SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Altera Corporation (Nasdaq: ALTR), and Nuvation Research Corporation today announced an agreement to develop a complete Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) to OC-192 solution. The solution will aid in the development of systems that can transport data between high-speed local networks and existing optical infrastructure used for long-haul and metro area communications systems. Nuvation, which also joins the Altera Megafunction Partners Program today, is working with Altera and Intel Corporation to complete what will be the industry's first bridge between Intel's multiport Gigabit Ethernet MAC's and OC-192 POS/GFP Framer devices using the SPI-4 Phase 2 interface. "Carriers want to be able to transport multiple Gigabit Ethernet signals over existing SONET/SDH infrastructure efficiently and cost-effectively. This solution will allow telecommunications equipment manufacturers to build equipment that enables their customer, the carrier, to meet these requirements," said Joergen Bardenfleth, general manager of Intel's Optical Components Division. "Through the collaboration of Altera, Nuvation and Intel, this solution will be available this quarter." While GbE is becoming the preferred communications protocol for LAN backbones, Network Storage, and other high-speed networking requirements, system developers need solutions to move the data over long haul and metro area network architectures that were designed to carry voice data on a SONET/SDH ring topology. Nuvation's GEOS-10i intellectual property core will bridge these protocols and topologies to enable multi-channel GbE traffic over SONET at up to 9.953Gigabits per second, or OC-192 speeds, in Altera's APEX(TM) II and Stratix(TM) devices.Altera Corp.Nuvation Research Corp.