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According to market research firm Infonetics Research's August 6, 2009, PON Equipment in Asia Pacific report, GPON equipment revenue is expected to increase at a 139% compound annual growth rate from 2008 to 2013 in the Asia Pacific region, driven by GPON deployments in countries such as Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Australia.

Aztech's new GPON ONT targets this high-end and demanding FTTH market that requires wire-speed throughput to the customer and a Gigabit Ethernet interface to the home. The ONT features four GbE user interfaces and supports 2.5G downstream traffic to the customer at any packet size. It is based on PMC-Sierra's PAS7401 GPON ONT SoC and OMCI software package, which has proven to be interoperable with all major Optical Line Terminals (OLT) on the market at numerous interoperability events.

"PMC-Sierra is pleased to add Aztech to our expanding list of GPON design wins," said Raphael Sankar, vice president and co-general manager for PMC-Sierra's FTTH division. "We continue to build on our position as the dominant FTTH silicon solution provider addressing the EPON, GPON, 10G EPON and 10G GPON markets. PMC-Sierra's GPON product line, which includes ONT SoC, Quad-port OLT SoC and a complete software package, is becoming the benchmark for the industry."

Key Features of PMC-Sierra's GPON Solutions

The PAS7401 product line integrates a GPON MAC, a VoIP subsystem, an embedded controller and GigaPASS(TM) bridge performing advanced classification, queuing and filtering, with wire-speed throughput at all packet sizes. Advanced power saving modes can lower PON deployment costs by reducing battery backup unit expenses. The reference designs come with complete GPON ONT software, featuring GPON functions, QoS bridging, VoIP, SIP and OMCI.

PMC-Sierra also provides a four-port GPON OLT SoC, the PAS5211, for Central Office equipment, and a GPON Gateway device, the MSP7162, for Customer Premises equipment. A comprehensive support package, including datasheets and application notes is available at www.pmc-sierra.com/ftth-pon.

PMC-Sierra's GigaPASS FTTH Architecture Delivers Wire-Speed Performance

As speeds surpass gigabit-per-second rates, an entirely new design approach is required in access network equipment, compared with sub-gigabit/second technologies such as DSL, cable and BPON. The GigaPASS architecture integrates multiple hardware-based packet processing engine subsystems to deliver wire-speed packet processing at all packet sizes, and combines them with a control processor supporting the Linux operating system and extensible middleware platforms.

About PMC-Sierra's FTTH Family of Products

PMC-Sierra is the only supplier to support EPON (IEEE 802.3ah Ethernet in the First Mile), 10G EPON (IEEE 802.3av) and GPON (ITU-T G.984) standards. The Company's gigabit PON products are based on the robust GigaPASS(TM) FTTH Architecture that achieves sustained gigabit and greater data rates while providing a powerful 32-bit programmable processing engine executing the real-time operating system, middleware, and application-specific firmware required for high performance FTTH network access. PMC-Sierra's SoC solutions provide end-to-end gigabit-per-second bandwidth connections linking central office equipment (optical line terminals) and customer premises equipment (optical network units or network terminals) to the PON network. For more information, visit www.pmc-sierra.com/ftth-pon.

About PMC-Sierra

PMC-Sierra(R), the premier Internet infrastructure semiconductor solution provider, offers its customers technical and sales support worldwide through a network of offices in North America, Europe, Israel and Asia. PMC-Sierra provides semiconductor solutions for Enterprise Storage, Wide Area Network Infrastructure, Fiber To The Home, and Laser Printer/SMB NAS markets. The Company is publicly traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market under the PMCS symbol. For more information, visit www.pmc-sierra.com.

About Aztech Electronics Pte Ltd ("Aztech Electronics")

Aztech Electronics Pte Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Aztech Group Ltd. Aztech Electronics business comprises of the design and manufacture of Broadband, Home Networking and Voice Communications products. With its vertically integrated manufacturing plant in Dong Guan, China, together with 6 worldwide sales offices and 4 R&D centres, Aztech provides services of ODM/OEM, Contract Manufacturing and Retail brand distribution. The Aztech brand is available in 14 countries including Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Turkey, Iran and Saudi Arabia. www.aztech.com.

Resources to Extend Your Product Knowledge and Understanding

PMC-Sierra FTTH Products www.pmc-sierra.com/ftth-pon

PMC-Sierra New Products www.pmc-sierra.com/products/newProducts.html

PMC-Sierra Webinars www.pmc-sierra.com/webinars

(C) Copyright PMC-Sierra, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved. PMC and PMC-SIERRA are registered trademarks of PMC-Sierra, Inc. in the United States and other countries. PMCS, GigaPASS and "Enabling connectivity. Empowering people." are trademarks of PMC-Sierra, Inc. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

SOURCE: PMC-Sierra, Inc.

PMC-Sierra Contact: 
Susan Shaw, +1-408-988-8515 
susan_shaw@pmc-sierra.com 
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or 
China Editorial: 
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jo.soo@edelman.com

The META20G is the latest addition to PMC-Sierra's OTN product portfolio, which includes the HyPHY 20G and HyPHY 10G for Packet Optical Transport Platforms (P-OTP) and Multi-Service Provisioning Platforms (MSPP). The portfolio provides a chipset solution for end-to-end integration of OTN across metro networks (see Figures 4-5).

"With global IP traffic forecast to almost double every nine to twelve months for the next few years, we're seeing the industry move towards IP/MPLS-optimised networks with OTN as the baseline transport technology," said Yuval Bachar, VP, CTO of HSBU, Juniper Networks.

Flexible service platform for Carrier Ethernet Switch and Router equipment

META20G's concurrent framing and mapping of Carrier Ethernet, OTN and SONET/SDH reduces line card variants and simplifies carrier supply chain operations. Its flexible system-side interfaces allow for seamless integration onto new and existing line cards with direct-connect to network processors and packet processing engines. META20G offers a wide range of capabilities, including:

-- Broad support of optical modules: Independent, rate-agile SERDES for direct-connect to 10G SFP+ and XFP modules for dense multi-port configurations.

-- Any-Service over OTN: Support for 10G LAN, WAN, SAN, Video and POS.

-- Carrier Grade 10GE capabilities: Integrated Timing over Packet (IEEE 1588 and SynchE) and Ethernet Link OAM required in latency sensitive applications such as mobile backhaul.

Availability

The PM5422 META 20G devices are available in 27mm x 27mm 672 ball FCBGA packages.

White Paper

"A Tutorial on ITU-T G.709 Optical Transport Networks (OTN)," provides an overview of OTN, with primary emphasis on ITU-T G.709, and discusses various constraints that influenced the development of G.709, its current status in the network, and some factors that will affect its future. The paper is available for download at http://www.pmc-sierra.com/wireline (registration required).

Figures (http://www.humbugpr.com/10182/63688.html)

Figure 1: META20G interfaces.

Figure 2: META20G block diagram.

Figure 3: META20G application examples.

Figure 4: The new Carrier networks.

Figure 5: PMC Sierra's OTN product family for CESR and Transport equipment.

About PMC-Sierra

PMC-Sierra, the premier Internet infrastructure semiconductor solution provider, offers its customers technical and sales support worldwide through a network of offices in North America, Europe, Israeland Asia. PMC-Sierra provides semiconductor solutions for Enterprise Storage, Wide Area Network Infrastructure, Fiber To The Home, and Laser Printer/SMB NAS markets. The Company is publicly traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market under the PMCS symbol. For more information, visit www.pmc-sierra.com.

Copyright PMC-Sierra, Inc. 2009. All rights reserved. PMC and PMC-SIERRA are registered trademarks of PMC-Sierra, Inc. in the United Statesand other countries. PMCS and "Enabling connectivity. Empowering people." are trademarks of PMC-Sierra, Inc. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

CONTACT: Susan Shaw, Senior Manager, Brand Communications, PMC-Sierra Tel: +1 408 988 8515 e-mail: susan_shaw@pmc-sierra.com Kimberly Mason, Communications Specialist, PMC-Sierra Tel: +1 408 988 7713 e-mail: kimberly_mason@pmc-sierra.com Keith Mason, Humbug PR Tel: +44 (0)1305 849403 e-mail: keith.mason@humbugpr.com Ann Williams, Humbug PR Tel: +44 (0)1305 849402 e-mail: ann.williams@humbugpr.com

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Interoperability of ONTs via a common OLT allows the network operator to support a variety of applications and customer segments over a common infrastructure. Multiple vendors can create ONTs for specific market requirements giving network operators tailored ONT solutions. Leveraging the Alloptic edge10 OLT allows those different ONTs to be deployed on a common fiber infrastructure, even on the same PON.

"Alloptic continues to push technology forward, driving paradigm shifts in how to deploy FTTx solutions," said Shane Eleniak, Executive VP of Marketing and Business Development at Alloptic. "It has been great to work with PMC-Sierra and Teknovus in bringing interoperability to market and pushing the status quo in EPON developments."

"PMC-Sierra has always focused on delivering fully standard-compliant products in every FTTH market in which we operate," said Raphael Sankar, VP and co-General Manager for PMC-Sierra's FTTH division. "This Alloptic initiative demonstrates a fully interoperable EPON system that is ready for the mass MSO market without using proprietary methods that limit availability and increase cost."

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