YOKNEAM, Israel -- EZchip Technologies Ltd. (a LanOptics Ltd. company, NASDAQ:EZCH), a fabless semiconductor company providing Ethernet network processors, today announced that RAD Data Communications, a leading provider of broadband technologies for fixed and mobile operators, has selected EZchip’s Access network processors, the NPA product family, for several new carrier-class products. RAD has selected EZchip’s NP-2 and NP-3 high-speed network processors in the past and has now selected the recently announced NPA family of Ethernet access network processors in several of its new Ethernet-centric access platforms scheduled for release throughout 2008 and 2009.

“As a leading provider of broadband access solutions, RAD places great value on the importance of implementing new Ethernet solutions with the flexibility to support multiple services and features as enabled by EZchip’s NPA family of network processors,” said Amir Karo, VP Marketing, RAD Data Communications. “EZchip’s versatile network processors give us a common architecture that can make efficient use of our development investments and be employed across a variety of product lines”.

EZchip Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: EZCH)