05.12.2006

PMC-Sierra Introduces Family of Carrier-Grade Multi-Service Residential Gateway Reference Platforms for Triple Play Services

PMC-Sierra, Inc. (Nasdaq:PMCS) announced a suite of multi-service residential gateway reference platforms for the industry's broadest range of advanced broadband access protocols.

Using a common system-on-chip (SoC) architecture and open-source software model, PMC-Sierra offers the following VoIP-enabled multi-service residential gateway reference designs and evaluation platforms:

• PM2326-KIT ADSL2+ residential gateway based on the MSP7120 multi-service processor and PM4381 ADSL2+ AFE;
• PM2327-KIT VDSL2 residential gateway based on the MSP7130 multi-service processor and PM4380 VDSL2 AFE;
• PM2325-KIT Fast Ethernet residential gateway based on the MSP7130 multi-service processor; and
• PM2328-KIT EPON residential gateway based on the MSP7130 multi-service processor and PMC-Sierra's PAS6201 EPON chipset.