AMCC'S OC-48 Transmitter/Receiver Chipset Deemed Compliant With New HP Laser-Based, Fiber Transceiver
Business Wire - February 22, 1999 09:09
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 1999--
Both AMCC and HP To Provide Board and Transceiver Reference Designs to Minimize Customer Front-End Design and Shorten Overall Design Cycles.
Leading high-bandwidth silicon connectivity provider Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (AMCC) (Nasdaq:AMCC) announced today that its S3041 transmitter and S3042 receiver chipset is compliant with Hewlett-Packard Co.'s HFCT-5402D (a 2488 Mb/s single-mode fiber transceiver for SONET OC-48/SDH STM-16 and ATM applications) after passing HP's bit error rate, jitter tolerance and jitter generation tests.
AMCC's custom designed, OC-48, S3041/S3042 board also meets SONET, Bellcore and ITU jitter specifications, and has the lowest power dissipation on the market. Both AMCC and HP plan to post reference designs for their new, co-compliant devices on their Web sites (www.amcc.com, www.hp.com/go/fiber) to help customers easily build custom solutions for their specific applications.
"AMCC's S3041 and S3042, in conjunction with HP's HFCT-5402D, have passed HP's stringent jitter compliance tests giving our customers the peace of mind that this OC-48 solution is guaranteed to meet all relevant industry standards," said Alan Sorgi, AMCC's senior applications engineer. "By giving customers access to our S3041/S3042 board reference designs, and HP's as well, we've greatly minimized their front-end design saving them time and money, as well as dramatically shortening their product development cycle," said Sorgi.
AMCC's S3041 is a fully integrated, SONET, OC-48 interface device performing all necessary parallel-to-serial, clock synthesis, system clock decoupling, line loopback and diagnostic loopback functions in conformance with SONET/SDH transmission standards. The S3041's transmitter incorporates on-chip clock synthesis Phased Locked Loop (PLL) components, facilitating the use of a slower 155.52MHz external transmit clock reference.
The S3042 is a SONET, OC-48 demux device that performs front-end system timing (with datastream, framing and clock distribution timing management circuitry) and serial-to-parallel conversion. The S3041 and the S3042 are coupled with a 311 MHz LVDS data path interface that is designed for high-speed CMOS compatibility. Both parts facilitate an industrial temperature range of -40(degree)C to 85(degree)C and operate from a 3.3V power supply.
HP's HFCT-5402D is a 1300 nm, laser-based, duplex, SC receptacle transceiver with integral clock and data recovery circuits for SONET/SDH/ATM short reach links. Requiring a single 5V power supply, the HFCT-5402D comprises a differential data input, differential retimed data output, differential recovered clock output, laser bias monitor, signal detect and transmitter disable devices in a compact 2 x 9 pin enclosure. It is compliant with SONET jitter tolerance and jitter generation specifications and proposed ATM Forum 2488 Mb/s physical layer standards.
AMCC's S3041 transmitter can be used to drive the HFCT-5402D's laser (in an eye-safe optical subassembly) which mates to the fiber cable, while the S3042 receiver performs deserialization, frame detection and loopback functions. As required by the HFCT-5402D, both AMCC chips support a low jitter, 2488 Mb/s LVPECL interface that guarantees compliance with Bellcore, ANSI and ITU-T standards for bit-error rate specifications.
"We chose to test AMCC's S3041 and S3042 transmitter/receiver for compliance with our HFCT-5402D transceiver due to the chipset's popularity and AMCC's established position in the OC-48 marketplace," said Adam Carter, HP Fiber Optic Communications Division's business development manager, for SONET/SDH/ATM products. "The working relationship between HP FCD and AMCC is an extremely good one. It will be mutually beneficial for HP FCD and AMCC to work together on new products planned for release in the future," said Carter.
"We are pleased to provide products, such as the S3041 and S3042, that are functionally compliant and easy for our customers to integrate into cutting-edge devices such as HP's new HFCT-5402D transceiver," continued Sorgi. "HP is an industry-leading, credible company that produces high-quality products with superior reliability. We look forward to working with them again in the future," said Sorgi.
AMCC also manufactures a 16-bit counterpart to its S3041/S3042 chipset, the S3043 and S3044. This chipset has identical specifications, jitter tolerance and jitter generation to AMCC's 8-bit S3041 and S3042, and according to Sorgi, can be easily configured to work with HP's OC-48 HFCT-5402D optics module.
Pricing and Availability
Currently in production, AMCC's S3041 is priced at $169 and the S3042 at $110 when purchased in quantities of 100. HP's HFCT-5402D is priced at $800 in quantities of 100, and is currently in production.
AMCC designs, develops, manufacturers and markets high-performance, high-bandwidth silicon solutions for the world's communication infrastructure. The company utilizes a combination of high-frequency, mixed-signal design expertise and multiple silicon process technologies to offer IC products for the telecommunications market that address the SONET/SDH and ATM transmission standards and for the data communications markets that address the Gigabit Ethernet, ATM and Fibre Channel transmission standards. AMCC's core technologies also address ATE and high-speed computing needs.
AMCC's corporate headquarters and wafer fabrication facilities are located in San Diego. Sales and consulting engineering offices are located throughout the world. For further information regarding AMCC and its products, write: Marketing Communication Department, AMCC, 6290 Sequence Drive, San Diego, Calif. 92121-4358; or call 800/755-AMCC (800/755-2622) or 619/450-9333; or fax 619/450-9885; or email nwpr@amcc.com; or visit our Web site at amcc.com.
Except for historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this news release are forward looking statements that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in the forward looking statements, including such factors as the rescheduling or cancellation of orders by customers; fluctuations in the timing and amount of customer requests for product shipments; fluctuations in manufacturing yields and inventory levels; changes in product mix; the company's ability to introduce new products and technologies on a timely basis; the introduction of products and technologies by the company's competitors; the availability of external foundry capacity, purchase parts, and raw materials; competitive pressures on selling prices, the timing of investments in research and development; market acceptance of the company's and its customer's products; the timing of depreciation and other expenses to be incurred by the company in connection with the expansion of its existing manufacturing facility and in connection with its proposed new manufacturing facility; the timing and amount of recruiting and relocation expenses, prototyping costs and promotional expenses; costs associated with future litigation, if any, including without limitation, litigation relating to the use of ownership of intellectual property; costs associated with compliance with applicable environmental regulation; general semiconductor industry conditions; and general economic conditions, including, but not limited to, economic conditions in Asia and the risk factors that are detailed in the Final Prospectus relating to the recent initial public offering of the company's Common Stock, the Preliminary Prospectus relating to the company's current public offering, and the company's other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Product photos, datasheets and application notes are available upon request. AMCC is a registered trademark of Applied Micro Circuits Corp.
CONTACT: Applied Micro Circuits Corp.
Bill Berridge, 619/535-4260
billb@amcc.com
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Mary Pund, 619/535-6523
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The Ardell Group
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