Product category: Communications ICs (Wired)
News Release from: Lightstorm Networks | Subject: Brooklyn-10
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 25 September 2007
Switch IC is made for Carrier Ethernet
The Brooklyn-10 is billed as the first Ethernet switch application specific standard product purpose-built for the carrier market.
Lightstorm Networks has announced the availability of its first product, the Brooklyn-10, a carrier-grade 20Gb Layer 2 switch with support for next generation carrier Ethernet services for PBB-TE (PBT), T-MPLS, and the latest OAM standards It is the first Ethernet switch application specific standard product (ASSP) purpose-built for the carrier market and developed in partnership with leading carriers over several years
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 14 Dec 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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