The Great Gigabit Backplane Shootout - Participating
Companies
Accelerant
Accelerant Networks is a fabless developer of intelligent high-speed CMOS transceivers designed to unlock new levels of bandwidth from low-cost interconnects, such as copper on FR4. Accelerant's 6.25Gb/s transceivers enable up to a 10 fold increase in data rates on installed copper backplanes and cable systems (such as Cat 5) used in today's server, storage, enterprise, and network transport applications. Accelerant's team includes seasoned management integrated with a vertical engineering team, including top mixed-signal and digital circuit engineers, along with packaging and process technology experts. Collectively, the team holds more than 20 patents. Investors include Mohr Davidow Ventures, Goldman Sachs, and Worldview Technology Partners.
Broadcom
Broadcom Corporation is a leading provider of highly integrated silicon solutions that enable
broadband communications and networking of voice, video and data services. Using proprietary
technologies and advanced design methodologies, Broadcom designs, develops and supplies
complete system-on-a-chip solutions and related hardware and software applications for every
major broadband communications market. Our diverse product portfolio includes solutions for
digital cable and satellite set-top boxes; cable and DSL modems and residential gateways;
high-speed transmission and switching for local, metropolitan, wide area and storage networking; home and wireless networking; cellular and terrestrial wireless communications; Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) gateway and telephony systems; broadband network processors; and SystemI/O server solutions. These technologies and products support our core mission: Connecting everything®.
Marvell
Marvell® is the industry leader in innovating the highest performance broadband communications technologies that enable next-generation networking and storage products. Offering diverse solutions that touch every point of the communications infrastructure, including enterprise, metro, home, and storage networking, Marvell delivers revolutionary products combined with world-class technical and process support, enabling our customers to establish market leadership in the delivery of high-speed broadband communications.
National Semiconductor
National Semiconductor, the industry's premier analog company, creates high performance analog devices and subsystems. National's leading-edge products include power management circuits, display drivers, audio and operational amplifiers, imaging sensors and data conversion solutions. National's key markets include wireless handsets, displays, PCs, networks and a broad range of portable applications. With headquarters in Santa Clara, California, National reported sales of $1.67 billion for fiscal 2003, which ended May 25, 2003. Additional company and product information is available at www.national.com.
Quellan
Quellan is a leading edge communications technology company that develops integrated circuits for high speed communications equipment. Serving the Enterprise, Broadcast, Computing, and Wireless Markets, Quellan's solutions increase bandwidth, lower costs, and reduce time to market by utilizing a combination of signal processing expertise and high frequency analog, digital, and mixed signal experience. Quellan's Near End Cross Talk Canceller and Adaptive Equalizer technologies combine three proven methods of traditional signal processing - Equalization, Modulation, and Cancellation. Collaborative Signal Processing is the combines these functions to creates a unique value that enables increased interconnect throughput by as much as 10 times that of existing solutions without significant power consumption penalty. Initial funding for Quellan was provided by Cordova Intellimedia Ventures, L.P., Greensprings ventures, LLC, ITU Ventures, LLC, The University Financing Foundation Inc., Steve Chaddick, and the Yamacraw Seed Capital Fund III, LLC.
Vitesse
Vitesse is a leading designer and manufacturer of innovative silicon solutions and optical devices used in the networking, communications and storage industries worldwide. Vitesse works to specifically address the requirements of system designers and OEMs by providing high-performance, integrated products that are ideally suited for use in Enterprise, Access, Metro and Core applications. Additional company and product information is available at www.vitesse.com.