AMCC Releases 'Mekong' Chip

Mekong IC enables end-to-end OC192 system solutions for next-generation intelligent optical network equipment

June 4, 2001

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SAN DIEGO -- Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (AMCC) (Nasdaq:AMCC) today announced the availability of the Mekong (S19204), the industry's first highly integrated OC-192 SONET/SDH framing and pointer processor device with on-chip features critical for next generation optical networking equipment. Mekong is a multi-feature integrated circuit enabling customers to collapse multiple functions down to one chip, including aggregation, pointer processing and grooming functions. Mekong is complemented by AMCC's best-in-class CMOS Serializers/Deserializers (SERDES), Forward Error Correction (FEC) devices and switch fabric devices, to provide an end-to-end chip set solution that meets the power, cost and space requirements of new intelligent optical networking equipment. Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (AMCC)

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