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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / SEPTEMBER 29, 2003: VOL. 2 NO. 39
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Breaking News -
Networking:
Vitesse Completes Layer 2+ Gigabit
Switch Family
Vitesse Semiconductor Corp announced two Gigabit Ethernet Switches, Elstree
(8-port) and Stansted (12-port), which marks the completion of the Vitesse
Layer 2+ Gigabit Switch Family. Vitesse's entire Gigabit Ethernet Switch
product line is in production and being used to convert existing 8-, 12-, 16-
and 24-port, 10/100 Local Area Networking (LAN) switch platforms to triple
speed (10/100/1000) Gigabit capabilities for faster and more efficient
delivery of information to small/medium businesses (SMB) and enterprise
desktops.
Vitesse supplies OEMs with Gigabit switches that expand their product
portfolios and cost optimize their first generation switch designs with
minimal design effort due to the software compatibility between all products
within the Vitesse London Family of Gigabit Ethernet Switches. In turn,
corporate network administrators can deploy cost effective Gigabit Ethernet
devices and significantly increase productivity by providing their users with
peak network performance as well as Gigabit burst capacity that is 10 times
faster than current LAN installations.
Market research firm iSuppli forecasts that shipments of Gigabit Ethernet
ports in switches and hubs will exceed those for Fast Ethernet ports in 2005,
coming in at 70 million vs. nearly 62 million for Fast Ethernet. This implies
that Gigabit Ethernet port shipments in switches and hubs will double in each
of the next two years. The biggest driver for this rapid growth in Gigabit
Ethernet in the network infrastructure is the rapid decline in prices for
Gigabit Ethernet interfaces in the PC, which in turn is fueling a demand for
higher bandwidth interconnectivity in the LAN and at the edge of the WAN.
To meet the demands of this industry-wide migration, Vitesse has formed
Gigabit Ethernet design teams to assist customers in developing their
high-speed systems, optimally priced its entire family of Gigabit switches and
is delivering products today. This further positions Vitesse as the technology
and price leader of fully integrated Gigabit Ethernet Switch ICs.
"Vitesse's complete Layer 2+ Gigabit Ethernet Switch portfolio is in
production and provides customers real solutions today," said Jesper Knudsen,
marketing director of Vitesse's SMB Gigabit Ethernet Switch ICs. "With our
switches priced comparably to Fast Ethernet, and the immediate need for
optimized network performance, network administrators are relying on Vitesse
Gigabit solutions to increase productivity, enhance reliability, and ensure
longevity of their networks."
Elstree And Stansted Features And Pricing
Elstree (VSC7382) and Stansted (VSC7386) include a complete web-managed
reference system solution targeted at the SMB and enterprise switch market.
The reference platform is cost optimized with only four layers of PC board.
Web-Lite management is enabled at a significantly lower cost than competing
solutions by means of an on-chip Intel compatible 8051 controller. Complete
system software, user manuals, and other supporting documentation are provided
for rapid design and validation.
Comprehensive network features of Elstree and Stansted include:
- On-chip Intel compatible 8051 controller
- 8K MAC address table and 4K VLAN support
- Triple speed (10/100/1000Mbps) operation via RGMII interfaces
- Jumbo frame support
- Programmable Layer 2 - 4 classifier for QoS
- Four Classes of Services
- Bandwidth policing and shaping as well as broadcast and multicast storm
control
- Full Duplex Flow Control and Half Duplex Backpressure
- Link Aggregation
- Port Based Access Control
- Spanning Tree Protocol
- Rapid Spanning Tree and Multiple Spanning Tree
- Virtual Bridged LAN.
Production quantities of Elstree and Stansted are available now. Volume
pricing unit cost is $24 for Elstree and $36 for Stansted.
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