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Ikanos Debuts VDSL2 Gateway
Reference Platform Featuring Atheros 802.11n XSPAN
Technology
Integrated VDSL2 and Wi-Fi
Technologies Deliver the Ultimate Multimedia Home
Networking Experience
Fremont and Santa Clara,
Calif., July 25, 2007 — Ikanos
Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: IKAN), a leading developer
and provider of Fiber Fast™ broadband solutions, and
Atheros Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHR), a leading
developer of advanced wireless solutions, have jointly
developed a
Fusiv®-based reference platform that integrates
VDSL2 technology with the new 802.11n draft 2.0
technology. This reference platform combines Ikanos’
Fusiv Vx180, introduced as the industry’s fastest
integrated VDSL2 gateway processor, with Atheros’ XSPAN™
802.11n draft 2.0 solutions, the Wi-Fi market’s most
broadly adopted new-generation designs, to provide a
high-performance, wireless-enabled, xDSL residential
gateway reference platform for triple play applications.
The
reference platform is a fully qualified solution that
offers scalability and best-in-class performance. The
Vx180 supports 802.11n wireless LAN (WLAN) using less
than one-half the processing power of comparable DSL
platforms. This is accomplished by optimizing and
running 802.11n drivers on Fusiv’s distributed
architecture, which includes a host CPU and multiple
high-performance Accelerator Processors.
Optimized
for rich media services, Ikanos’ Fusiv Vx180 is a single
chip, multi-mode VDSL2 gateway processor, which provides
up to 2.7 GHz of processing power, on-chip voice over
Internet protocol (VoIP), virtual private network (VPN)
security, routing and bridging, while supporting
best-in-class quality of service (QoS) and wire speed
performance.
“Ikanos’
Fusiv product line offers the power and performance
necessary to take full advantage of the high throughput
delivered by Atheros’ 802.11n draft 2.0 technology,”
said Michael Stauffer, director of marketing for the
carrier business at Atheros.
Ikanos
selected Atheros’ XSPAN dual-band concurrent and
dual-band configurable draft 802.11n solutions for the
new joint reference platform. Dual-concurrent Wi-Fi is
the optimal configuration for gateways as it can support
latency-sensitive multimedia applications using the less
crowded 5GHz band, and data traffic using the 2.4GHz
band. Ideal for home gateway applications, Atheros’
802.11n draft 2.0 technology was designed to provide
whole home coverage with significantly increased
bandwidth capacity – up to 200 Mbps of real user
throughput per band with Atheros’ XSPAN with
Signal-Sustain Technology™ (SST). Only gateways enabled
by XSPAN with SST offer industry-leading wireless signal
reliability which results from the world’s only
3-transmit/3-receive (3Tx/3Rx) MIMO design. The
company’s innovative triple-radio design delivers higher
throughput at greater distances than typical 2x2 MIMO
solutions. By doing so, it provides a significant
competitive advantage for carriers and Internet Service
Providers (ISPs) looking to optimize the end-user
experience.
“The
collaboration between Atheros and Ikanos is designed to
allow our customers to quickly and cost-effectively
deliver industry-leading, high-performance,
wireless-enabled, triple-play residential gateways,”
said Dean Westman, vice president and general manager
for Ikanos’ Gateway Products Group.
Ikanos
and Atheros will jointly market the fully integrated
residential gateway reference designs to DSL service
providers and their gateway equipment suppliers. These
customers will have the advantage of quick
time-to-market through these turnkey solutions from
Ikanos, whereby they will have a single agreement and
point of contact for direct support.
“Carriers
around the world are seeking cost-effective solutions
for delivering high-value multi-play services, such as
broadband Internet access, VoIP, video conferencing,
Internet protocol television (IPTV), home networking,
WLAN and multimedia converged services,” said Ahmed
Selmani, managing director of residential terminals
business unit at Sagem Communication. “Ikanos’ Vx180,
paired with advanced 802.11n capabilities from Atheros,
offers the highest level of performance, integration and
flexibility, enabling us to meet the demanding
requirements for next-generation residential gateways.”
The joint
reference platform is now available. It is the first in
a series of 802.11n-enabled solutions to be developed by
Ikanos and Atheros to support VDSL2, ADSL2+ and
Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) gateway solutions.
For more
information on the new 802.11n wireless Vx180
residential gateway joint reference platform, please
visit
http://www.ikanos.com/solutions/vdsl/rg.cfm.
About Atheros Communications,
Inc.
Atheros
Communications is a leading developer of semiconductor
system solutions for wireless and other network
communications products. Atheros combines its wireless
and networking systems expertise with high-performance
radio frequency (RF), mixed signal and digital
semiconductor design skills to provide highly integrated
chipsets that are manufactured on low-cost, standard
complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS)
processes. Atheros technology is being used by a broad
base of leading customers, including personal computer,
networking equipment and consumer device manufacturers.
For more information, please visit
http://www.atheros.com
or send email to
info@atheros.com.
About Ikanos Communications,
Inc.
Ikanos Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: IKAN) develops
chipsets that enable carriers to offer Fiber Fast™
bandwidth and Gigabit network processing for enhanced
triple play services. Ikanos’ multi-mode VDSL2/ADSLx and
network processor solutions power access infrastructure
and customer premises equipment for many of the world’s
leading network equipment manufacturers. Ikanos’
solutions enable fast and cost-effective carrier
rollouts of interactive broadband services, including
IPTV. For more information, visit
www.ikanos.com.
© 2007 Ikanos Communications, Inc. All
Rights Reserved. Ikanos Communications, Ikanos, the
Ikanos logo, Ikanos Programmable Operating System,
CleverConnect, Eagle, Fiber Fast, Fusiv, Fx, FxS,
LoopNostics, SmartLeap and VLR are among the trademarks
or registered trademarks of Ikanos. Atheros, the Atheros
logo, XSPAN and Signal-Sustain Technology are trademarks
of Atheros Communications, Inc. All other trademarks
mentioned in this document are the sole property of
their respective owners.
Note on Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements
that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. If
such risks or uncertainties materialize or such
assumptions prove incorrect, customers’ acceptance of
the technologies described in this release could differ
from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements and assumptions. All statements other than
statements of historical fact are statements that could
be deemed forward-looking statements, including but not
limited to statements concerning the features, benefits
and performance of Ikanos’ and Atheros’ respective
products and the joint reference platforms described in
this release. For a further discussion of the risks and
uncertainties, which could cause actual results to
differ from those contained in the forward-looking
statements, see the section entitled “Risk Factors” in
each of Ikanos’ and Atheros’ Annual Reports on Form 10-K
and their most recent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.
Neither Ikanos nor Atheros can assure that the events
and circumstances reflected in any forward-looking
statements will be achieved or occur, nor do Ikanos or
Atheros undertake any obligation to update any
forward-looking statements for any reason after the date
of this press release.
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Dakota Lee, 408-720-5597, dakota@atheros.com, or Greg Wood, A&R Edelman for
Atheros , 650-762-2838,
gwood@ar-edelman.com
For Ikanos press contact: Susan Lehman, Rockpoint Public
Relations,
510-832-6006,
susan@rockpointpr.com, or Margo Westfall,
510-438-6276,
mwestfall@ikanos.com |
