Switchcore's Cxe Technology Inside World Wide Packets Lightningedge Le-410 Concentrator - Product Announcement

EDP Weekly's IT Monitor, July 1, 2002

SwitchCore AB, developer of integrated switching devices for Internet and data communications, has announced that World Wide Packets, Inc., developer of optical networking solutions for the access market, has launched its LightningEdge LE-410 concentrator. The product uses SwitchCore's switching devices to deliver 16 Gigabit Ethernet ports. It will announce imminently an addition to its Concentrator product line that will leverage SwitchCore's ASIC technology.

"By coupling the SwitchCore capabilities with our cutting-edge, services-focused software, we were able to realize a quick time-to-market with products that enable the delivery of Ethernet broadband services today," said Barry Kantner, V.P. of Marketing for World Wide Packets.

"World Wide Packets LightningEdge family of products is perfectly designed for the growing metro and access markets. I am confident that they have made the right decision by choosing our highly competitive silicon," said Mike Farnam, VP of Sales at SwitchCore.

SwitchCore AB is a fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops, and markets integrated silicon devices for network equipment manufacturers and suppliers, worldwide. SwitchCore's CXE technology significantly increases the bandwidth and performance of switches and routers. The flagship product, the CXE-16, an integrated switching device, can switch up to 24 million packets per second. The SwitchCore Group has about 90 employees and offices in Lund and Stockholm in Sweden, San Jose, California and Boston, Massachusetts in the US and Singapore in Asia. The company is quoted on the Stockholm Exchange's Attract 40-list under the SCOR ticker.

World Wide Packets pioneered the adoption of Ethernet-based access networks. World Wide Packet's LightningEdge Solution enables a single access platform for both business and residential subscribers, providing the most cost competitive broadband access solution for delivery of voice, video, and data services. World Wide Packets is a privately held corporation, established by Bernard Daines, founder of Packet Engines, Grand Junction Networks and Tidewater Associates. For more information on World Wide Packets, please visit our Web site at www.worldwidepackets.com. Access Brilliance, Ethernet to the Subscriber, ETTS, Fiber to the Subscriber, FTTS, LightningEdge, World Wide Packets and the World Wide Packets logo are trademarks of World Wide Packets Incorporated.