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To: Tony Viola who wrote (104071)	6/6/2000 11:24:00 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Tony & Intel Investors, Tuesday June 6, 10:45 am Eastern Time Company Press Release Intel Expands Optical Silicon Offerings for the Telecommunications Market Segment New Chips Provide Intelligent Optical Networking for Next Generation Networks ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 6, 2000--At the SuperComm show today, Intel Corporation announced seven new optical networking chips that enable a new class of telecommunications equipment capable of supporting both voice and data applications. The new chips, used in the rapidly growing market segment for optical networking, operate at speeds ranging from the basic 64 Kbs signal delivered by a standard telephone line to OC192 or 10 Gigabits per second. ``There is a massive build-out of optical networking infrastructure taking place today,'' said Deepak Rana, senior director of Intel's Optical Networking Operations. ``The exponential growth of voice and data traffic on these networks is driving this build-out. However, our focus is not on simply pushing bits of information. Intel's optical networking chips are designed to help customers develop new multiservice network equipment.'' Intel's new optical networking building blocks support existing applications such as voice, local area network (LAN) and wide area network (WAN) data traffic, storage area networks (SANs), and virtual private networks (VPNs). And as new applications and services emerge, such as metropolitan area networks (MAN) they can be supported on the same network equipment. These new components are aimed at telecommunications equipment from the access point of the optical network to the network core. The new optical networking components being announced today are part of the Intel© Internet Exchange(TM) architecture, a framework for designing powerful and flexible networking and telecommunications equipment using reprogrammable silicon. The Intel Internet Exchange architecture allows systems designers to add network functionality quickly and cost effectively. The components announced today are results of Intel's acquisitions of GIGA A/S in March of this year and LevelOne in August 1999. New Optical Networking Components from Intel -- GD16556/GD16557 - A chipset for network interconnect devices such as bridges and gateways that serve as the on and off ramps to optical networks. This chipset improves the reliability of data transfer on optical networks through a process called "digital wrapping." This technology "wraps" each data cell with bits of information that identify the type of data the cell is carrying. This eliminates the need to decode the information in the cell to determine how it should be handled. This chipset consists of a receiver chip (the Intel GD16556), a system ASIC tailored for the application, and a transmitter chip (the Intel GD16557). The devices operate on 3.3 volts and can work with OC-3, OC-12, OC-48 and Gigabit Ethernet line rates. -- IXF30001 - A single-chip OC192 Forward Error Correction (FEC) device that enables system designers to enhance the performance of their optical transmission systems by improving the signal-to-noise ratio of their transmission link. This feature allows for more complex optical architectures while maintaining superior transmission quality. -- IXF32003 - A multiplexer that enables an OC192 fiber optic line to be divided into four separate OC48 lines while handling all of the section and line termination and performance monitoring requirements associated with both worldwide standards for optical networking -- the synchronous optical network (SONET) standard for North America and the synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH) standard for Europe and Asia. The GD32003 is suited for high-density applications that require low power consumption such as Add/Drop Multiplexers (ADM), cross connects, and voice/data concentrators used in Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) devices. -- IXF6012/IXF6048 - Two multirate, multiservice framers capable of handling both packet and cell data running on ATM, Frame Relay or Ethernet protocols. The IXF6012 works at speeds ranging from OC-1 to OC-12, and the IXF6048 works at speeds ranging from OC1 to OC-48. These chips can be used in ATM, Layer 3, and multiservice switches; Gigabit and terabit routers; DWDM equipment; and LAN/WAN interfaces. -- IXF6151 - A 28 channel mapper that addresses both SONET and SDH industry standards. This chip has the unique ability to map data from T1 and E1 networks running on copper wiring to SONET and SDH networks running on fiber optic lines, thereby protecting the investments that service providers have made in their global networks. Pricing and Availability The Intel GD16556/16557 is priced at $110 in quantities of 1,000 and is currently available in volume quantities. The Intel IXF30001 will be available in sample quantities in July at which time the price will be available. The IXF32003 will be available in sample quantities by the end of the third quarter at which time a price will be available. The Intel IXF6012 and IXF6048 are priced at $130 and $250 respectively in units of 1,000. They are currently available in sample quantities with full production by the end of this year. The Intel IXF6151 is priced at $99 in units of 1,000. It is available now in sample quantities with full production scheduled for the third quarter. Technical details on the products are available at www.intel.com/IXA. About Intel Intel, the world's largest chipmaker, is also a leading manufacturer of computer, networking and communications products. Additional information about these Intel products is available at www.intel.com/pressroom.