on Lucent Technologies, visit its web site at lucent.com.
Lucent's Microelectronics Group designs and manufactures integrated circuits and optoelectronic components for the computer and communications industries. More information about the Microelectronics Group is available from its web site at lucent.com.
Additional Technical Information
Lucent's FASTCAT(tm) Fast Ethernet and Ethernet product line includes single- and multi-channel transceivers offering a broad range of functionality tailored to serve the NIC, repeater, and switched Ethernet Market segments:
- Macrocells for ASIC applications as well as standard products
- 1, 4, 6, and 8 channel transceivers
- Standard MII as well as reduced-pin MII and switched MII
- 5V and 3.3V operations
- Single speed (10 or 100 Mbps) and combinations
- Unshielded twisted-pair and fiber-optic cables
Several chips in the FASTCAT product line have been in production since the beginning of 1998. Lucent has already shipped a combined volume in excess of 4 million 100 Mbps ports.
The product line includes the following devices:
5V applications
- LU1X54, four-channel 10 Mbps transceiver supporting MII, MII management, and auto-negotiation. Status: in production.
- LU2X54FT, four-channel, 100 Mbps transceiver, supporting 100Base-TX and FX and a bused-MII configuration for repeater applications. Status: in production.
- LU3X54FT, four-channel, 10/100 Mbps transceiver, supporting 100Base-TX and FX, port-switching for dual-speed repeater applications, and a 10-pin reduced-pin MII on each port. Status: in production.
- LU3X51FT-T100, single-channel, 10/100 Mbps transceiver supporting 100Base-TX and FX (100-pin TQFP). Status: in production.
- LU3X51FT-J80 single-channel, 10/100 Mbps transceiver supporting 100Base-TX and FX (80-pin MQFP. Status: sampling.
- LU6612, single-channel, 10/100 Mbps transceiver supporting 100Base-TX and FX. This device is pin compatible with Quality's QS6612. Status: in production.
3.3V applications
- LU3X54FTL four-channel, 10/100 Mbps transceiver, supporting 100Base-TX and FX, port-switching for dual-speed repeater applications, 3.3V MII, and a 10-pin reduced-pin MII on each port (208-pin SQFP). Status: sampling.
- LU3X31FT, single-channel, 10/100 Mbps transceiver supporting 100Base-TX and FX (80-pin MQFP). Status: sampling in July 1998.
- LU3X34 four-channel, 10/100 Mbps transceiver, supporting 100Base-TX and FX, port-switching for dual-speed repeater applications, and a standard MII or 6-pin reduced-pin MII on each port (208-pin SQFP). Status: sampling in September 1998.
- LU3X36FTR six-channel, 10/100 Mbps transceiver, supporting 100Base-TX and FX, and port-switching for dual-speed repeater applications (208-pin SQFP). Status: sampling in September 1998.
- LU3X36FTS six-channel, 10/100 Mbps transceiver, supporting 100Base-TX and FX, and a 6-pin reduced-pin MII on each port (208-pin SQFP). Status: sampling in September 1998.
- LU3X36FT six-channel, 10/100 Mbps transceiver, supporting 100Base-TX and FX, and a standard MII or 6-pin reduced-pin MII on each port (256-pin TQFP). Status: sampling in September 1998.
- LU3X38FTS eight-channel, 10/100 Mbps transceiver, supporting 100Base-TX and FX, and a 6-pin reduced-pin MII on each port. Status: sampling in December 1998.
- LU3X38FTR eight-channel, 10/100 Mbps transceiver, supporting 100Base-TX and FX, and port-switching for dual-speed repeater applications. Status: sampling in December 1998. |
