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To: Thomas M. who wrote (54788)9/28/1998 1:14:00 PM
From: gbh  Respond to of 61433
 
Tom, I saw this also and its obviously a misprint of sorts. ASND designs its own ASICs as well as using off-the-shelf chips,for its switches, just as other switch builders do. What this statement may have been referring to is that ASND uses LU Microelectronics as a foundry for its in-house designed ASICs. This would not be anything out of the ordinary, if true (I have no 1st hand knowledge). I do know for a fact that COMS uses LU as its foundry for its NIC ASICs, but it certainly doesn't mean they will buy COMS.

So don't read too much into that statement.

BTW, I do believe LU will buy ASND sometime in October, but not 10/1.

Gary



To: Thomas M. who wrote (54788)9/28/1998 8:28:00 PM
From: MMW  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 61433
 
"The key chip sets inside Ascend's ATM switch were designed not by
Ascend but by Bell Labs"

I don't believe Ascend can survive without designing its own ASIC.
The article clearly said wrong thing. This has happened on the Juniper
report of WSJ. The news paper stated that IBM designed all Juniper
ASICs. Sometime, you have taken those misunderstand as a joke.

Cheers!
Mike


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