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News Release from: Agere Systems
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 05 May 2006
3Com adopts 48-port switch
3Com is using Agere's world-leading Ethernet switching products in its Baseline Plus family of switches.
3Com is using Agere's world-leading Ethernet switching products in its Baseline Plus family of switches The switches that leverage the Agere technology are available worldwide
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Mar 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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3Com is using Agere's previously announced Gigabit Ethernet chipset.
One is called the ET3K, the only single-chip 48-port Gigabit Ethernet switch device featuring the industry's highest level of integration and performance.
The chip packs 48 ports - twice as many as the nearest competing alternative - while exceeding the industry's performance standards.
The second device, called the Octal TruePHY 1081, features low power and exceeds industry standard requirements for reach and error-free performance by approximately 40%.
Also inherent in the TruePHY architecture is the industry's most advanced cable diagnostics, with the precision and accuracy to pinpoint a break in 100m or more standard of Cat 5 cabling.
The combination of both Agere devices enables the highest level of integration and performance in the industry, resulting in lower total system costs and enabling emerging Internet Protocol applications.
By leveraging Agere's technology, the 3Com Baseline Plus family of switches delivers enterprise-class features and performance.
Networks that implement a 3Com Baseline Plus switching solution will benefit from swifter multimedia data sharing, clearer and faster transmission of videoconferencing, and more flexible and robust quality of service.
The switches help SMB networks deliver 10 times the speed of current networks, at a fraction of the cost per bit of information.
"The cost savings corporations need from converging their networks will finally be economically feasible with the new 3Com products based on Agere's technology", said Charlie Kawwas, Marketing Director with Agere Systems.
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