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Texas Instruments Announces Gigabit-Speed Transceiver Technology for Ultra High-Performance Networks

DALLAS (June 2, 1997) -- Texas Instruments (TI) announces it is developing a gigabit-speed, single-chip transceiver device that can be used in gigabit Ethernet LAN products. The new 1.25 Gbaud transceiver (TNETE2201), part of the TI ThunderSWITCH™ family of devices announced today (see related news releases), is the first standards-based gigabit Ethernet transceiver to be developed using mainstream silicon processes.

"Although standards for gigabit Ethernet are not expected to be finalized until 1998, the ThunderSWITCH 1.25 Gbaud transceiver enables networking vendors to begin designing their products now," said Robert Pace, strategic marketing manager at TI. "The product also offers vendors the advantages of a small footprint and low power consumption, features necessary to bring gigabit networking to the desktop."

Based upon TI's world-leading digital signal processing (DSP) solutions platform, the 1.25 Gbaud transceiver has several unparalleled features. Running at ten times the speed of today's 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet technologies, the device offers reduced, 3.3V power consumption. The transceiver supports Category 5 wiring used in desktop connections, speeding the availability of gigabit Ethernet to the end-user.

Other features include compliance with the ANSI X3T11 Fibre Channel standard as well as the functional and timing requirements of the proposed 802.3z specification for a 10-bit interface. Data serialization and deserialization tasks that are required for gigabit Ethernet are also incorporated.

The 1.25 Gbaud transceiver is based on TI's proven Fibre Channel interface and is part of the TI ThunderSWITCH architecture, which delivers TI's silicon expertise in a modular, highly integrated chip family for use in networking products that support the full range of Ethernet protocols from 10 Mbps to gigabit speeds.

Availability

Samples of the ThunderSWITCH 1.25 Gbaud transceiver are scheduled for availability from TI in second quarter 1997 with volume production planned for fourth quarter 1997. Planned packaging is 64-pin quad flat pack (QFP) featuring an industry standard pin-out configuration for backwards compatibility.

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