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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / JUNE 9, 2003: VOL. 2 NO. 23
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SWEDEN'S SOCWARE ANNOUNCES
PHOTONIC NETWORK PROJECT
Sweden's Socware Design Cluster and Acreo Photonics Research announced a
new
photonic network test bed project that will be open to U.S. and international
companies to develop and test their latest communications semiconductors,
switches, and broadband management and integration applications.
Socware and Acreo will be presenting and discussing the new test bed
project
at the 2003 Design Automation Conference (DAC) being held at the Anaheim
Convention Center on June 2nd through the 6th.
The Socware Design Cluster, a national endeavor focused on system-on-chip
(SoC) technology for wireless and broadband communications, will also be
demonstrating the progress of its SoCTRix Demonstrator project as well as its
new SoC Design Center program in exhibition booth #1349.
"Sweden's full-scale photonics network test bed is a unique and excellent
opportunity for communications-related companies to test and refine their
products and services in a real-world environment," said Rolf Rising, director
and head of IT and electronics, Invest in Sweden Agency. "It is made possible
by the sophisticated IT infrastructure that Sweden's government and
institutions have committed resources to and successfully developed over the
years."
World's First Full-Scale Photonic Network
The test bed project, headed by Acreo Photonics Research and funded by
Ericsson and VINNOVA, aims to stimulate the development of next generation
broadband communication; provide a service transparent high bandwidth
transport solution, and test 40Gb for future cost effective implementations
through a multi-vendor, end-to-end, high-speed optical network. The project is
open to U.S. companies wishing to test their technologies in a real world
environment. Intel and Cisco are among the first U.S. companies to participate
in the program. The network will operate at speeds up to 40Gb and will
initially cover a distance of 250 miles, between the cities of Stockholm and
Hudiksvall. The project is also serving as a test bed for specialized
communications, semiconductors, switches, and network management applications
and integration tools. The network will be connected to existing national and
regional backbone stretching the test bed more than 1,000 miles with a
consumer test community of 23,000 individuals.
Socware Partner Acreo Develops and Builds SoC Design Centers for Member
Companies
As experts in radio systems and RFIC design, the Acreo Socware Center
supports
investors wishing to create new R&D centers for wireless SoC design. Through
its extensive industry and university network, Acreo offers companies the
option to build such a center around top engineers and researchers in Sweden.
During an incubation process, the center will be developed according to the
customer's preference. Currently, Acreo has built a center on behalf of VIA
Networks in Taiwan, which designs WLAN chip solutions.
SoCTRix -- a Software Defined Radio Demonstrator
The SoCTRix project addresses the need for low cost and low power
consumption
multi-mode radios with the ability to handle both 3G cellular and WLAN air-
interfaces. Lead by Acreo AB, it will develop an integrated reconfigurable
radio transceiver, "software definable" radio for WLAN. A selection of WLAN
and cellular specifications are used as a framework to evaluate new ideas and
concepts for multi-mode, multi-band transceiver architectures, circuit
solutions, signal processing for communications, and on-chip interference
issues. Within a three-year period, the project aims to develop functional
hardware for a complete and highly integrated multi-standard transceiver. The
project currently has 17 partner companies and organizations.
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