Centillium Leads the Way to Greener Broadband With Initiative for Environmentally Friendly, Low-Power Communications Chipsets
November 27 2007 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
FREMONT, Calif., Nov. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Centillium
Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTLM), today announced an initiative
to facilitate greener broadband by developing its next-generation
communications systems-on-chip (SoC) with smaller form factors and
significantly reduced power consumption. Centillium has
consistently maintained a leadership position in developing
chipsets that require less power than competitive solutions,
offering telecommunications providers significant advantages in
system performance and energy costs across VoIP, DSL and FTTP
network deployments. The new initiative seizes the unique
opportunity to extend the customer benefits of low-power designs
while mitigating the environmental impacts of broadband networks,
and formalizes Centillium's commitment to significant power
reductions across the next generation of its SoC products.
"Broadband lines are always on, constantly drawing power and
consuming energy in ways that traditional telephony has not," said
Faraj Aalaei, CEO, Centillium Communications. "It makes good sense,
both from an economic and environmental standpoint, to design chips
that will consume less power. In fact, while our telco customers
have always valued the power savings our SoCs offer on the basis of
cost savings and performance advantages, for the first time we are
hearing from them an increased concern about environmental impacts
of their broadband deployments. With our new product development
initiative, Centillium is committed to designing our next
generation of chipsets with a smaller environmental footprint and a
substantial power advantage over our current generation." The
global market for broadband continues to grow rapidly. In the 12
months from May 2006 to May 2007, approximately 65 million new
broadband subscribers signed up for high-speed access to the
Internet, reports In-Stat (http://www.in-stat.com/); by 2011, total
worldwide broadband subscribers are expected to number 567 million,
almost double the current 285 million subscriber base, according to
the market research firm. This ongoing expansion, along with
ever-increasing data rates and growth in services, continues to
push broadband power consumption higher. With every broadband line
representing an always-on consumer of energy resources, lower-power
chipsets can provide significant power savings for each line, with
gains extended exponentially across large-scale deployments to
create a substantial savings of energy. Estimated worldwide
broadband power consumption today equals roughly 5TW-Hrs
(terawatt-hours) annually; by 2011, worldwide broadband power
consumption is estimated to be roughly 10TW-Hrs annually. A 25%
reduction in power consumption could save the energy equivalent of
110GW-Hrs (gigawatt-hours) annually by 2011. Centillium's green
technology initiative signals an era in which the constant advance
in the power and scale of telecommunications networks coincides
with a heightened commitment to environmental concerns.
Centillium's customers, telecommunications providers with VoIP, DSL
and FTTP network deployments, need high-performance, tightly
integrated infrastructure chipsets delivering high port-density and
low power-consumption. High port density allows service providers
to serve more customers with fewer pieces of equipment, while a low
power chipset leads to lower energy and operational costs for the
service provider, as well as lower power consumption for consumer
products. Centillium's next generation of low-power DSL, VoIP and
Optical chipsets, in design now for release throughout 2008, will
benefit from a much steeper power reduction strategy due to
optimizations in SoC architecture, signal processing algorithms,
processor architectures and lower power processes. As part of the
initiative, Centillium will migrate its chip production to highly
power-efficient and aggressive process technologies. In compliance
with the European Commission's and other international efforts
addressing RoHS Directive 2002/95/EC (Restriction of Hazardous
Substances), Centillium Communications offers a RoHS compliant
package/product offering that meets the highest industry standard
(JEDEC) reliability requirements. Centillium is committed to
environmental efforts and all manufacturing is compliant with ISO
Environmental Management Systems. About Centillium Communications
Centillium Communications, Inc. 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 system-on-chip
solutions accelerate development time-to-market for "last mile"
products with Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), Fiber-To-The-Premises
(FTTP) and Voice-over-Internet Protocol (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 certain specifications of Centillium's
new products, the growth of worldwide broadband subscribers and the
expected timing of delivery of Centillium's next generation of low
power consumption chipsets. These forward-looking statements are
subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results
to differ materially, as detailed in Centillium's Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2007 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
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in the United States and certain other countries. All other
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DATASOURCE: Centillium Communications, Inc. CONTACT: Vivian Chen of
Centillium Communications, +1-510-771-3628, ; or James McIntyre of
McClenahan Bruer Communications, +1-503-546-1000, , for Centillium
Communications, Inc. Web site: http://www.centillium.com/
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