Agere Systems Announces USB 2.0 to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter and ExpressCard(TM), and Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
May 26 2005 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Agere Systems Announces USB 2.0 to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter and
ExpressCard(TM), and Gigabit Ethernet Adapter TAIPEI, Taiwan, May
26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Agere Systems (NYSE:AGR.ANYSE:AGR.B),
continuing to broaden its business in the Gigabit Ethernet chip
solution market, today announced two turnkey design solutions
targeted at emerging markets. The design solutions are GigEasy(TM),
a Universal Serial Bus 2.0 to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter; and
GigX(TM), an ExpressCard(TM) form-factor Gigabit Ethernet Adapter.
Agere plans to show these products at the Computex Taipei 2005
trade show (Booth #T104). (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040618/AGERELOGO ) As a part
of Agere Systems' strategy to enable solutions for emerging
markets, the design kits are available as a fully packaged consumer
quality product. The products were designed for rapid technology
transfer to Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs) worldwide. This
targeted approach will provide for reduced engineering costs and
faster time-to-market for products based upon Agere's TruePHY(TM)
Ethernet devices. The Agere GigEasy turns a USB 2.0 port into a
Gigabit Ethernet local area network connection. Simple to use, the
product converts a USB port into a 10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet port
and works on any Windows(R) 2000/XP PC equipped with a USB port.
Link and Activity light-emitting diodes give a clear indication of
an active link and network activity. GigEasy is housed in a small
plastic housing, slightly larger than a USB memory stick and sold
in a consumer clamshell package with a quick start guide and
documentation compact disk. The Agere GigX enables the PC to
support 10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet in a compact mini-size
ExpressCard compatible with the latest generation of notebook PCs
featuring an ExpressCard slot. The GigX is housed in a standard
ExpressCard form factor and can easily be inserted into the
ExpressCard slot of any PC. Both GigEasy and GigX are available
now. For pricing information, please contact an Agere Customer
Sales Representative or call the Agere Systems Customer Response
Center. For more information on Agere's product portfolio, please
visit http://www.agere.com/entnet/ethernet.html. Customers in the
U.S. may call the Agere Systems Customer Response Center at
1-800-372-2447. Customers in Canada may call 1-800-553-2448.
Customers outside those countries may call 1-610-712-4323. Fax
inquiries may be directed to 1-610-712-4106, or e-mail queries to .
Written inquiries should be sent to Agere Systems, Room 10A-301C,
1110 American Parkway NE, Lehigh Valley Central Campus, Allentown,
PA 18109, USA. Agere Systems is a global leader in semiconductors
for storage, wireless data, and public and enterprise networks. The
company's chips and software power a broad range of computing and
communications applications, from cell phones, PCs, PDAs, hard disk
drives and gaming devices to the world's most sophisticated
wireless and wireline networks. Agere's customers include top
manufacturers of consumer electronics, communications and computing
equipment. Agere's products connect people to information and
entertainment at home, at work and on the road-enabling the
connected lifestyle. Agere is a registered trademark and Agere
Systems, the Agere Systems logo, GigEasy, GigX, and TruePHY are
trademarks of Agere Systems Inc. ExpressCard is a trademark of
PCMCIA. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
This release contains forward-looking statements based on
information currently available to Agere. Agere's actual results
could differ materially from the results stated or implied by those
forward-looking statements due to a number of risks and
uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not
limited to, our reliance on major customers and suppliers, our
ability to keep pace with technological change, our dependence on
new product development, price and product competition,
availability of manufacturing capacity, customer demand for our
products and services, and general industry and market conditions.
For a further discussion of these and other risks and
uncertainties, see our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended September 30, 2004, and our quarterly report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2005. Agere disclaims any
intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events
or otherwise.
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Charlie Hartley of Agere Systems, +1-610-712-1728 (Office), or
+1-908-507-6631 (Mobile), Web site:
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