Ikanos’ VDSL2 CPE Chipset Selected as Finalist for EDN’s 2006 Innovation of the Year Award
Fremont, Calif, February 7, 2007 — Ikanos Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: IKAN), a leading developer and provider of Fiber Fast™ broadband solutions, today announced that its FxTM100100S-5 VDSL2 customer premises equipment (CPE) chipset has been selected from a field of hundreds as a finalist for the 2006 EDN Innovations Awards. The Fx100100S-5 is the industry’s first IPTV-optimized multi-mode solution for CPE modems, residential gateways and other subscriber located equipment.
The Fx100100S-5 chipset delivers a rich feature set for IPTV and triple play, include queuing and scheduling for enhanced Quality of Service in IPv4 and IPv6 networks, on-chip classification, seamless DRR for bandwidth reallocation, enhanced Impulse Noise Protection, and dual latency and dual interleaving over all network interfaces. It offers interoperability with deployed Central Office equipment, VDSL Long Range capability with programmable U0, plug-and-play multi-mode operation and full band plan configurability for worldwide applications. The chipset also is compliant to all mandatory features of the VDSL2 (G.993.2) standard and supports all 8, 12, 17 and 30 MHz VDSL2 profiles.
“We are very pleased that the editors at EDN have nominated the Fx100100S-5 chipset as a finalist for their prestigious award,” said Piyush Sevalia, vice president of marketing, Ikanos’ Access Products Group. “We view this recognition as validation of Ikanos’ commitment to develop innovative solutions for today’s complex systems.”
“Our 2006 roster of Innovation finalists includes great products across the analog, digital, software, and test spaces. We received a tremendous set of mixed-signal ASSP entries, and more processor entries than ever,” states EDN Editor-In-Chief Maury Wright. “I look forward to the rigorous voting process and know that the winners will be top notch.”
Ikanos’ Fx100100S-5 VDSL2 CPE chipset is a finalist in the Network and Communication ICs category. Instituted in 1990, EDN’s annual Innovation Awards honor the people, products and technologies that have shaped the semiconductor industry over the past year.
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About Ikanos Communications, Inc.
Ikanos Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: IKAN) develops chipsets that enable carriers to offer Fiber Fast™ bandwidth and high-speed network processing for enhanced triple play services. Supporting transmission rates of up to 100 Mbps, Ikanos’ line of end-to-end silicon solutions power line terminals, CPE modems and residential gateways for many of the world’s leading network equipment manufacturers. Ikanos’ solutions enable fast and cost-effective carrier rollouts of interactive broadband services including IPTV.
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Contacts:
Susan Lehman
Rockpoint Public Relations 510-832-6006
susan@rockpointpr.com
Margo Westfall
Ikanos Communications
510-438-6276
mwestfall@ikanos.com