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To: Johnny Canuck who wrote (32237)	5/11/2001 11:48:11 PM
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INTEL ACQUIRES 3 OPTICAL FIRMS: COGNET, NSERIAL AND LIGHTLOGIC Intel will acquire 3 more opto-electronic component developers: Cognet Inc., nSerial Corporation and LightLogic. Both Cognet and nSerial are developing chipsets using a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) manufacturing technology, which Intel believes will reduce the cost and power consumption compared to devices made with the more exotic manufacturing processes currently in use. Financial terms were not disclosed. Cognet specializes in components that process electrical signals within optical modules after those signals have been converted from light waves. Its initial product line includes laser/VCSEL drivers, preamplifiers and postamplifiers for SONET OC48, OC192 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet markets. The company is currently shipping pre-production quantities of its products to major OEM customers. The company is based in Los Angeles. cognetmicro.com nSerial is developing high-speed physical layer components such as serializer/deserializer (SerDes) transceivers for the 10 Gigabit Ethernet market segment. The components are used in optical modules as well as a variety of copper media applications including chip-to-chip interconnects and equipment backplanes. nSerial is based in Santa Clara, California. LightLogic develops highly integrated optical transponders targeted at OC-192 and 10 GbE interfaces for the metropolitan market segment. LightLogic uses a unique optoelectronic assembly packaging that integrates micro-optics, lasers, and high-speed electronic components in miniaturized modules. LightLogic is headquartered in Newark, California. lightlogic.com intel.com Intel, April 24, 2001 In February, Intel introduced seven optical networking semiconductors that support ATM, Packet over SONET, packet over fiber and 10 Gigabit Ethernet. These devices include: two optical "digital wrapper" devices that encapsulate multiprotocol data at 10 Gbps rates. The "forward error correction" (FEC) devices are capable of increasing distances spanned by 400% and use digital signal wrapping techniques defined by ITU-T G.709. a bandwidth manager device that ties into the FEC digital wrappers for management of network configurations and support of various service levels. The device can be used as a stand-alone OC-192/STM 64 SONET/SDH OHT device as well as an OC-48 to OC-192 multiplexer, with STS 1 level cross connect granularity. a 10.0/10.7 Gbps multiplexer/demultiplexer chipset that allows two or more signals to pass over one communications circuit a 12.5 Gbps multiplexer/demultiplexer chipset for ultra-long-haul applications a 10.7 Gbps multiplexer/demultiplexer chipset for long-haul/metro applications a 10 Gbps limiting amplifier that drives laser photonics. The device was developed by Intel's GIGA subsidiary. Intel has now acquired six companies this calendar year and a total of 12 companies over the past 12 months. Intel's Networking Acquisitions