AMCC Launches Transceiver

SAN DIEGO -- Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (AMCC) (NASDAQ:AMCC) today announced that it has built upon the company's proven OC-48 and CMOS expertise with the introduction of the S3155 transceiver and the S4848 quad Clock and Data Recovery (CDR) device.

The devices enable OEMs to deliver more integrated capabilities that span a variety of applications, while simultaneously driving down overall system power, cost and size. The S3155 and S4848 interface seamlessly with a variety of AMCC best-in-class framer solutions, as well as custom Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), and provide customers with a superb solution that reaches new levels of performance and functionality, and significant savings in power and real-estate. Both devices support OC-48 and OC-48 with Forward Error Correction (FEC) rates.

The S3155 SONET/SDH/ATM 16-bit OC-48 transceiver with CDR provides customers with very low power and extremely high functionality in a single device that is designed for several applications including differential, single-ended LVPECL and LVDS. Its versatile I/O interface supports either a 2.5 or 3.3 V power supply. AMCC's S4848 quad OC-48 SONET/SDH CDR delivers unprecedented real-estate savings and performance capabilities for SONET/SDH-based equipment.

"AMCC's S3155 and S4848 devices offer exceptional performance at very low cost and power," said Neal Neslusan, director of product marketing for AMCC. "The S3155 is truly a 'one product, many applications' device affording our customers tremendous flexibility and application breadth."

Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (AMCC)