RAD Selects EZchip's Carrier-Ethernet Access Network Processors
19 Februar 2008 - 1:30PM
PR Newswire (US)
YOKNEAM, Israel, February 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EZchip
Technologies Ltd. (a LanOptics Ltd. company, NASDAQ:EZCH), a
fabless semiconductor company providing Ethernet network
processors, today announced that RAD Data Communications, a leading
provider of broadband technologies for fixed and mobile operators,
has selected EZchip's Access network processors, the NPA product
family, for several new carrier-class products. RAD has selected
EZchip's NP-2 and NP-3 high-speed network processors in the past
and has now selected the recently announced NPA family of Ethernet
access network processors in several of its new Ethernet-centric
access platforms scheduled for release throughout 2008 and 2009.
"As a leading provider of broadband access solutions, RAD places
great value on the importance of implementing new Ethernet
solutions with the flexibility to support multiple services and
features as enabled by EZchip's NPA family of network processors,"
said Amir Karo, VP Marketing, RAD Data Communications. "EZchip's
versatile network processors give us a common architecture that can
make efficient use of our development investments and be employed
across a variety of product lines." "EZchip is the only NPU vendor
offering a series of Ethernet network processors for the carrier
edge, metro and access markets, with throughputs ranging from
1-Gigabit to 100-Gigabits," said Amir Eyal, EZchip's Vice President
of Business Development. "We are delighted that RAD, a leading
provider of access solutions, has selected EZchip's high-speed NPUs
along with our recently announced NPA access NPUs for use in its
diverse product lines." EZchip's NPUs provide Carrier Ethernet
Switches and Routers (CESR) vendors and Carrier Ethernet Access
vendors with flexible packet processing and integration of the key
functions needed in access, metro and edge networks for delivering
triple-play services. EZchip's NPU highlights include: - NP-2, NP-3
and NP-4 family of high-speed NPUs, providing throughput of 20Gbps,
30Gbps and 100Gbps respectively. - NPA family of access NPUs,
providing throughput of up to 10Gbps with several chip models
featuring multiple 10-Gigabit, 1-Gigabit and 100-Megabit Ethernet
ports. - Exceptionally flexible packet processing enabling system
designers to future proof their designs while delivering a variety
of applications such as L2 switching, Q-in-Q, PBT, VPLS, MPLS and
IPv4/IPv6 routing. - Integrated hierarchical traffic management
enabling granular bandwidth control, assigns individual flows with
specific Quality of Service (QoS) and enforces Service Level
Agreements (SLA) for applications, services and users. - On-chip
Operations, Administration and Management (OAM) processing offload
enabling reliability and high availability in Carrier Ethernet
networks. - Software compatibility across all of EZchip's NPU
families enabling efficient use of vendor's engineering resources.
About EZchip Technologies EZchip Technologies is a fabless
semiconductor company that provides Ethernet network processors.
EZchip provides its customers with solutions that scale from
1-Gigabit to 100-Gigabit per second with a common architecture and
software across all products. EZchip's network processors provide
the flexibility and integration that enable triple-play data, voice
and video services in access, metro and edge systems that make up
the new Carrier Ethernet networks. For more information on EZchip,
visit our web site at http://www.ezchip.com/. "Safe Harbor"
statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995: This release contains forward looking statements that are
subject to risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to,
the impact of competitive products, product demand and market
acceptance risks, customer order cancellations, reliance on key
strategic alliances, fluctuations in operating results, delays in
development of highly-complex products and other risks detailed
from time to time in LanOptics filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. These risks could cause the Company's actual
results for 2008 and beyond to differ materially from those
expressed in any forward looking statements made by, or on behalf
of LanOptics. Company Contact: Daureen Green EZchip Technologies,
Israel +972-4-959-6677 DATASOURCE: EZchip Technologies Ltd.
CONTACT: Company Contact: Daureen Green, EZchip Technologies,
Israel, +972-4-959-6677,
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