Science & Technology
Science and Technology
Science and Technology
Mon, November 17, 2008
Mindspeed: Mindspeed(R) Offers a Complete Line of Signal Conditioning Products
NEWPORT BEACH, CA--(Marketwire - November 17, 2008) - Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. (
Mindspeed's multi-gigabit signal integrity products are designed to transparently pass out of band (OOB) and electrical bus idle (EBI) signals that are utilized in protocols such as SATA/SAS and PCI Express. The new signal conditioners include the M21450, a dual-channel backplane driver with adaptive equalization that automatically equalizes data at rates up to 6.5 Gbps. New four-channel, 4.25 Gbps products include the M21330 for cable applications and the M21351 for backplanes. The 4.25 Gbps M21352 and 8.5 Gbps M21482 eight-channel devices are complemented by the 4.25 Gbps M21353, M21443 and 8.5 Gbps M21483 12-channel backplane equalizers. The eight- and 12-channel devices provide a low-power (115mW per channel), economical solution for high-quality, backplane transmission over channels with over 20dB of loss at Nyquist at rates up to 8.5 Gbps.
"With one of the industry's broadest line of signal conditioning products, our customers can qualify our signal conditioning technology once and then select from a wide variety of devices as application needs arise," said Matthew Bolig, product line manager for Mindspeed's High-Performance Analog Division. "We are very excited that our extensive breadth of products also offers one of the industry's lowest power, smallest package sizes and most robust EBI/OOB performance."
All devices in the family support a wide range of protocols, including PCI Express, SAS, SATA, Infiniband, Fibre Channel and XAUI. All products also feature fully non-blocking switch matrices that can be used for redundancy, fail-over switching or to implement loopbacks and board-routing decongestion. The switching matrices are configurable via a two-wire software interface or programmable read-only memory (PROM) programming mode. Superior transmission quality is ensured through high boost equalizers and output drivers that offer programmable voltage swings, as well as de-emphasis in compliance with PCI Express specifications.
Pricing and Availability
Production shipments for all devices will commence in December 2008. Mindspeed's signal conditioners are manufactured using low-cost complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology for superior overall performance. Volume pricing ranges from $7.95 for the M21450 two-channel 6 Gbps device to $39.00 for the M21483, the 12-channel, 8.5 Gbps product.
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.
To learn more, visit us at [ www.mindspeed.com ]
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This press release contains statements relating to Mindspeed, and our future results, including certain projections and business trends, that are "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results, and actual events that occur, may differ materially from those projected as a result of certain risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: future operating losses; cash requirements and terms and availability of financing; worldwide political and economic uncertainties and specific conditions in the markets we address; fluctuations in the price of our common stock and our operating results; loss of or diminished demand from one or more key customers or distributors; our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel; constraints in the supply of wafers and other product components from our third-party manufacturers; doing business internationally; pricing pressures and other competitive factors; successful development and introduction of new products; our ability to successfully and cost effectively establish and manage operations in foreign jurisdictions; industry consolidation; order and shipment uncertainty; our ability to obtain design wins and develop revenues from them; lengthy sales cycles; the expense of and our ability to defend our intellectual property against infringement claims by others; product defects and bugs; and business acquisitions and investments. Risks and uncertainties that could cause the company's actual results to differ from those set forth in any forward-looking statement are discussed in more detail under "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in the company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 27, 2008, as well as similar disclosures in the company's subsequent SEC filings. Forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made only as of the date hereof, and the company undertakes no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
