PMC-Sierra and Sigma Designs Demonstrate an End-to-End FTTx and HomePNA Solution for Cable TV Networks
October 05 2010 - 5:00AM
Business Wire
PMC-Sierra, Inc. (Nasdaq: PMCS), the premier Internet
infrastructure semiconductor solution provider, and Sigma Designs,
Inc. (Nasdaq:SIGM), a leading provider of system-on-chip (SoC)
technology used to deliver entertainment and control throughout the
home, today announced a live demonstration of an Ethernet Passive
Optical Network (EPON) and a HomePNA Fast Ethernet over Coax (EoC)
solution that will provide cable operators with end-to-end
capabilities and enable FTTx deployments. The companies will
demonstrate this solution for the first time at PMC-Sierra’s booth
260 in hall 1A during P&T/ExpoComm China 2010 from October
11-15, 2010.
The joint demonstration will showcase PMC-Sierra’s robust,
end-to-end EPON solution based on 1G or 10G EPON technology with
Sigma’s CG3210M Fast EoC™ chipset. This solution offers
high-quality video distribution, easy provisioning, QoS, and high
reliability for multi-dwelling units (MDUs) in the China Cable TV
environment.
The MDU market is rapidly expanding in areas with high
population densities. As the demand for triple-play services at
higher bandwidth also continues to grow, PON and EoC technologies
are being evaluated as an efficient method of driving fiber deeper
into the networks. The combination of PMC-Sierra’s high-speed
standard-compliant EPON and 10G EPON solutions and Sigma’s HomePNA
Fast EoC solution for MDUs will help enable lower cost, higher
performance EPON deployments, based on current standards.
“This demonstration shows how the combination of PMC’s PON
expertise can be combined with Sigma’s EoC technology to deliver a
solution that is ideal for China’s nationwide Three Network
Convergence project,” said Raphael Sankar, vice president and
co-general manager of PMC-Sierra’s FTTH division.
"We are pleased to collaborate with PMC-Sierra, a PON market
leader, to showcase our Fast EoC solution," said Gabi Hilevitz,
vice president and general manager, Home Connectivity business unit
at Sigma Designs. “Sigma is a proven leader with the most cost
effective and technologically advanced solutions to support VoIP,
video, and Internet access delivery into these population dense
environments. Our expertise in delivering high throughput and
guaranteed QoS to MDU environments makes Sigma the perfect match
for any triple-play project, and especially to the Three Network
Convergence project.”
About PMC-Sierra
PMC-Sierra®, the premier Internet infrastructure semiconductor
solution provider, offers its customers technical and sales support
worldwide through a network of offices in North America, Europe,
Israel and Asia. PMC-Sierra provides semiconductor solutions for
Enterprise and Channel Storage, Wide Area Network Infrastructure,
Fiber To The Home, and Laser Printer/Enterprise market segments.
The Company is publicly traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market under the
PMCS symbol. For more information, visit www.pmc-sierra.com.
PMC-Sierra is the only supplier to support EPON (IEEE 802.3ah
Ethernet in the First Mile), 10G EPON (IEEE 802.3av), GPON (ITU-T
G.984) and XG-PON (ITU-T G.987) standards. The Company’s gigabit
PON products are based on the robust GigaPASS™ FTTH Architecture
that achieves sustained gigabit and greater data rates while
providing a powerful 32-bit programmable processing engine
executing the real-time operating system, middleware, and
application-specific firmware required for high performance FTTH
network access. PMC-Sierra’s SoC solutions provide end-to-end
gigabit-per-second bandwidth connections linking central office
equipment (optical line terminals) and customer premises equipment
(optical network units or network terminals) to the PON network.
For more information, visit www.pmc-sierra.com/ftth-pon.
About Sigma Designs, Inc.
Sigma Designs is a leading fabless semiconductor provider of
highly integrated system-on-chip (SoC) solutions that are used to
deliver entertainment and control throughout the home. SoC
solutions include media processing, wired and wireless networking,
video image processing, and home control along with system software
to form the critical components of consumer electronic products
that include Internet protocol TV (IPTV) set-top boxes, Blu-ray
players, high definition televisions (HDTV), and media
communication devices. Headquartered in Milpitas, Calif., Sigma
Designs has direct sales representatives in the United States,
Brazil, China, Europe (Denmark), Israel, Japan, Taiwan and
distributors in Singapore, Korea, Russia and India. For more
information, please visit Sigma Designs' web site at
www.sigmadesigns.com
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