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This controller allows these technologies to interact seamlessly on the same network and provides a clear migration path from older Ethernet
networks to the next-generation Gigabit Ethernet networks.
In June 2000, we introduced wireless LAN (WLAN) solutions based on the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11b
High-Rate industry standard. We introduced the Intel® PRO/Wireless 2011 LAN PC Card, a credit-card-
size product that can be inserted into a
laptop, allowing secure, high-speed, reliable wireless network and Internet transmissions to be sent and received. Along with this product
introduction, we introduced the Intel® PRO/Wireless 2011 LAN Access Point, which functions as a wireless hub to the mobile PC cards,
connecting the wired network and the wireless devices. These wireless devices are the first products resulting from the joint development
agreement announced in February 2000 between Intel and Symbol Technologies, Inc.
We also introduced optical networking products in 2000. In June, we introduced seven optical networking chips for applications such as
voice, LAN and wide area network (WAN) data traffic, storage area networks (SANs) and virtual private networks (VPNs). These new
components are aimed at the telecommunications infrastructure, from the access point of the optical network to the network core, and include
receiver chips, transmitter chips, chips that improve transmission quality, chips providing packet framing, multiplexer chips and channel-
mapping chips.
In August 2000, we introduced the Intel® GigaBlade™
network accelerator. This device is designed to provide greater intelligence about the
type of traffic that flows over an optical network, enabling service providers to offer enhanced services to their customers. Server cards based
on the Intel GigaBlade network accelerator connect WANs to metropolitan area networks (MANs) and LANs. By acting as a monitor on the
optical fiber, the Intel GigaBlade network accelerator is capable of viewing traffic flows and extracting data, which can then be processed by a
wide range of standard applications running on the server, including billing, provisioning, hacker intrusion detection and asset deployment.
Network processors. Our Intel IXA architecture provides a flexible platform for the networking and communications industry to build
faster, more intelligent networks using reprogrammable silicon. In May 2000, we announced a new higher performance network processor
based on our IXP1200 product line. The new version is capable of processing 3 million packets of data per second. The IXP1200 chips have
the Intel StrongARM technology, allowing them to consume less than 5 watts of
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power. In November 2000, we extended this line with the Intel® IXP225 DSL and IXP220 DSL network processors. The former combines
voice and data in DSL-based Internet access devices and gateways, while the latter brings network processing to data-only equipment, such as
entry-level bridges and routers.
Embedded control products. Our embedded control products include a range of components used to control functions in networking and
communications applications, such as telecommunications, hubs, routers and WAN systems. Our embedded control chips are also used in laser
printers, imaging, storage media, point-of-sale systems, industrial automation equipment, automotive systems and other applications.
Adding to our embedded product line offerings, in May 2000, we introduced a range of higher speed Pentium III and Celeron processors for
applied computing applications, consisting of high-performance connected systems designed for networking and communications, and
commercial and industrial market segments.
In June 2000, we introduced the first input/output (I/O) processor to offer an integrated 64-bit, 66-MHz PCI-to-PCI bridge, which doubles
PCI speed and bandwidth over previous generations. The Intel® 80303 I/O processor is our third-generation I/O processor, successor to the
popular i960® RN I/O processor. The 80303 is optimized for data-intensive applications, such as SANs, communications systems and
networking line cards.
Other networking products. In January 2000, we announced the Intel® PRO/DSL 3100 Modem. This modem is based on two industry
standards that allow access to the Internet at speeds up to 150 times faster than the fastest analog modems.
In April 2000, we launched our first wireless AnyPoint™ home networking products, which allow several PCs or laptops in a home to share
files, printers and a single simultaneous Internet connection without wires.
Communications Products Group
The Communications Products Group provides system-level communications products directed at service providers running e-Business data
centers. These products include hubs, routers and switches for Ethernet and Fast Ethernet networks, e-Commerce infrastructure appliances and
computer telephony components. Computer telephony is a term used to encompass a wide variety of technologies and applications that use the
information processing capabilities of a computer to add intelligence to telephone functions and to combine these functions with data
processing.
In February 2000, we introduced the Intel
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NetStructure
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family of communications products and services designed to help businesses