NEUBIBERG, GERMANY and MILPITAS, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 03/02/09 -- Infineon Technologies
AG (FRANKFURT: IFX) (NYSE: IFX) today announced two additions to its
XWAY(TM) ARX100 family of single-chip ADSL2+ Integrated Access Device (IAD)
solutions, the XWAY ARX182 and XWAY ARX188. The ARX188 is targeted at
feature-rich IAD designs with high throughput and Quality of Service (QoS)
requirements, while the ARX182 is the industry's first low-cost IAD
solution targeted at the entry-level segment of Analog Telephone Adaptors
with integrated DSL functionality (DSL-ATA). When used with Infineon's new
XWAY SLIC100 (Subscriber Line Interface Circuit) family, both solutions set
a benchmark in energy efficiency by enabling customers to exceed the
requirements of European Union Code of Conduct (EU CoC) on Energy
Consumption of Broadband Equipment by up to 35 percent.
"Our ARX100 architecture underscores Infineon's commitment to Green IT by
significantly reducing the power consumption of home gateways. The ARX188
combines the advantages of the recently launched ARX168 for Internet
Protocol Television (IPTV) with Infineon's leading VoIP technology to offer
superior multi-service gateways for consumers, whereas ARX182 supports
carriers in migrating to All-IP networks," said Christian Wolff, Division
President of the Wireline Communications division at Infineon Technologies.
"These new solutions further emphasize the commitment given to our OEM/ODM
customers with the introduction of the ARX100 architecture: One Investment,
Many Products."
About the XWAY ARX100 family
In autumn 2008, Infineon introduced the industry's first single-chip ADSL2+
gateway solution with integrated Gigabit Ethernet, the XWAY ARX168, to
address the burgeoning IPTV market.
ARX188 lifts the capabilities of residential gateways to the next level by
ensuring
that the IAD does not become a bottleneck in the home network. Infineon
designed the ARX100 architecture with a dual-core networking CPU, protocol
acceleration and Gigabit Ethernet support to guarantee ideal routing
throughput. Together with 802.11n companion chips, ARX188 offers unique
performance with WLAN data rates of well above 150Mbps. IPTV applications
benefit from the high speed routing capabilities as well as from DSL
Physical Layer features such as Erasure Decoding and Re-Transmission to
optimize performance in video transmission applications. By supporting
optimal throughput across various interfaces, ARX188 opens a fully new
end-user experience when it comes to IPTV, content management and file
sharing.
