NEC selects PMC-Sierra’s Metro transport semiconductor solutions
"After an extensive assessment across the ASSP market, we found that PMC-Sierra's CHESS III and CHESS Wideband technology met all of our key criteria, enabling us to offer our customers a solution that meets their demands. The CHESS portfolio offers highly integrated framers, scalable non-blocking switch fabrics and powerful pointer processors, but PMC-Sierra is distinguished from other vendors by their metro transport platform system engineering expertise, performance innovations in the area of mixed-signal technology and best-in-class customer support," said Hiroshi Yamashita, senior manager with NEC's Network Platform Development Division.
"NEC's SpectralWave product family is enabling new capabilities in the metro core and holds a strong position internationally in the optical transport equipment market," said Dino Bekis, vice president of marketing and applications for PMC-Sierra's Communication Products Division. "We value NEC's relationship and are impressed with their demonstrated ability to deliver a world-class product to their demanding customer base."