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Intel® and Altera* Case Study |
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Intel is a leading manufacturer of computer, networking and communications products, including standards-based optical silicon building blocks for enterprise customers and service providers. |
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Altera* is a leading supplier of programmable logic devices (PLDs) that enable developers to design and implement custom logic using standardized, off-the-shelf devices. |
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As local area networks, networked storage and other high-speed networking applications move to gigabit Ethernet (GbE), system developers need a way to efficiently transport GbE data over the existing long-haul and metropolitan area network optical infrastructure, which was designed to carry voice traffic using a SONET/SDH architecture. Intel and Altera have addressed this need by enabling the design of a breakthrough line card for a Multi-Service Provisioning Platform (MSPP). |
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Key technical objectives included sending at least 8 GB of data over OC-192 SONET, with eight 1GbE links on the client side, and quickly integrating a complex design that comprised multiple intellectual property blocks. Intel met the challenge by calling on an Intel® Communications Alliance member that builds complementary silicon, and collaborating to co-develop, integrate and support a functionally complete solution. |
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The next-generation solution designed by Intel and Altera aggregates multiple GbE data streams and transmits them over existing metro and regional Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) networks. The GbE muxponder card combines the Intel® IXF18102 and IXF30005 family of transport optical components, an Altera Stratix* 1S80 field-programmable gate array (FPGA) and third-party software into a pre-integrated, standards-based solution. |
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Intel optical silicon building blocks offered the customer a price-performance and time-to-market advantage, as well as standards-compliant products and interfaces that help ensure interoperability and cost reduction. |
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Altera's off-the-shelf FPGAs enabled the customer to deliver a cost-effective, high-performance solution while significantly reducing the time required to get its new offering into production. |
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A close engagement between Intel and Altera led to a complete and standards-based solution that offers a fast-to-market and first-to-market advantage for a top-tier telecom equipment manufacturer. This customer can in turn deliver to its customers - telecom carriers - a solution that enables them to transport the SAN protocol clients over existing SONET/SDH networks, thereby taking capitalizing on the existing infrastructure. |
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