BURNABY, British Columbia -- Utilizing systems expertise in high-speed
physical layer design, PMC-Sierra (NASDAQ: PMCS) today unveiled the XENON'
(10 Gigabit Ethernet for Optical Networks) family of clock recovery and
concatenated PHY/framer devices designed to enable the convergence of
WAN-based OC-192 ATM/POS, Gigabit Ethernet (GE) and 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10
GE) services in the metro. The XENON family includes the PM5390 S/UNI"-9953
(10 GE LAN/WAN PHY and OC-192 ATM/POS concatenated PL4 framer), PM5392
S/UNI"-9953-POS (OC-192 POS/ATM concatenated PL4 framer), PM3392 S/UNI"-1x10
GE (10 GE LAN PHY with PL4), and PM3388 S/UNI"-10xGE (10 port GE PHY with
PL4) devices. These four devices are ideal for current and next generation
metro edge/core equipment such as routers, data center and POP switches and
multiservice provisioning platforms.
"Gigabit Ethernet was intended only for use in the LAN. However, the 10
Gigabit version is showing huge potential as the transport layer for the
emerging multi service metro network, thus leveraging Ethernet's proven
reliability and scalability," said Allen Leibovitch, director of
communications Semiconductor Research at RHK, Inc. "Since the 10 Gigabit
Ethernet specification will include several LAN and WAN variations, IC
vendors in this space will need to meet certain standards to be successful.
They will need to be involved in the standards bodies, understand well the
existing optical transport standards, and provide a comprehensive product
lineup. We believe PMC-Sierra can meet these criteria with its new chip set
products."
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