Light Reading Insider Analyzes Next-Gen Sonet/SDH Chips NEW YORK, July 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Multiservice edge equipment based on tightly integrated, next-gen Sonet/SDH silicon has radically improved carriers' ability to offer packet services over legacy infrastructure. Encouraged by this success, chip makers and equipment manufacturers are now extending their activities to smaller, less-expensive access products, finds the new Next-Gen Sonet/SDH Chip Survey from Light Reading Insider (http://www.lightreading.com/insider). "The access market is very active," says the report's author, Simon Stanley. "Driven by the demand from system OEMs, vendors are introducing new devices at 155 Mbit/s, 622 Mbit/s, and 2.5 Gbit/s with support for low-order virtual concatenation." This focus on access is a lead indicator of the buzz set to emerge around so-called "micro MSPPs" (multiservice provisioning platforms), being developed to help carriers extend their infrastructure closer to their customers and consolidate services into a single pipe. Light Reading Insider's Next-Gen Sonet/SDH Chip Survey is based on a detailed survey of 31 next-gen Sonet/SDH silicon products from the ten major suppliers in the market. Key findings include: * PMC-Sierra was among the first companies to identify the importance of next-gen Sonet and is now perceived as a leader. * Only three vendors include transparent GFP functionality in their devices. * Several framer/mapper devices, such as the Arrive AT-1300, Intel IXP2500, and PMC5337, now integrate the core of a multiservice ADM in a single device. * The latest devices from Agere, Arrive, and Infineon support 128 VCAT groups, setting a new feature bar. * There is major debate about which vendors have fully interoperable and hitless Link Capacity Adjustment Schemes (LCAS). Silicon vendors analyzed in this report: Agere Systems Inc. (NYSE:AGR.A); Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (NASDAQ:AMCC); Arrive Technologies; Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE:CY); Galazar Networks Inc.; Infineon Technologies AG (NYSE/Frankfurt: IFX); Intel Corp. (NASDAQ:INTC); PMC-Sierra Inc. (NASDAQ: PMCS); TranSwitch Corp. (NASDAQ:TXCC); and Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ:VTSS). The Next-Gen Sonet/SDH Chip Survey is available as part of an annual subscription (12 monthly issues) to Light Reading Insider, priced at $1,350. Individual reports are available for $900. To subscribe, or for more information, please visit our newly redesigned Website at: http://www.lightreading.com/insider. Sales contact: Dave Williams Sales Director Light Reading Insider 415-293-8470 Press contact: Laura West Outbound Marketing Director Light Reading Insider 212-925-0020 ext. 105 DATASOURCE: Light Reading, Inc. CONTACT: Dave Williams, Sales Director, Light Reading Insider, +1-415-293-8470, , or Laura West, Outbound Marketing Director, Light Reading Insider, +1-212-925-0020 ext. 105, Web site: http://www.lightreading.com/insider

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