Entropic Communications and Cortina Systems Develop Advanced Broadband Router/Headless Gateway Reference Platform
December 17 2012 - 8:00AM
Entropic Communications (Nasdaq:ENTR), a world leader in
semiconductor solutions for the connected home and Cortina Systems,
Inc. (Cortina®), delivering innovative technologies that link
people and networks worldwide, today announced their joint
collaboration to accelerate the development of high performance
customer premise equipment (CPE) including broadband routers and
headless gateways, which enable advanced data and TV applications.
The reference design addresses service providers' growing CPE needs
as they offer higher broadband speeds, newer applications and
IP-based video to enhance the user experience.
The collaboration leverages the power of Entropic's
first-to-market, MoCA® (Multimedia over Coax Alliance) 2.0 solution
paired with Cortina's CS7542 scalable digital home multi-service
platform. The Cortina CS7542 is the industry's leading dual ARM®
Cortex™-A9 processor architecture with multiple enterprise-class
acceleration engines. The CS7542's acceleration engines
significantly reduce CPU load for Wi-Fi 802.11ac/n performance,
freeing up the Cortex-A9 processor to provide value-add services
and a future-proofed solution for platform upgrades. Together, this
CPE platform creates a powerhouse system to bring next generation
data and video services into and throughout the home, with best of
breed performance and service to the consumer.
Service providers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs)
will now have access to a reference design that allows them to
quickly develop products with the highest levels of performance and
unsurpassed wire or wireless data throughput of 400 Mbps to 1,000
Mbps, depending on the requirements of the operator. Entropic's
MoCA 2.0 solution enables operators to offer the most reliable
whole-home network backbone with backward interoperability to
existing MoCA 1.x networks for multi-room DVR, streaming HD VoD
content, and extending Wi-Fi coverage throughout the home to
support streaming video and data services to tablets and other
mobile devices, all on the same coaxial cable.
"Service providers require a path to address the constant need
to bring higher Internet speeds, better streaming video services
and Ultra HD content in and throughout the home," said Dr. Stewart
Wu, vice president of Marketing, Cortina Systems, Inc. "By using
our CS7542 digital home multi-service platform as a launching pad
for the next generation video headless/residential gateway and
Entropic's MoCA 2.0 powerful connectivity solution, we enable
service providers a path to monetize the network and ensure high
quality data and video distribution within the home."
"Our collaboration with Cortina enables service providers to
push the limits on delivering the fastest and most reliable way to
stream whole-home, over-the-top and on-demand content while still
delivering on the promise of supporting next-generation connected
home entertainment services and applications," said Al Servati,
vice president of Marketing, Connectivity Group at Entropic. "Our
joint reference design provides a proven platform with the quickest
time-to-market for addressing the needs of service providers to
deploy next generation CPE as quickly as possible."
Availability
The Entropic/Cortina broadband router and headless gateway
reference design will be available to OEM and service provider
customers in January 2013. It will be shown at Entropic's private
meeting suite at the Wynn Las Vegas Hotel during CES 2013, January
8-11, 2013.
About Entropic Communications
Entropic Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:ENTR) is a leading global
provider of silicon and software solutions to enable connected home
entertainment. The Company transforms how traditional HDTV
broadcast and streaming video content is seamlessly, reliably, and
securely delivered, processed, and distributed into and throughout
the home. Entropic's next-generation home connectivity and set-top
box system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions enable Pay-TV service
providers to offer consumers a more captivating whole-home
entertainment experience by delivering new, high-performing ways to
connect, engage, and enjoy multimedia content. For more
information, visit Entropic at: www.entropic.com.
The Entropic Communications logo is available at
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About Cortina Systems
Cortina Systems, Inc. is a leading provider of high-performance
communications semiconductor solutions enabling next generation
network connectivity and efficient bandwidth delivery from the core
network to the home network. Our broad product portfolio includes
carrier-class semiconductor devices for next generation optical
transport and passive optical network systems, as well as data
center connectivity and digital home solutions. For more
information, please visit www.cortina-systems.com
The Cortina Systems logo is available at
http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=16311
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this press release that are not strictly
historical in nature constitute "forward-looking statements." Such
statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding
the expected benefits of Entropic's MoCA solutions or its
partnership with Cortina Systems, Entropic's leadership in
providing MoCA home networking solutions, and continued or future
integration of technology into products of OEMs. Such
forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors which may cause Entropic's actual
results to be materially different from historical results or from
any results expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, the
effects of competition from alternative technologies; Entropic's
dependence on service providers' transition to gateway/client
architectures; the risk that the market for MoCA home networking
solutions may not develop as anticipated; the effect of
intellectual property rights claims; and other factors discussed in
the "Risk Factors" section of Entropic's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2012. All forward-looking
statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary
statement. Entropic is providing this information as of the date of
this release and does not undertake any obligation to update any
forward-looking statements contained in this release as a result of
new information, future events or otherwise.
Copyright © 2012 Entropic. All rights reserved. All other
product or company names mentioned are used for identification
purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners.
CONTACT: Entropic Investor and Media Contacts:
Debra Hart
Director, Investor Relations, Entropic
+1 858.768.3852
debra.hart@entropic.com
Chris Fallon
Senior Director, Corporate Communications, Entropic
+1 917.974.1667
chris.fallon@entropic.com
Barbara Kolbl
Global Media Relations, Cortina
+1 916.293.0787
barbara.kolbl@cortina-systems.com
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