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B U S I N E S S O V E RV I E W
P R O D U C T S A N D C U S T O M E R S
P M D P R O D U C T S:During fiscal 2001, we introduced our first-generation OC-768 transimpedance amplifier and
3.2 Gbps quad VCSEL laser driver and amplifier products. In addition, we introduced our second-generation PMD
product, the S3095 integrated transimpedance amplifier with automatic gain control amplifier. Our current customers
for PMD products include Alcatel, Ciena, Fujitsu, Mitel, NEC, Sumitomo and Sycamore Networks.
P H Y S I C A L L AY E R P R O D U C T S:We introduced our first generation of physical layer products in 1993. We have since
developed several generations of these products improving cost, power, functionality and performance. During fiscal
2001, we introduced several OC-48 (2.5 Gbps) integrated physical layer transceiver devices, including our first
OC-48 devices manufactured using the CMOS fabrication process. In addition, we introduced our second-generation
OC-192 transmitter and receiver chipset. Our current customers for physical layer products include Alcatel, Ciena,
Cisco, Fujitsu, Hitachi, JDS Uniphase, Juniper Networks, Lucent, Marconi Communications, Nortel, Sycamore
Networks and Tellabs.
F R A M I N G L AY E R P R O D U C T S:During fiscal 2001, we introduced several framing layer products for the OC-12
(625 megabits per second), OC-48 and OC-192 markets. The Ganges device is the first commercially available
OC-192 framer. The Hudson device supports OC-192 forward error correction, digital wrapper and performance
monitoring. Additionally, we introduced Danube, our second-generation OC-48 pointer processing device, and
Orinoco, a DS-3 to OC-12 mapping device. Our current customers for framing layer products include Ciena, Cisco,
Lucent, Marconi Communications, NEC, Nortel, Sycamore Networks, Tellabs and Tellium.
N E T W O R K P R O C E S S I N G L AY E R P R O D U C T S:All of our current network processing products come from the acquisition
of MMC Networks, Inc. (“MMC”) completed on October 25, 2000. These products include the nP7120 packet
processor. Our current customers for network processing products include Cisco, Fujitsu and Nortel.
T R A F F I C M A N A G E M E N T A N D S W I T C H I N G L AY E R P R O D U C T S:All of our current traffic management and switching layer
products also come from the acquisition of MMC. These products include the second-generation nPX5410, a fully
integrated 22 Gbps full-duplex switching and traffic management IC, and the first-generation nPX5500 integrated
20 Gbps full-duplex switching and traffic manager. Our current customers for traffic management and switching layer
products include Cisco, Fujitsu and Nortel.
AT E P R O D U C T S
We are not currently developing new products for the ATE market. We continue to manufacture and sell ASIC
products to customers such as Agilent, LTX, Schlumberger, Teradyne and Texas Instruments.
H I G H-S P E E D C O M P U T I N G P R O D U C T S
We offer a PCI product line that addresses the high-speed computing market. However, we are not currently develop-
ing new products for this market. The S5933 is a standard master/slave PCI controller chip. The S5920 is a standard
target-only PCI controller chip. These devices are supported with comprehensive development kits and third-party
driver software. We sell these products to a very large and diverse customer base. Current customers of our PCI
products include Cisco, Ericcson, IBM, Nortel and Sagem.
M I L I TA RY P R O D U C T S
We are not currently developing new products for military applications. We continue to manufacture and sell ASIC
products for military applications to customers such as Northrop Grumman and Raytheon Systems.
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