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To: Sector Investor who wrote (30111)	3/8/2001 8:47:46 PM
From: Condor	Respond to of 42804

(Applies to: LMNE CNXT) Luminent Selects Mindspeed Technologies' SkyRail Family of SerDes Transceivers for 10 Gigabit Ethernet Applications Luminent's CWDM Optical Transceiver Modules Combined With Mindspeed Technologies' SerDes Electrical Transceivers Offer an Elegant Solution to Communications Equipment Manufacturers for 10 Gigabit Ethernet Physical-Layer Implementations CHATSWORTH, Calif., Mar 8, 2001 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Luminent Inc. (Nasdaq:LMNE), a global supplier of single-mode active and passive fiber optic components for high-capacity data transmission in the metropolitan and access markets, today announced its endorsement of Mindspeed Technologies' SkyRail family of Serializer/Deserializer (SerDes) ICs for interfacing with Luminent's 4-channel Coarse Wave Division Multiplexing (CWDM) family of modules. Mindspeed Technologies(TM) is the Internet infrastructure business of Conexant Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:CNXT). Mindspeed Technologies' Quad SkyRail CX27204 handles four simultaneous channels of 3.125 Gigabits per second with a single IC. This is a quantum leap, since all SerDes transceivers in production today can only handle speeds up to 2.125 Gbps in multi-channel configurations or 2.5 Gbps in a single-channel package. The pairing of Luminent's CWDM products and Mindspeed Technologies' SerDes transceivers provides optical-networking equipment manufacturers with a timely, cost-effective and seamless solution for supporting up to 40 km 10 Gigabit Ethernet physical layer implementations. The proven combination will enable manufacturers to satisfy the rapidly increasing demand for greater bandwidth build-outs in the enterprise-access market segment and metropolitan area networks (MANs). "Feedback from our customers indicates that Mindspeed Technologies' SkyRail transceiver operates reliably in a system at 3.125 Gbps," said Vikram Natarajan, Luminent's CWDM Product Marketing Manager. "Mindspeed Technologies has delivered a robust and feature-rich family of 3.125 Gbps SerDes transceivers, and, in addition, is the only supplier today to offer a production-ready SerDes transceiver product for 10 Gigabit Ethernet." "10 Gigabit Ethernet will shape the future of networking as it helps to converge the local- and wide-area networks into one topology," said Raouf Halim, senior vice president and general manager of Conexant Systems, who will be chief executive officer of Mindspeed Technologies when it becomes a separate company. "Mindspeed is committed to offering 10 Gigabit Ethernet products to the marketplace and is pleased to work with Luminent on this practical and effective solution to jumpstart new optical system development." Luminent and Mindspeed will be exhibiting this total solution in their respective booths at the upcoming OFC Conference in Anaheim, Calif., March 19-21. Luminent is in booth No. 1000 and Mindspeed is in booth No. 222. Technical Details The inclusion of pre-emphasis circuitry and programmable output swing allows Mindspeed Technologies' SkyRail SerDes transceiver to be situated far from the CWDM module and still provide a clean, low-jitter signal to the module. In fact, the transceiver has been designed to drive up to 1m of FR4 backplane material through two connectors. Rate matching, channel-to-channel and chip-to-chip alignment simplify the board designer's job significantly while the Common Mode Logic (CML) high-speed serial link makes it easy to interface to Luminent's module. The low power dissipation makes these CMOS transceivers ideal for high-density, high-bandwidth line cards and switch cards. "We are excited to offer our SerDes transceivers as a complement to Luminent's industry-leading CWDM module," said Elie Massabki, director of marketing at Mindspeed Technologies. "Luminent's and Mindspeed Technologies' mutual customers were impressed at how easy it was to interface the two chips together and were pleased to see no bit errors in a 72-hour lab test of the combined solution over 50 kilometers of fiber. The Luminent CWDM module's performance was outstanding." Luminent's CWDM modules multiplex four Distributed Feedback (DFB) lasers in the 1500 nm window and support a variety of link budgets. This technology provides an economical approach to implementing 10 Gigabit Ethernet in the MAN by supporting 10 km to 40 km solutions over existing single mode optical fiber. Future Product Developments Luminent is also developing similar CWDM solutions to meet various data rates and link budgets in the 1300 nm transmission window over single mode optical fiber supporting designs that meet proposed IEEE 10 GbE standards. About Luminent Luminent designs, manufactures and sells a comprehensive line of single-mode active and passive fiber optic components for high-capacity data transmission in the metropolitan and access markets. Leading network equipment manufactures rely on Luminent to provide technical depth, responsive customer service and volume manufacturing to meet the increasing requirements for transmission capacity and speed between nationwide telecommunications networks and end-users. About Mindspeed Technologies Mindspeed Technologies is the Internet Infrastructure business of Conexant Systems Inc., and offers a complete portfolio of semiconductor and software solutions that range from physical-layer access devices at the edge of the Internet up through switch fabric and network processor products for the high-speed optical core. Products for the Internet infrastructure are grouped into three high-growth areas: wide area network (WAN) transport, multi-service access, and broadband access. Solutions for WAN transport focus on packet-based optical networks by providing a complete range of physical-layer transceivers, ATM products and network processors. The multi-service access business includes a comprehensive family of multi-service carrier IP gateway products with industry-leading voice over IP solutions. The broadband access portfolio offers one of the industry's broadest lines of symmetrical and asymmetrical DSL solutions. Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements Except for the historical information and discussions contained herein, statements contained in this release may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, as discussed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. CONTACT: Luminent Inc., Chatsworth Ed Pollock, 818/773-9044 www.luminentinc.com URL: businesswire.com Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet with Hyperlinks to your home page. Copyright (C) 2001 Business Wire. All rights reserved. -0-

To: Sector Investor who wrote (30111)	3/9/2001 9:13:44 AM
From: Greg h2o	Respond to of 42804

<<`People are now sitting there saying, ``I got a budget, I know what I need to do and we're going,''' Russo said. >> i have an office of engineers next to me who do sub work for companies such as CCBL and ANTC. had a discussion with the owner yesterday and he said CCBL and ANTC still have a tremendous amount of inventory on their shelves (mainly for cable broaband cable build), but that for the first time since the end of november, AT&T is starting to put their subs to work installing systems (albeit, in a relatively small manner). that lends some support to the above comment....