LONDON — Market research group CIR, which focuses on optical components and optical communications, suggests the economic downturn will not delay early adopters of 40/100 GigE as companies such as Google and Amazon already have a "desperate need" for 100G connections.
CIR (Glen Allen, Virginia) added that even though the economic situation is having an impact on carrier network upgrades, scaling carrier networks to 100 Gbits/s will now only be accomplished using a 40/100-Gbits/s variant.
In its latest report, CIR says the market for 40/100 Gigabit Ethernet transceivers will reach $ 482 million in revenues by 2013.
The researchers suggests just a handful of firms are likely to shape the future of 40/100 GigE. These include Cisco, Juniper, Sun Microsystems, Force10, Nortel at the OEM level; JDSU, Finisar, Avago, Luxtera and Opnext at the transceiver level.
At the component level, the main players are likely to include Xilinx, Altera, IBM, LSI, Gennum, AMCC, Vitesse and Broadcom.
Though not mentioned in the CIR report, NetLogic Microsystems is also gearing up to be a major player, and was, late last year, angling to become the first company to sample a physical layer chip for the upcoming 40/100 Gbit Ethernet standard.
The adoption of 40G Ethernet is predicted to start in high end servers and High Performance Computing applications. Within the 40GigE environment, initially as much as 80 percent of the market will be accounted for by the SR4 version of the 40/100 GigE standard.
However, the SR4 version is expected to lose share to CR4 over time as 40-Gbits/s over-copper becomes more viable.
CIR expects both CR4 and SR4 to quickly lose share once serial 40GigE becomes a reality in 2014.
100G Ethernet is expected to be adopted initially in the core of the network, driven by growth in 10GigE server connections and access points.
And as 100GigE begins to generate revenues in around 2012, CIR expects the LR4 variant to account for maybe half the market, with SR10 taking another 20 percent of the market. However, improvements in copper technology should drive CR10 share of the 100 Gbits/s space to 25 percent or so by 2016.
The initial solutions for the 40G Ethernet CR and SR variants will, the researchers say, rely on existing technology leveraged from InfiniBand which should give vendors a faster time to market and reduced R&D costs.
The highest investment in new technology will come from the 100G LR and ER variants which require new 25G technology for the electronics and the optical components. This will include lasers, modulator drivers, PIN diodes, TIAs and SERDES technology. by John Walko
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Apr 28, 2010
40Gb Ethernet set to be major feature at ECOC
LONDON — 40GbE transceivers and other parts, including testers, are set to be a major talking point at both the exhibitor stands and conferences at this week's European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC) in Vienna, Austria.
Sumitomo Electric announced at the event it has started sampling to major potential customers a 40Gbit/s Ethernet transceiver module that it plans to start making available in volume during the second quarter of next year.
The company is demonstrating the device — that complies with the 40GbE standard under discussion at IEEE802 committee and which supports a 10km transmission distance — at ECOC.
The 40 GbE CFP transceiver uses a four wavelength CWDM laser diode with a low power drive circuit.
Sumitomo (Tokyo, Japan) says development of the part, and the work at the IEEE towards a 40GbE standard, has been driven by an anticipated infrastructure capacity shortfall as soon as 2010 due to the rapid growth of Internet services.
The IEEE 802.3 standard for 40/100G Ethernet has not yet been finalized. A lot of pieces of that technology still require significant work, according to presentations at an Ethernet Alliance meeting last week.
The company is also part of a multi source agreement (MSA) with other vendors supporting the CFP form factor for transceiver modules. The MSA for 40Gbit/s and 100Gbit/s pluggable modules is supported by Finisar, CoreOptics and Opnext, amongst others.
Finisar is also demonstrating at ECOC an operational Ethernet LR4 CFP optical transceiver transmitting data over 10 km of optical fiber that it claims will be the first demo of its type.
The demonstration will show Finisar's 40GE LR4 transmitting Ethernet traffic error-free over 10 km of single mode fiber. The device will be internally multiplexing four CWDM wavelengths running at 10.3 Gbits/s each. by John Walko
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Sumitomo Electric announced at the event it has started sampling to major potential customers a 40Gbit/s Ethernet transceiver module that it plans to start making available in volume during the second quarter of next year.
The company is demonstrating the device — that complies with the 40GbE standard under discussion at IEEE802 committee and which supports a 10km transmission distance — at ECOC.
The 40 GbE CFP transceiver uses a four wavelength CWDM laser diode with a low power drive circuit.
Sumitomo (Tokyo, Japan) says development of the part, and the work at the IEEE towards a 40GbE standard, has been driven by an anticipated infrastructure capacity shortfall as soon as 2010 due to the rapid growth of Internet services.
The IEEE 802.3 standard for 40/100G Ethernet has not yet been finalized. A lot of pieces of that technology still require significant work, according to presentations at an Ethernet Alliance meeting last week.
The company is also part of a multi source agreement (MSA) with other vendors supporting the CFP form factor for transceiver modules. The MSA for 40Gbit/s and 100Gbit/s pluggable modules is supported by Finisar, CoreOptics and Opnext, amongst others.
Finisar is also demonstrating at ECOC an operational Ethernet LR4 CFP optical transceiver transmitting data over 10 km of optical fiber that it claims will be the first demo of its type.
The demonstration will show Finisar's 40GE LR4 transmitting Ethernet traffic error-free over 10 km of single mode fiber. The device will be internally multiplexing four CWDM wavelengths running at 10.3 Gbits/s each. by John Walko
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DisplayPort-based displays, where, why and when
DisplayPort, the new standard being promoted by VESA as the next-generation digital interface between high-resolution displays and display sources, has already seen wide adoption by PC graphics vendors (such as Intel, NVIDIA and ATI). However, DisplayPort will not only be applied in the desktop display markets, but also in notebooks, TVs and even projectors. All of these markets can benefit from DisplayPort for different reasons and at different time frames. This paper breaks down the different applications and explores the reasons why and when each will adopt this new standard.
Notebooks
Notebooks traditionally use Low-Voltage Differential Signal (LVDS) as the interface between the graphics chip and the LCD panel. If you peek in the hinge area of a notebook, sometimes you can see this bronze-colored ribbon connector carrying the LVDS display signals from the base of the notebook to the lid where the LCD resides. With DisplayPort, EMI and routing skew concerns are greatly reduced. This is because DisplayPort uses SerDes technology with an embedded clock. This technology allows the receiving end to receive data almost asynchronously between lanes, and simply re-time the data itself by extracting the embedded clock. Having said that, the main reason notebook computers would replace LVDS with DisplayPort is for power savings. With high-speed DisplayPort, the entire system chipset where the graphics reside can be simplified, and much of the traditional digital-to-analog conversions required for the traditional VGA connection can be avoided. Overall, the power of the graphics sub-system can be reduced by as much as 20 percent, according to Intel. That can translate to longer battery life of up to 20 minutes. Overall, with DisplayPort's reduced EMI issues , less special EMI treatment is needed, all adding up to overall cost savings.
On the external monitor interface front, DisplayPort is also replacing the traditional VGA connector (DB-15). Not only does this get rid of the D/A converters necessary to generate the analog VGA signals, it also replaces the physically large DB-15 connector with a much smaller and thinner DisplayPort connector. This then allows form-factor innovations to occur, such as the revolutionary thinness of the Apple Mac Air. If the VGA connectors are still used, the connector would limit the thickness of the entire notebook computer.
Other than the Apple Mac Air, HP, Dell, Lenovo and other OEMs are all shipping notebooks with DisplayPort. This was driven by the availability of the Montevena chipset from Intel, which included standard DisplayPort. The next-generation chipset, Capella, will take further advantage of power savings and integration by optimizing for the all digital output of DisplayPort. , so we'll expect an acceleration of DisplayPort adoption with these new platforms. By Tom Kao, IDT
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Notebooks
Notebooks traditionally use Low-Voltage Differential Signal (LVDS) as the interface between the graphics chip and the LCD panel. If you peek in the hinge area of a notebook, sometimes you can see this bronze-colored ribbon connector carrying the LVDS display signals from the base of the notebook to the lid where the LCD resides. With DisplayPort, EMI and routing skew concerns are greatly reduced. This is because DisplayPort uses SerDes technology with an embedded clock. This technology allows the receiving end to receive data almost asynchronously between lanes, and simply re-time the data itself by extracting the embedded clock. Having said that, the main reason notebook computers would replace LVDS with DisplayPort is for power savings. With high-speed DisplayPort, the entire system chipset where the graphics reside can be simplified, and much of the traditional digital-to-analog conversions required for the traditional VGA connection can be avoided. Overall, the power of the graphics sub-system can be reduced by as much as 20 percent, according to Intel. That can translate to longer battery life of up to 20 minutes. Overall, with DisplayPort's reduced EMI issues , less special EMI treatment is needed, all adding up to overall cost savings.
On the external monitor interface front, DisplayPort is also replacing the traditional VGA connector (DB-15). Not only does this get rid of the D/A converters necessary to generate the analog VGA signals, it also replaces the physically large DB-15 connector with a much smaller and thinner DisplayPort connector. This then allows form-factor innovations to occur, such as the revolutionary thinness of the Apple Mac Air. If the VGA connectors are still used, the connector would limit the thickness of the entire notebook computer.
Other than the Apple Mac Air, HP, Dell, Lenovo and other OEMs are all shipping notebooks with DisplayPort. This was driven by the availability of the Montevena chipset from Intel, which included standard DisplayPort. The next-generation chipset, Capella, will take further advantage of power savings and integration by optimizing for the all digital output of DisplayPort. , so we'll expect an acceleration of DisplayPort adoption with these new platforms. By Tom Kao, IDT
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Apr 26, 2010
Opinion: 3-D TV can't make your kids sick. . . can it?
3-step plan to prevent a potential 3-D disaster
NEW YORK — "Is my 3-D TV going to be safe?"
This is the last question anyone in the consumer electronics industry wants to hear right now — especially as the industry's fortunes for the next few years seem to be riding on a wide-range of 3-D-this, 3-D-that gadgets that are aimed directly down consumers' throats.
Nonetheless, Samsung has begged that unwanted question by posting a 3-D TV health hazards warning on its Australian website.
It's not entirely clear why Samsung is only posting a 3-D TV warning in Australia. But every new Samsung 3-D TV set -- sold today anywhere in the world, the United States included -- bears the very same health hazards warning, according to Chris Chinnock, President of Insight Media.
Call me naive, but I couldn't help wondering why such warnings are popping up now. After all, sales of 3-D Blu-ray and 3-D TV are already out of the barn.
If someone already knew of the even remote possibilities that 3-D TV viewing could cause an epileptic seizure, why push 3-D TV so hurriedly to the mass market? More important, how does this sort of warning guide your typical soccer mom contemplating the purchase of a 3-D TV for her kids this fall? Does she swear off 3-D forever, or does she merely put her local seizure clinic on speed-dial?
Insight Media's Chinnock suspects that this is a Samsung's "CYA (cover your ass) move." It's entirely possible that someone could sue Samsung in the future, claiming that 3-D TV made him pitch a fit. As a vendor, "you have to think of every possible scenario, and be prepared to say that you are not liable," said Chinnock.
Proving a negative
OK. So, is the 3-D industry saying that the verbiage on the TV box is all legalese that bears little relationship to any actual consumer health issue?
Not exactly. "It's a tough one," said Chinnock. "There has not been enough research out there" to prove or disprove the case for 3-D TV health hazards.
When I was talking to Koji Hase, president of worldwide consumer electronics at Real D six months ago, he pointed out that not a single health problem has been reported among hundreds of professionals who've been working, many years, in an environment where similar visual 3-D tools are used.
The problem in any science, though, is that proving a negative is always much more difficult than proving a positive.
But first, let's step back a little.
One thing Chinnock made clear, and it did make sense to me, was that "in almost all cases, factors that influence eye strain, nausea or headache in 3-D viewing are neither 3-D displays nor 3-D glasses. But they are [related to] content creation, post-production and mastering processes used in 3-D video production."
In other words, anyone serious about promoting 3-D has to take some precautions —especially on the front-end of 3-D content creation.
Obviously, individuals have different tolerances for the varying degrees of 3-Dness in video. When human frailties and the expansions of artistic creativity are both taken into consideration, making hard and fast rules about 3-D movie production specs won't be easy.
However, Chinnock insisted, "I have a few good ideas that I think we can move things forward." Calling it a three-step plan, Chinnock laid out the following:
Step 1: Identify all the factors that influence eye strain, nausea and other discomforts. Such factors include: alignment of imaging, vertical and horizontal misalignment, color differences, luminance differences, the amount of parallax, fast scene cuts, etc. Chinnock said, "Cutting from scene to scene, quickly moving from front to back and back to front in 3-D, for example, can only slam your eye balls back and forth."
Step 2: Identify safe parameters and safe ranges. Keep color mismatches or image misalignments to a tolerable level; set parameters and ranges to create "safe zones."
Step 3: Write guidelines and best practices for content creation and post-processing. Then, set up a rating system that can automatically record various factors in a 3-D movie — such as a depth transition and its duration — and note how often such factors venture beyond the so-called "safe zones." Because everyone has a different personal taste and tolerance for different levels of 3-D video, it's only natural to expect a number of commercial enterprises to pop up and offer different 3-D ratings in the future, predicted Chinnock.
This is not a bad plan, but how close are we to actually setting up any rating system?
Unfortunately, not very. Those in different 3-D industry consortiums appear to support the idea, said Chinnock, but "it takes the industry's leadership to unify these concepts and codify the system."
Chinnock said, "There will be bad 3-D movies. It's going to happen."
The way to prevent a potential 3-D disaster is not just stamping a list of 3-D health hazards on a carton. The industry needs to give content producers tools, while offering consumers rating systems to recognize the intensity of the 3-D experience they are about to watch. Junko Yoshida(04/20/2010 1:52 PM EDT)
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NEW YORK — "Is my 3-D TV going to be safe?"
This is the last question anyone in the consumer electronics industry wants to hear right now — especially as the industry's fortunes for the next few years seem to be riding on a wide-range of 3-D-this, 3-D-that gadgets that are aimed directly down consumers' throats.
Nonetheless, Samsung has begged that unwanted question by posting a 3-D TV health hazards warning on its Australian website.
It's not entirely clear why Samsung is only posting a 3-D TV warning in Australia. But every new Samsung 3-D TV set -- sold today anywhere in the world, the United States included -- bears the very same health hazards warning, according to Chris Chinnock, President of Insight Media.
Call me naive, but I couldn't help wondering why such warnings are popping up now. After all, sales of 3-D Blu-ray and 3-D TV are already out of the barn.
If someone already knew of the even remote possibilities that 3-D TV viewing could cause an epileptic seizure, why push 3-D TV so hurriedly to the mass market? More important, how does this sort of warning guide your typical soccer mom contemplating the purchase of a 3-D TV for her kids this fall? Does she swear off 3-D forever, or does she merely put her local seizure clinic on speed-dial?
Insight Media's Chinnock suspects that this is a Samsung's "CYA (cover your ass) move." It's entirely possible that someone could sue Samsung in the future, claiming that 3-D TV made him pitch a fit. As a vendor, "you have to think of every possible scenario, and be prepared to say that you are not liable," said Chinnock.
Proving a negative
OK. So, is the 3-D industry saying that the verbiage on the TV box is all legalese that bears little relationship to any actual consumer health issue?
Not exactly. "It's a tough one," said Chinnock. "There has not been enough research out there" to prove or disprove the case for 3-D TV health hazards.
When I was talking to Koji Hase, president of worldwide consumer electronics at Real D six months ago, he pointed out that not a single health problem has been reported among hundreds of professionals who've been working, many years, in an environment where similar visual 3-D tools are used.
The problem in any science, though, is that proving a negative is always much more difficult than proving a positive.
But first, let's step back a little.
One thing Chinnock made clear, and it did make sense to me, was that "in almost all cases, factors that influence eye strain, nausea or headache in 3-D viewing are neither 3-D displays nor 3-D glasses. But they are [related to] content creation, post-production and mastering processes used in 3-D video production."
In other words, anyone serious about promoting 3-D has to take some precautions —especially on the front-end of 3-D content creation.
Obviously, individuals have different tolerances for the varying degrees of 3-Dness in video. When human frailties and the expansions of artistic creativity are both taken into consideration, making hard and fast rules about 3-D movie production specs won't be easy.
However, Chinnock insisted, "I have a few good ideas that I think we can move things forward." Calling it a three-step plan, Chinnock laid out the following:
Step 1: Identify all the factors that influence eye strain, nausea and other discomforts. Such factors include: alignment of imaging, vertical and horizontal misalignment, color differences, luminance differences, the amount of parallax, fast scene cuts, etc. Chinnock said, "Cutting from scene to scene, quickly moving from front to back and back to front in 3-D, for example, can only slam your eye balls back and forth."
Step 2: Identify safe parameters and safe ranges. Keep color mismatches or image misalignments to a tolerable level; set parameters and ranges to create "safe zones."
Step 3: Write guidelines and best practices for content creation and post-processing. Then, set up a rating system that can automatically record various factors in a 3-D movie — such as a depth transition and its duration — and note how often such factors venture beyond the so-called "safe zones." Because everyone has a different personal taste and tolerance for different levels of 3-D video, it's only natural to expect a number of commercial enterprises to pop up and offer different 3-D ratings in the future, predicted Chinnock.
This is not a bad plan, but how close are we to actually setting up any rating system?
Unfortunately, not very. Those in different 3-D industry consortiums appear to support the idea, said Chinnock, but "it takes the industry's leadership to unify these concepts and codify the system."
Chinnock said, "There will be bad 3-D movies. It's going to happen."
The way to prevent a potential 3-D disaster is not just stamping a list of 3-D health hazards on a carton. The industry needs to give content producers tools, while offering consumers rating systems to recognize the intensity of the 3-D experience they are about to watch. Junko Yoshida(04/20/2010 1:52 PM EDT)
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M&A Gone Wild
The bottom-feeding frenzy is on.
Startups in record were sold off in the first quarter of 2010, marking the largest number of venture-backed companies to change hands since the National Venture Capital Association began tracking in 1975.
"The exit activity in first quarter of 2010 has engendered a cautious optimism within the venture capital industry,” said Mark Heesen, president of the NVCA, in a statement.
For the quarter ended March 31, 111 venture-backed were sold in M&A transactions compared with 64 deals in the same quarter a year ago. The average disclosed price companies went for was $180.2 million, according to the report.
Leading the boom was IT with 81 transactions worth a combined $2.3 billion. Life sciences came in at No. 2 with 21 deals reaching a combined $2.9 billion.
The largest venture-backed transaction of the quarter went to Ethicon's acquisition of Menlo Park, California, surgical devices maker Acclarent, which sold for $785 million.
IPOs showed signs of life as well, according to the report.
The first quarter of 2010 saw nine venture-backed IPOs come to market valued at $936.2 million, a figure that compares with zero IPOs for the same quarter a year ago. The largest IPO of the quarter went to Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, which raised $187.5 million.
Also, initial public offerings were continuing to trade above water post-IPO. Of the nine that went public, eight were trading at or above their offering price as of March 31.05 April 2010, 12:33 by Red Herring Staff
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Startups in record were sold off in the first quarter of 2010, marking the largest number of venture-backed companies to change hands since the National Venture Capital Association began tracking in 1975.
"The exit activity in first quarter of 2010 has engendered a cautious optimism within the venture capital industry,” said Mark Heesen, president of the NVCA, in a statement.
For the quarter ended March 31, 111 venture-backed were sold in M&A transactions compared with 64 deals in the same quarter a year ago. The average disclosed price companies went for was $180.2 million, according to the report.
Leading the boom was IT with 81 transactions worth a combined $2.3 billion. Life sciences came in at No. 2 with 21 deals reaching a combined $2.9 billion.
The largest venture-backed transaction of the quarter went to Ethicon's acquisition of Menlo Park, California, surgical devices maker Acclarent, which sold for $785 million.
IPOs showed signs of life as well, according to the report.
The first quarter of 2010 saw nine venture-backed IPOs come to market valued at $936.2 million, a figure that compares with zero IPOs for the same quarter a year ago. The largest IPO of the quarter went to Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, which raised $187.5 million.
Also, initial public offerings were continuing to trade above water post-IPO. Of the nine that went public, eight were trading at or above their offering price as of March 31.05 April 2010, 12:33 by Red Herring Staff
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Apr 23, 2010
Ikanos Communications and Global Wireless Technologies LLC Collaborate to Extend Mobile Access Indoors
The GlobalWireless femtocell base station, combined with Ikanos’ Fusiv Vx180 integrated gateway processor, has been designed to extend mobile coverage indoors, while providing flexible service options and reductions in cost and power consumption to the consumer and mobile operators.
GlobalWireless and Ikanos are collaborating on this effort in order to provide a complete solution to the residential consumer. Ikanos’ Fusiv Vx180 gateway processor supports all current VDSL2 profiles. In addition, the Vx180 reduces space and power requirements by combining Ikanos’ industry leading VDSL2 customer premises equipment (CPE) PHY and its widely deployed Fusiv network processor architecture onto a single chip.
The Vx180 combines accelerator processor (AP) engines for data path functions with a MIPS-based CPU core, so that the maximum possible main CPU processing power is preserved for customer applications. GlobalWireless’ femtocell (UAP104) application is a home gateway that provides the residential customer with improved indoor cellular coverage as well as increased service options, such as single phone and number for all calls as well as the potential for landline replacement. Through its multi-standard platform, GlobalWireless is able to offer both a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) and code division multiple access (CDMA) solution to mobile operators.
"Ikanos’ Vx180 integrated gateway processor combines the highest level of performance, integration and flexibility," said Susan Elliott, director of business development at Global Wireless Technologies. "By integrating the Vx180 gateway processor with our UAP104 femtocell, we are able to provide complete residential gateway functionality to the market via a single solution."
Femtocells, or low power mobile phone base stations, connect into the mobile operator’s network through a residential gateway. A mobile phone in range of the femtocell at home automatically detects and uses the femtocell in preference to the outdoor cell sites. The integration of the Vx180 gateway processor into the femtocell base station results in a reduction of the equipment needed for in-home wired and wireless access. The advantages to the consumer include a low cost, flexible solution which allows for improved mobile coverage, handset transparency and the availability of high quality, in-home enhanced services.
"By integrating with femtocell technologies, Ikanos is enabling reliable in-home mobile service that expands beyond triple play," said Mitch Kahn, vice president of marketing at Ikanos. "We are pleased to be working with a market innovator such as GlobalWireless. Once again Ikanos is at the forefront of innovation, bridging the wireless to wired broadband network in the digital home."
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The Fusiv Vx180 is an integrated gateway processor that provides a MIPS-based CPU core, VoIP capabilities, security, and best-in-class QoS. It includes a multi-mode VDSL2 data pump that’s backward compatible to ADSL2+, ADSL2, and ADSL for flexibility across a range of service provider deployments. The product easily integrates with home networking technologies such as 802.11a/b/g/n, MoCA, HomePN and HomePlug.
The Fusiv Vx180 employs a unique distributed architecture that incorporates accelerator processor (AP) engines for data path functions, ensuring that the maximum main CPU processing power is available for customer applications.
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GlobalWireless and Ikanos are collaborating on this effort in order to provide a complete solution to the residential consumer. Ikanos’ Fusiv Vx180 gateway processor supports all current VDSL2 profiles. In addition, the Vx180 reduces space and power requirements by combining Ikanos’ industry leading VDSL2 customer premises equipment (CPE) PHY and its widely deployed Fusiv network processor architecture onto a single chip.
The Vx180 combines accelerator processor (AP) engines for data path functions with a MIPS-based CPU core, so that the maximum possible main CPU processing power is preserved for customer applications. GlobalWireless’ femtocell (UAP104) application is a home gateway that provides the residential customer with improved indoor cellular coverage as well as increased service options, such as single phone and number for all calls as well as the potential for landline replacement. Through its multi-standard platform, GlobalWireless is able to offer both a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) and code division multiple access (CDMA) solution to mobile operators.
"Ikanos’ Vx180 integrated gateway processor combines the highest level of performance, integration and flexibility," said Susan Elliott, director of business development at Global Wireless Technologies. "By integrating the Vx180 gateway processor with our UAP104 femtocell, we are able to provide complete residential gateway functionality to the market via a single solution."
Femtocells, or low power mobile phone base stations, connect into the mobile operator’s network through a residential gateway. A mobile phone in range of the femtocell at home automatically detects and uses the femtocell in preference to the outdoor cell sites. The integration of the Vx180 gateway processor into the femtocell base station results in a reduction of the equipment needed for in-home wired and wireless access. The advantages to the consumer include a low cost, flexible solution which allows for improved mobile coverage, handset transparency and the availability of high quality, in-home enhanced services.
"By integrating with femtocell technologies, Ikanos is enabling reliable in-home mobile service that expands beyond triple play," said Mitch Kahn, vice president of marketing at Ikanos. "We are pleased to be working with a market innovator such as GlobalWireless. Once again Ikanos is at the forefront of innovation, bridging the wireless to wired broadband network in the digital home."
Highly Integrated VDSL Gateway Processor
The Fusiv Vx180 is an integrated gateway processor that provides a MIPS-based CPU core, VoIP capabilities, security, and best-in-class QoS. It includes a multi-mode VDSL2 data pump that’s backward compatible to ADSL2+, ADSL2, and ADSL for flexibility across a range of service provider deployments. The product easily integrates with home networking technologies such as 802.11a/b/g/n, MoCA, HomePN and HomePlug.
The Fusiv Vx180 employs a unique distributed architecture that incorporates accelerator processor (AP) engines for data path functions, ensuring that the maximum main CPU processing power is available for customer applications.
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Apr 21, 2010
Global IP Solutions Enables HD Voice and One-Way Video Chat to the iPad
iPad Developers Can Simply Integrate Video Chat/Conferencing and Super HD Voice Capabilities, Ensuring Excellent Quality
San Francisco — April 20, 2010 — Global IP Solutions (Oslo Børs: GIPS), the leading provider of HD voice and video processing solutions, announced today the availability of high-definition (HD) and Super-wideband Voice as well as one-way Video Conferencing/Chat capabilities for iPad developers, powered by GIPS VideoEngine™ Mobile.
GIPS VideoEngine Mobile supplies iPad developers with a simple to integrate, high-level software API that contains the complex video conferencing/video chat capabilities into applications running on Apple's iPad operating system. As video access becomes available from Apple, GIPS VideoEngine will support two-way video chat/conferencing.
“With over 600,000 unit sales of the iPad to date, demand for this device is clearly continuing to grow,” said GIPS' Chief Marketing Officer Joyce Kim. “With the unique experience that a device like the iPad can deliver, it is imperative that the overall quality exceed all expectations and GIPS is proud to offer HD and Super HD voice and video for the iPad and other mobile devices.”
“GIPS technology is becoming increasingly significant with the growth in IP traffic as it offers HD voice and video communication capabilities that adjusts dynamically to available bandwidth on Wi-Fi or cellular networks,” said Roopam Jain, Principal Conferencing and Collaboration analyst at Frost & Sullivan. “The introduction of devices like the iPad will greatly increase wide scale voice and video communications beyond corporate boundaries.”
With GIPS VideoEngine Mobile, iPad developers can offer the best quality voice and video communication, overcoming the multiple issues intrinsic to mobile and IP networks such as delay, packet loss, bandwidth limitations, lip synchronization, dynamic bandwidth optimization and echo cancellation. GIPS VideoEngine Mobile ensures conversations dynamically adjust with Wi-Fi and cellular network conditions, thereby maintaining an uninterrupted experience.
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San Francisco — April 20, 2010 — Global IP Solutions (Oslo Børs: GIPS), the leading provider of HD voice and video processing solutions, announced today the availability of high-definition (HD) and Super-wideband Voice as well as one-way Video Conferencing/Chat capabilities for iPad developers, powered by GIPS VideoEngine™ Mobile.
GIPS VideoEngine Mobile supplies iPad developers with a simple to integrate, high-level software API that contains the complex video conferencing/video chat capabilities into applications running on Apple's iPad operating system. As video access becomes available from Apple, GIPS VideoEngine will support two-way video chat/conferencing.
“With over 600,000 unit sales of the iPad to date, demand for this device is clearly continuing to grow,” said GIPS' Chief Marketing Officer Joyce Kim. “With the unique experience that a device like the iPad can deliver, it is imperative that the overall quality exceed all expectations and GIPS is proud to offer HD and Super HD voice and video for the iPad and other mobile devices.”
“GIPS technology is becoming increasingly significant with the growth in IP traffic as it offers HD voice and video communication capabilities that adjusts dynamically to available bandwidth on Wi-Fi or cellular networks,” said Roopam Jain, Principal Conferencing and Collaboration analyst at Frost & Sullivan. “The introduction of devices like the iPad will greatly increase wide scale voice and video communications beyond corporate boundaries.”
With GIPS VideoEngine Mobile, iPad developers can offer the best quality voice and video communication, overcoming the multiple issues intrinsic to mobile and IP networks such as delay, packet loss, bandwidth limitations, lip synchronization, dynamic bandwidth optimization and echo cancellation. GIPS VideoEngine Mobile ensures conversations dynamically adjust with Wi-Fi and cellular network conditions, thereby maintaining an uninterrupted experience.
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Apr 18, 2010
Verizon cuts 2010 FiOS by 2M homes
FCC-Any_resultsVerizon recently confirmed they will add 3M FiOS homes in 2010 but have now cut that to 1M for budget reasons. They implicitly also confirmed they are cutting back future FiOS builds as well by 2-4M homes from the original plans of 80% of homes passed. Verizon to get a New York City and other franchises have promised 100% local deployment, so unless they breach the franchise agreements they will reach 18-19M in a few years. This is consistent with my report that Verizon is cutting expenses to increase cash flow before Ivan Seidenberg's retirement. Ivan says a deal to sell to Vodafone is highly unlikely; I have no way of determining whether he is just playing hard to catch. Ivan personally would likely be ahead by $tens of millions if he sells, a powerful incentive. This is purely speculation; Ivan doesn't open his heart to me.
FiOS remains the best large network in the Western world, so denying it to 10M homes is a major political issue. Baltimore, with a large minority population, is not getting fiber while Maryland suburbs are. Baltimore is literally demonstrating in the street about that. The pattern is repeated, with inner cities and poorer rural areas getting inferior service. Verizon says they are not red-lining based on income but that's the practical effect of their plans. I've asked for, but haven't been given, the demographics of FiOS vs. non-FiOS territories. Unless they release that data, I'm going with Congressman Waxman's analysis they are providing inferior service - literally a tenth the speed - to the poor.
I've also sent a request for comments to the five FCC commissioners and the head of NTIA. D.C. claims they are making progress on broadband, but with this 2M cutback by Verizon following the 4M cutback by AT&T that's hard to accept. Most in D.C. are also ignoring the frequent and massive rate increases dating back to 2007 that are the leading cause of the slow uptake of broadband.Written by Dave Burstein April 2010 11:50
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FiOS remains the best large network in the Western world, so denying it to 10M homes is a major political issue. Baltimore, with a large minority population, is not getting fiber while Maryland suburbs are. Baltimore is literally demonstrating in the street about that. The pattern is repeated, with inner cities and poorer rural areas getting inferior service. Verizon says they are not red-lining based on income but that's the practical effect of their plans. I've asked for, but haven't been given, the demographics of FiOS vs. non-FiOS territories. Unless they release that data, I'm going with Congressman Waxman's analysis they are providing inferior service - literally a tenth the speed - to the poor.
I've also sent a request for comments to the five FCC commissioners and the head of NTIA. D.C. claims they are making progress on broadband, but with this 2M cutback by Verizon following the 4M cutback by AT&T that's hard to accept. Most in D.C. are also ignoring the frequent and massive rate increases dating back to 2007 that are the leading cause of the slow uptake of broadband.Written by Dave Burstein April 2010 11:50
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Apr 13, 2010
RFICs enable 4G cellular base stations
Enabling high-density radio cards by combining multiple discrete functional blocks into a single device, the ADRF6601/2/2/4 series of mixers and ADRF6701/2/3/4 series of modulators meet the demanding performance required by higher-capacity base stations. With this breakthrough level of integration, the company claims that base station manufacturers can realize an unprecedented 60% reduction in board space and a significant savings on bill-of-materials costs.
The four ADRF670x products integrate a high-dynamic-range analog I/Q modulator, RF output switch, and PLL with integrated VCO. The modulator input bandwidth of 500 MHz can support either a specified band or complex IF up-conversion transmit signal paths.
The four ADRF660x products integrate a high-linearity active RF mixer, RF input balun for single-ended 50-Ω input, and a PLL synthesizer with integrated VCO. The active mixer provides a voltage conversion gain of 6 dB, alleviating the need for additional IF amplification over competing passive mixers. The differential IF output is capable of supporting IF frequencies up to 500 MHz.
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The four ADRF670x products integrate a high-dynamic-range analog I/Q modulator, RF output switch, and PLL with integrated VCO. The modulator input bandwidth of 500 MHz can support either a specified band or complex IF up-conversion transmit signal paths.
The four ADRF660x products integrate a high-linearity active RF mixer, RF input balun for single-ended 50-Ω input, and a PLL synthesizer with integrated VCO. The active mixer provides a voltage conversion gain of 6 dB, alleviating the need for additional IF amplification over competing passive mixers. The differential IF output is capable of supporting IF frequencies up to 500 MHz.
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