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To: BDR who wrote (153)	2/24/2000 12:31:00 PM
From: Joanne Fishman	Respond to of 275

Re. AMCC: Dale, I think the company should be included. Here's what's driving the stock today. This was posted on AMCC thread: SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 24, 2000-- Indus Combined with AMCC's S3091/S3092 Mux/Demux Devices Provides a Complete OC-192 SONET/SDH DWDM/TDM Aggregation and Add-Drop Mux Solution Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (AMCC) (NASDAQ:AMCC), the leader in high-bandwidth silicon for the world's optical networks, today announced the availability of Indus (S19201), the industry's first highly integrated STS-192/STM-64 framer device that supports channelized OC-192 SONET and SDH traffic. The Indus, when used in conjunction with the recently announced S3091/S3092 mux/demux devices, provides the first complete OC-192 SONET/SDH Framer/Phy chipset solution for SONET/SDH and Optical Networking applications. Ideal for high-bandwidth DWDM/TDM aggregation and ADM applications, the Indus aggregates up to four STS-48/STM-16 parallelline interfaces into one STS-192/STM-64 16-bit, 622 MHz Line Interface. The Indus also supports redundancy and traffic grooming applications, via two on-chip STS-1 level Time Slot Interchange switches (TSIs). The Indus's STS-1 TSIs enable Optical Networking equipment vendors to develop OC-192 cross-connects and switch fabrics with STS-1 level granularity. The Indus can also take existing OC-48 equipment vendors to OC-192 rates with minimal additional hardware. "With the availability of the Indus/S3091/S3092 chipset, SONET/DWDM equipment vendors now have easy access to a complete tool-box of off-the-shelf, snap-together, OC-192/OC-48/OC-12/OC-3 Framer/Phy products," said Mark Donovan, AMCC's Indus product marketing manager. "AMCC's total SONET/SDH Framer/Phy solution set enables designers to quickly develop next-generation Optical Networking equipment, while at the same time reducing power and board space." "Indus is the first device to provide SONET/SDH framing and overhead processing at OC-192 speeds," said John LoMedico, director of marketing and applications at AMCC/Andover. "The product's ability to seamlessly work with AMCC's OC-48 framer/mapper/pointer processor devices, and to provide for the aggregation of STS-3, STS-12 and STS-48 traffic into an OC-192 signal enables AMCC to support even the most demanding of DWDM and ADM bandwidth applications." Indus is the latest addition to the SONET/SDH framer family of products, which includes Congo, Nile, Amazon and Missouri. Developedby the former Cimaron Communications of Andover, Mass. that wasacquired by AMCC last year, Indus is designed to work with AMCC'sfamily of OC-192 and OC-48 PHY and framer devices. When used in conjunction with other AMCC framer/mapper/pointer processor devices,the Indus provides for the payload mapping and aggregation of up to 64 TS-3/STM-1 payloads and/or pointer processing of 192 STS-1 tributaries. Indus also provides the ability to transport a 10Gbps signal on four low cost 2.5 Gbps optics, thereby enabling the use of existing OC-48 infrastructures and providing significant cost savings to OC-192 system providers. "This solution enables customers to develop systems that flexibly span the boundary between traditional standards-based time division multiplexing (TDM) pplications and the evolving DWDM infrastructure," continued LoMedico. "It also supports various performance monitoring functions and automatic protection switching (APS) implementations at OC-192 speeds for DWDM transport equipment." Pricing and Availability The Indus (S19201) is priced at $635 in quantities of 1000 and packaged in an 824-pin CCGA. The solution is sampling now to development partners, with production release scheduled for Q2 of 2000. Forward Looking Statements Except for historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this news release are forward-looking statements that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, "The Factors That May Affect Future Results" detailed in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 1999, and the company's other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Actual results could differ materially, as a result of such factors, from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. Product photos, datasheets and application notes are available upon request. AMCC is a registered trademark of Applied Micro Circuits Corp. CONTACT: Applied Micro Circuits Corp. Bill Berridge, 858/535-4260 billb@amcc.com Mary Pund, 858/535-6523 maryp@amcc.com or The Ardell Group Karina Wollesen, 650/569-3806 karina@ardellgroup.com KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA

To: BDR who wrote (153)	2/24/2000 12:35:00 PM
From: Joanne Fishman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275

More AMCC: Dale, the following also in the news today--and also from AMCC thread: Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 23, 2000-- Low Power and High-volume Manufacturability Strongly Positions AMCC in the Exploding Growth of the OC-192 Market Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (AMCC) (NASDAQ:AMCC), a leader in high-bandwidth silicon connectivity solutions for the world's optical networks, today announced another industry first, a highly integrated silicon germanium (SiGe) OC-192 solution set ideal for use in SONET/SDH and dense wave division multiplexing (DWDM) applications. The first devices to be compliant with the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) -- Physical Layer Group's OIF99.102 standard, the S3091 transmitter interface chip implements all necessary SONET/SDH serialization and transmission, and the S3092 receiver with clock and data recovery (CDR) performs all SONET/SDH deserialization. To provide an easier interface and maximized compatibility, the S3091 incorporates a FIFO (First in, First Out) to decouple the internal and external transmit clocks. Drawing from inherent advantages of next-generation SiGe technology, the two-chip solution is easily manufactured in high-volume quantities, and combined utilizes a total of only 4.5W of power. "Our mission is to enable our customers to easily deploy, in very high volumes, OC-192 solutions," said Brent Little, vice president of marketing for AMCC. "The introduction of this solution set is a key milestone in accomplishing our mission as the OC-192 market rapidly expands." Each device is engineered with a dual 3.3V and -5.2V power supply, and incorporates a low-jitter 16-bit LVDS interface enabling reduced pin count and guaranteed compliance with the bit-error rate requirements of Bellcore and ITU-T industry specifications. The S3091/S3092 are used to implement the front-end of SONET equipment, which consists of the serial transmit interface and the serial receive interface. Also, the solution can be used in conjunction with AMCC's Missouri and S3062 devices for ADM and FEC capabilities. The S3091 performs the serializing stage in the processing of a transmit SONET STS-192 bit-serial data stream, converting the 16-bit parallel OC-12 (622.08 Mbps) data stream to a bit-serial format at OC-192 (9.953 Gbps). Conversely, the S3092 provides the first stage of the digital processing of a receive SONET STS-192 bit-serial stream, by recovering a synchronous signal from the incoming OC-192 serial NRZ data stream, and retiming and demultiplexing the serial data into 16 parallel OC-12 lines. "The S3091 and S3092 address critical system design issues for our customers by being an easy to use, low power and highly manufacturable chipset that exceeds industry standards requirements," said Ken Prentiss, AMCC's director of marketing for telecom products. "We're providing an OC-192 off-the-shelf solution that meets the high-volume and design cycle demands of this high-growth market." The system timing circuitry of both chips is designed with AMCC's proven high-frequency Phase Locked Loop (PLL) technology, consisting of a phase/frequency detector (PFD), a loop filter, and a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO). The PFD compares the phase relationship between the VCO output and the serial data input. A loop filter converts the PFD output into a smooth DC voltage and the DC voltage is input to the VCO whose frequency is varied by this voltage. Both the S3091 and S3092 devices can be used with selectable reference frequencies of 155 MHz or 622.08 MHz reference clock, in support of existing system clocking schemes. The S3091 supports line timing (receiver to transmitter) and contains on-chip clock synthesis components, allowing the use of a slower external transmit clock reference. The S3092 contains a lock detect circuit which monitors the frequency and integrity of the serial data inputs. Under loss of signal (LOS) conditions, the PLL locks onto the local reference clock to provide a steady output clock. Pricing and Availability Samples of both devices are now available to development partners. Packaged in a high-throughput 148-pin CBGA, the S3091 and S3092 are each priced at $495 in quantities of 1000. About AMCC AMCC designs, develops, manufactures and markets high-performance, high-bandwidth silicon solutions for the world's optical networks. The company utilizes a combination of high-frequency, mixed-signal design expertise and multiple silicon process technologies to offer IC products for the telecommunications market that address the SONET/SDH and ATM transmission standards and for the data communications markets that address the Gigabit Ethernet, ATM and Fibre Channel transmission standards. AMCC's core technologies also address ATE and high-speed computing needs. AMCC's corporate headquarters and wafer fabrication facilities are located in San Diego. Sales and consulting engineering offices are located throughout the world. For further information regarding AMCC and its products, write: Marketing Communication Department, AMCC, 6290 Sequence Drive, San Diego, California 92121-4358; or call 800/755-AMCC (800/755-2622) or 858/450-9333; or fax 858/450-9885; or email nwpr@amcc.com; or visit our Web site at amcc.com. Forward Looking Statements