Exar Intros Muxponder Chip

FREMONT, Calif. -- Exar Corporation (Nasdaq: EXAR) began offering today the industry's first OTN muxponder solution that supports new G.709 features such as ODU0/ODUflex and GMP mapping. Exar's MXP2 ASSP is a low power, 8 Watts, 2 x 10G single chip solution that was specifically designed to help customers future-proof their networks with support for the newest OTN standard features.

The data explosion coupled with the growing roll-out of packet-based networks has driven the OTN standard to include support for many client signals and the flexibility of mapping to different container sizes. Ultimately the new features help alleviate data traffic congestion and increase the effectiveness of the network whether it is Metro, WAN, LAN or Wireless Backhaul. The MXP2 ASSP, with support for the new G.709 features, provides any service, on any port with any mapping enabling OEMs to expand their ROADM or Edge Services product offerings to include support for Gigabit Ethernet, High-definition Video and SAN protocols.

"The market has been waiting for suppliers to 'catch up' and support the multi-signal requirements they need in today's data-intensive, always-on environment," said Rich Deboer, vice president and general manager at Exar. "The MXP2 ASSP delivers on these requirements and as we have heard from our customers the market is ready to embrace OTN."

Exar Corp. (Nasdaq: EXAR)