Ciena Chooses EZChip

CAMPBELL, Calif. -- EZchip Technologies Ltd. (a LanOptics Ltd. company, NASDAQ:EZCH), a fabless semiconductor company providing Ethernet network processors, today announced that Ciena® Corporation, the network specialist, is using EZchip’s NP-2 network processors in Ethernet aggregation and switching modules for its CN 4200™ FlexSelect™ Advanced Services Platform family. The new CN 4200 modules utilizing NP-2, called the G10 and G10X Ethernet service modules, were announced by Ciena earlier this year.

“EZchip’s solutions have helped Ciena expand the Carrier Ethernet capabilities of our FlexSelect Architecture. In particular, the advanced features of EZchip’s NP family of processors have further enabled our CN 4200 platform to become an industry-leading converged Ethernet infrastructure solution,” said Mike Feldman, senior director of data networking at Ciena.

EZchip Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: EZCH)