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Tue, September 8, 2009
Mon, September 7, 2009 Ikanos Communications: Ikanos Sets Power Savings Benchmark With Introduction of Next-Generation VDSL Access Chipsets
FREMONT, CA and PARIS--(Marketwire - September 7, 2009) - Broadband World Forum Europe 2009 -- Ikanos Communications, Inc. (
Industry's Lowest Power VDSL Chipset
The Velocity chipsets are designed to help equipment manufacturers meet the stringent energy efficiency standards that are emerging in Europe and many parts of Asia, while providing service providers with dramatic cost reductions for electric power and cooling. Fully compliant with the European CoC power consumption levels (L0/L2/L3), the Velocity chipsets' power profile is the industry's lowest at less than 1 W per port, over 30 percent power savings compared to the next best A/VDSL chipset offering.
"Reducing power consumption in the provisioning of broadband services is an increasingly important concern for operators around the world," said Jeff Heynen, directing analyst of broadband and video at Infonetics Research. "Europe, in particular with its Code of Conduct, has a very stringent set of requirements for network equipment. Ikanos' latest family of chipsets is a perfect example of what semiconductor companies must do to enable the next-generations of access devices for Europe and other markets."
Ikanos' iQV Technology Enables Superior Stability & Robustness
Ikanos' iQV -- a combination of ITU G.inp compliant retransmission and Rapid Rate Adaptation™ (advanced ITU-T compliant SOS, SRA and Bitswap) technologies -- enables the chipset to intelligently adjust its data rate instantly to provide optimal quality in any line condition. With iQV, IPTV services that may be severely degraded or even dropped by older/less sophisticated chipsets will not only stay connected, but will show no degradation in image quality, even in very noisy conditions. The enhanced capabilities of iQV enable service providers to utilize existing copper infrastructure to deliver bandwidth-intensive and quality sensitive applications, like multiple channels of HD-video, high quality VoIP and other revenue-enhancing advanced features.
Best-in-Class Performance
The symmetrical 100/100 Mbps and asymmetrical 100/50 Mbps Velocity chipsets each provide dramatically improved long-range performance surpassing all loop conditions specified in the Broadband Forum's WT-114 VDSL2 Performance Test Plan. In addition, Ikanos' Velocity chipsets are fully compliant with the WT-115 VDSL2 Functionality Test Plan, while operating in any of the VDSL2 spectral profiles (8, 12, 17 and 30 MHz).
The Velocity chipsets are software compatible to Ikanos' prior generation of CO chipsets, enabling system vendors to seamlessly migrate and take advantage of the performance and stability of Ikanos' Velocity devices. In addition, the Velocity chipsets -- which support all ADSL and VDSL profiles -- are designed to complement Ikanos' line of innovative residential gateway chipsets, including the highly integrated Fusiv® Vx180. When combined in an end-to-end system, these devices enable optimal network performance.
"Ikanos continues to set the standards for the broadband market, first with industry-leading symmetrical performance and now with the industry's lowest power consuming VDSL chipsets," said Michael Gulett, president and CEO of Ikanos. "The combination of technologies we have built into Ikanos Velocity chipsets not only significantly improve performance and stability, they dramatically reduce the power required to deliver broadband service around the world."
Availability
Evaluation boards and samples for both the 100/100 Mbps symmetrical (FX100100-6) and 100/50 Mbps asymmetrical (FX10050-6) Velocity chipsets are available now.
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Cautionary Statement
All statements included or incorporated by reference in this press release, other than statements or characterizations of historical fact, are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations, estimates and projections about our industry and business, management's beliefs, and certain assumptions, all of which are subject to change. Forward-looking statements can often be identified by words such as "anticipates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "predicts," "believes," "seeks," "estimates," "may," "will," "should," "would," "could," "potential," "continue," "ongoing," similar expressions, and variations or negatives of these words. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future results and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause our actual results to differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statement. Important factors that may cause such a difference with respect to the forward-looking statements in this release include, without limitation, market acceptance of the product, the ability of Ikanos to deliver timely all of the features required by carriers in each region in which the product will be sold, and the ability to meet competitors' pricing. For a further discussion of the risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see the section entitled "Risk Factors" in Ikanos' Annual Reports on Form 10-K and its most recent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Ikanos Communications cannot assure that the events and circumstances reflected in any forward-looking statements will be achieved or occur, nor does Ikanos Communications undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements for any reason after the date of this press release.
