FREMONT, Calif. -- Ample Communications, a leading provider of highly efficient silicon for wire line communications systems, today announced its Harrier family of 10/100/1000 multiport Ethernet MAC frame processors have been selected by ETRI, the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute of Korea, for future communication design and development projects.

Funded by the government of Korea, ETRI is one of the world's leading information technology research and development organizations, having successfully transferred new technology to more than 2200 companies for manufacture. In addition, more than 250 companies have been started based on technology developed at ETRI.

Acting as a joint research design house, ETRI will incorporate the Harrier device and associated intelligent Ethernet oversubscription technology into future data communications development projects that require aggregation of large numbers of Ethernet connections.

The Harrier family of 10/100/1000 Mbps multiport Ethernet MAC frame processors is targeted for aggregation and oversubscription applications in enterprise, metro, and Ethernet over SONET systems. In addition to aggregation functions, Harrier products are the first devices to support intelligent oversubscription, facilitating optimal system resource utilization and dramatic system cost reductions.

Harrier-24 is the flagship product in the Harrier family. It is the first device to the market that aggregates 24 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet ports into a single 10 Gbps packet processing logic. Because the maximum aggregated user bandwidth can be up to 24 Mbps, Harrier-24 incorporates a revolutionary intelligent oversubscription logic that allows users to design 2-to-1 and up to 10-to-1 oversubscribed Ethernet systems resulting in 30 to 70 percent system cost reduction per user port.

Intelligent oversubscription optimizes existing network infrastructure by eliminating unused bandwidth at the media access control (MAC) layer to enable full utilization of shared hardware, including the Network Processor Units (NPU) and switch fabrics.

“ETRI’s goal is to further research and development that will place Korea at the forefront of networking and communications technology for IT system developers,” said Mr. Dong Yong Kwak, NP technology team leader. “We believe that new systems using Ample Communications’ Harrier technology will provide a competitive edge to our customers.”

“The combination of ETRI’s excellence in system development and Harrier’s cost-reducing intelligent oversubscription technology will be a compelling solution for communications equipment developers looking to provide leading edge products to the global marketplace,” said Marek Tlalka, vice president of marketing for Ample Communications.

Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)

Ample Communications Inc.