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To: Drake who wrote (435)	7/9/2002 7:50:20 AM
From: John Carragher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 469

PMC-Sierra Ships Second Generation CMOS Physical Layer Devices for Gigabit Ethernet Transceivers and Multi-Gigabit Serial Backplanes New PM8352 OctalPHY® 1G and PM8354 QuadPHY® 1G SERDES Devices Deliver an Ultra-Low Power, Cost-Effective Physical Layer Solution For Enterprise and WAN applications SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 9, 2002-- PMC-Sierra (Nasdaq: PMCS - News) today unveiled the 8-channel PM8352 OctalPHY® 1G and the 4-channel PM8354 QuadPHY® 1G serializer/deserializer (SERDES) devices for high-speed serial backplanes and Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) transceivers. The OctalPHY 1G and QuadPHY 1G have been optimized to exceed IEEE 802.3 Gigabit Ethernet signal integrity standards, deliver market-leading power efficiencies, and increase design flexibility. PMC-Sierra's new physical layer devices integrate external passive components thereby enhancing the overall system performance and signal integrity, as well as reducing board space and system cost. These devices are deployed today in Enterprise switches, WAN routers, and Wireless base stations (see Figures 1 and 2). SERDES Devices Ideal for Enterprise and WAN Systems The OctalPHY 1G and QuadPHY 1G are ideal for systems requiring large numbers of point-to-point redundant links. The devices provide up to eight independent 1.0 to 1.25 Gbps channels. The OctalPHY 1G can be configured as a single logical trunked channel providing 8 Gbps duplex data rate, while the QuadPHY 1G can be configured to provide 4 Gbps duplex data rate. Integrated capabilities include Gigabit Ethernet Physical Coding Sublayer (PCS), Physical Medium Attachment (PMA), GMII (Gigabit Media Independent Interface), and TBI (Ten-Bit Interface).