Mindspeed Unveils Transceiver

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- Mindspeed Technologies(TM), the Internet infrastructure business of Conexant Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CNXT), today introduced the industry's most robust four-channel serializer/deserializer (SerDes) transceiver for 10 Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Fibre Channel applications. With data rates up to 3.4 Gbps per channel, high-speed XAUI redundancy, traffic monitoring, and low jitter, the new M27205 SkyRail(TM) SerDes transceiver meets the high-performance and high-reliability demands of carrier-class 10 Gigabit Ethernet equipment."This new SkyRail transceiver extends our already broad and established SerDes family into 10 Gigabit Ethernet-specific systems and paves the way for additional 10 Gigabit Ethernet devices from Mindspeed," said Elie Massabki, director of marketing with Mindspeed. "The M27205 transceiver's robustness across a wide range of frequency, temperature, and voltage along with its rich feature set, redundancy, and superior jitter performance make it very attractive for use in high-reliability 10 Gigabit Ethernet systems, including enterprise and carrier-class equipment."Mindspeed Technologies