Centillium's Next Generation Gigabit EPON Chipset Unleashes Triple Play Capabilities Into the Home
February 07 2007 - 4:06PM
PR Newswire (US)
Highly-Integrated Mustang 300 SoC Optimizes the Delivery of IPTV in
Dynamic FTTH Environments FREMONT, Calif., Feb. 7
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Centillium Communications, Inc.
(NASDAQ:CTLM), a leading provider of broadband access solutions,
today announced the release of its innovative next generation
Mustang(TM) 300 system-on-chip (SoC), expanding the company's
end-to-end fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) semiconductor portfolio. This
highly-integrated and low power FTTH solution is ideal for service
providers deploying Ethernet Passive Optical Networks (EPON) in
customer premise equipment (CPE), enabling the delivery of premium
Triple Play services such as bandwidth-intensive IPTV. According to
Steve Rago of iSuppli, fiber will start to make its presence felt
starting this year, with FTTH becoming a major broadband deployment
initiative globally as consumers demand new capabilities for
television entertainment, including interactivity, integration with
voice and data communications, personalization and value-added
services. Steve continues that in response to this burgeoning
demand for bandwidth, it is expected that service providers will
ramp up their deployments of PON in 2007, driving a dramatic
increase in demand for optical networking equipment and FTTH
solutions. iSuppli forecasts that by 2010, the total number of FTTX
PON subscribers worldwide will grow to more than 29 million. "OFN
collaborates with Centillium in the development of its Mustang 300
system-on-chip because it enables the delivery of Triple Play
services by harnessing the power of EPON technology at the highest
quality of service," said Takao Tashiro, Director of Technology
Planning at OFN. "Mustang 300 delivers the flexibility we need,
coupled with a robust feature set on a single chip that leads to
lower cost, greater performance and a quicker time to market."
Raising the bar on performance, the Mustang chipset supports
traffic management, classification and filtering for up to 256
multicast groups, and up to eight different service types, the
highest in the industry. Mustang 300 has achieved the highest level
of integration available by integrating all packet buffer and
program memories in a compact package, reducing the ONU bill of
materials (BOM) to just five components: optical transceiver,
Gigabit PHY, FLASH, power supply, and Mustang 300. "The next
generation Mustang, combined with Centillium's Colt(TM) Optical
Line Terminal (OLT) SoC and Zeus 2 burst-mode transceiver
strengthen the company's market position as the only silicon vendor
with complete, end-to-end EPON solutions for the 'last mile'", says
Didier Boivin, vice president of marketing for Centillium.
"Furthermore, by integrating these optical SoCs with the
award-winning Arion(TM) VDSL2 and Atlanta(TM) VoIP technologies,
our solutions help system vendors and service providers reduce
costs and operational complexities and achieve rapid time to
value." The Mustang 300 simplifies service provider deployments by
being fully interoperable with a variety of vendor solutions and
supporting a full range of protocols and relevant standards
including IEEE 802.3ah to ensure error- free, low latency,
bandwidth efficient data transmissions over EPON networks.
Furthermore, the chipset is accompanied with a robust software
package and API that can be used 'right out of the box' to build a
full-fledged ONU. This alleviates the need for systems vendors to
develop customized software, leading to significantly lower
development cost and an accelerated time to market. The Mustang 300
is available now. About Centillium Communications Centillium
Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTLM) is a leading innovator of high
performance, cost-effective semiconductor solutions that give
consumers, enterprises and service providers the winning edge in
broadband access. The company's complete, end-to-end SoC solutions
accelerate development time-to- market for "last mile" products
with Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), Fiber-to- the-Premises (FTTP)
and VoIP technologies. Centillium products include digital and
mixed-signal integrated circuits and related software for DSL and
FTTP central office and customer premises equipment and VoIP
solutions for carrier- and enterprise-class gateways and consumer
telephony. Centillium is a global company with headquarters in
Fremont, CA. Additional information is available at
http://www.centillium.com/. Safe Harbor Statement under Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 Except for the historical
information contained herein, this press release includes
statements that are forward-looking statements within the meaning
of U.S. federal securities laws. For example, this press release
speaks to the growth of FTTX PON subscribers, the technical
features of Centillium's Mustang 300 product, the reduction in
costs and operational complexities and the achievement of rapid
time to market, and lower development costs. These forward-looking
statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual results to differ materially, including, but not limited to,
whether this selection results in increased sales; technical risk;
and other risks detailed in Centillium's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006 as filed with the SEC
and in other reports filed with the SEC by Centillium from time to
time. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date
hereof and Centillium disclaims any obligation to update these
forward-looking statements. NOTE: Centillium Communications,
Centillium's logo, Mustang, Colt, Zeus 2, ARION and Atlanta are all
trademarks of Centillium Communications, Inc. in the United States
and certain other countries. All other products or service names
mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.
DATASOURCE: Centillium Communications, Inc. CONTACT: Kristin
Uchiyama of The Hoffman Agency, +1-408-975-3075, or ; or Vivian
Chen of Centillium Communications, +1-510-771-3628, or Web site:
http://www.centillium.com/
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