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[January 31, 2009]

Xelerated Unveils New Unified Ethernet Switches

Jan 30, 2009 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) --
Xelerated, a provider of field-proven Carrier Ethernet ASSP-based chipsets, has announced the AX family of programmable wirespeed Ethernet switches.

The company said that this is the first line of devices to allow network equipment vendors (NEVs) and carriers to utilize a unified Ethernet-based FTTx access solution for Active Ethernet, EPON, GPON, 10G PON, LTE and WiMAX using a single design.

Xelerated stated that its AX family, a 100 Gigabit-ready series based on Xelerated's patented dataflow architecture, is optimized to deliver IPTV and Video-on-Demand with very high quality. Fully programmable, the AX family allows for easy adaptation to carrier requirements and new access standards, such as DSL Forum WT-201 (TR101) and WT-145. It also enables carriers and NEVs to extend the lifetime of access equipment from three to five years to 20 plus years, and to accelerate time to market for new, revenue-generating services.

Based on a network processor core embedded into the Ethernet Switch, the AX family of access switches retain the advantages of a network processor, such as feature flexibility and design flexibility for ring, star, dual star, and meshed topologies, while providing low cost and high performance in the access. Ideal for broadband access applications, these switches offer advanced user flow management of quadruple play services for voice, video, television and data as well as Carrier Ethernet services such as E-LAN, E-Line and E-Tree for business users. Due to their high integration and low power consumption, I-temp variants are also offered to enable hardened outdoor applications, which are common in fiber-to-the-curb or -node deployments.

"For several years we have been working with tier 1 carriers and NEVs to find the right trade offs in terms of cost, performance, power, scalability, reliability and flexibility," said Thomas Eklund, vice president of marketing and business development for Xelerated. "Endorsed by leading tier one carriers we are pleased that it serves as such a flexible, cost-effective alternative for access and enterprise systems. The AX family of switches sets the foundation for all Ethernet-based systems, and delivers lower cost and faster time to market compared to designs employing separate fixed-function Ethernet switch devices and/or FPGAs."

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