Infinera Selects Mindspeed(R) Crosspoint Switch for Use in Infinera DTN Optical System
Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:MSPD), a leading supplier of semiconductor solutions for network infrastructure applications, today announced that Infinera Corporation (Nasdaq:INFN), the leader in Digital Optical Networks, has selected Mindspeed’s M21151 crosspoint switch for use in the Infinera DTN optical system.
The Infinera DTN is the world’s first dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) system that combines the scalability of high-capacity multi-wavelength optical transport with the flexibility and manageability of integrated digital switching. With total capacity of 800 Gbps and efficient service turn-up based on its digital architecture, the Infinera DTN is designed to meet the needs of service providers worldwide. The Infinera DTN’s innovative digital architecture has won service provider customers for long-haul and metro networks worldwide since its launch less than three years ago.
“Our combination of optical transport and fully reconfigurable switching in a single platform has been an important factor in the market success of the Infinera DTN, and Mindspeed’s crosspoint switch plays a key role in enabling this pioneering architecture,” said Infinera Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer Dave Welch.
“Both the Mindspeed M21151 crosspoint switch and the Infinera DTN system offer the industry unprecedented levels of performance, integration and cost effectiveness,” said Jay Cormier, senior vice president and general manager of Mindspeed’s high performance analog business unit. “We are very proud to be supporting a forward looking company such as Infinera and to have been included as part of their DTN system.”
The M21151 is a low-power CMOS, high-speed 144×144 crosspoint switch with robust signal conditioning circuits for driving and receiving high-speed signals across the most demanding backplanes. The device consumes as low as 12 W of power (typical) and supports data rates from 0 to 3.2 Gbps.
About Mindspeed Technologies®
Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. designs, develops and sells semiconductor networking solutions for communications applications in enterprise, access, metropolitan and wide area networks.
The company’s three key product families include high-performance analog transmission and switching solutions, multiservice access products designed to support voice and data services across wireline and wireless networks, and WAN communications solutions including T/E carrier physical-layer and link-layer devices, as well as ATM/MPLS network processors.
Mindspeed’s products are used in a wide variety of network infrastructure equipment including voice and media gateways, high-speed routers, switches, access multiplexers, cross-connect systems, add-drop multiplexers and digital loop carrier equipment.
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