The quest for one Israeli company to build better Ethernet In The First Mile product got a boost Friday as chip making giant Intel said it has come on board as a new investor. Financial details of the funding were not disclosed.
Israel-based Passave is a fabless system-on-chip vendor, developing core technology for broadband fiber access systems. The company's portfolio includes the PAS5001 OLT chip, and PAS6001 ONU chip which is based on the IEEE 802.3ah standard.
The company said the funds raised complete Passave's first round of investment, and are intended to finalize product design of Passave's first generation First Ethernet PON chipset, and commence shipment to initial customers.
PONs rely on lightwaves for data transfer. In a PON, signals are routed over the local link with all signals along that link going to all interim transfer points. Optical splitters route signals through the network; optical receivers at intermediate points and subscriber terminals tuned for specific wavelengths of light direct signals intended for their groups of subscribers. At the final destination, a specific residence or business can detect its specified signal.
PONs are capable of delivering high volumes of upstream and downstream bandwidth of up to 622 Mbps downstream and 155 Mbps upstream, which can be changed ‘on-the-fly’ depending on an individual user's needs. — (menareport.com)
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