Cortina Systems releases new 802.17 RPR IC for transport and switching platforms

May 16, 2005

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SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Cortina Systems, a leader in integrated high speed digital and analog silicon technology, announced today the release of MadridTM IC, the newest addition to the industry’s most comprehensive Resilient Packet Ring (RPR) IC product family. MadridTM utilizes the same IEEE 802.17 compliant RPR MAC implemented in Cortina’s MilanTM and RomaTM ICs, which are field deployed worldwide with several customers. The Enhanced RPR Bridging and Ethernet functionality in the MadridTM IC makes it ideally suited for transport and switching platforms to carry Ethernet across a resilient, shared RPR network, allowing the broad deployment of Ethernet services with quality of service guarantees for service providers, as well as increased bandwidth and failure protection for enterprises. With RPR now fully standardized, Madrid enables the deployment of bandwidth efficient, SONET-like protection at the MAC layer and strict class of service enforcement.

“Cortina has significantly expanded its product offerings recently, and we remain fully committed to the RPR market and enabling our customers to offer RPR functionality in their routing, switching and transport systems,” said Zino Chair, Cortina’s vice president of marketing. “Our customers are asking for a device like Madrid with the full RPR feature set and Layer 2 Enhanced Bridging to seamlessly integrate RPR support into their existing systems. The new Enhanced Bridging addendum (802.17b) to the RPR standard dramatically improve improves the technology’s bandwidth efficiency and along with RPR’s robust protection capabilities will enable cost efficient and highly resilient Ethernet services.”

The Madrid IC delivers fully programmable port connectivity for system vendors seeking to add RPR functionality to MSPPs, access equipment, routers, and Ethernet switches. Implemented in .13 micron CMOS, Madrid combines Cortina’s industry-leading expertise in programmable port processing with advanced manufacturing techniques to simplify and reduce the cost of switching and transport systems for service provider and enterprise markets.

Cortina Systems Inc.

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