【Publish Date:2008-03-27】

Ethernity's ENET3000 Access Flow Processor incorporated into RAD's next generation Ethernet access product family

Lod, Israel – March 27th , 2008 – Ethernity Networks Ltd, a leading supplier of Access Flow Processors, today announced that RAD Data Communications, an industry-leading manufacturer of innovative telecommunications access solutions, has incorporated Ethernity's ENET3000 access flow processor into its next generation Carrier Ethernet offering.

“As a leading provider of Ethernet access solutions, RAD places a great emphasis on implementing flexible solutions that support multiple services and features,” said Ron Agam, Senior Product Line Manager for Metro Ethernet Access Solutions at RAD Data Communications. “The versatility of Ethernity’s access flow processor is an important element in this process.”

“Ethernity is the only vendor offering series of combined flow processor and traffic management solution on a single Altera's Cyclone 2 FPGA, as a successor to any NPU available in the market today,” said David Levi, Ethernity's founder and CEO. “After supporting RAD in the development of this platform, we are delighted that the ENET3000 has been integrated into RAD’s next generation Ethernet solutions, which are being deployed by leading carriers around the world.”

The ENET3000 flow processor was verified to support MEF9 and MEF 14, comes with deterministic performance and represents a low latency of 4.6 µs for 80 bytes packets, full 802.1ag OAM support, traffic monitoring, 50ms flow base path protection, queue per EVC, hierarchical traffic management and scheduling, integrated switch, ACL, VLAN range per port, and L2/L3 loopbacks.

About Ethernity:

Ethernity Networks is a fabless semiconductor company that develops and provides a dedicated ultra low-cost Networking processor and traffic management on FPGA for telecom and carrier grade access platforms enabling the Programmable Network™. The ENET architecture is covered by five patents and based entirely on Ethernity technology, including patented search engine, patented DDR controller, patented Ethernet MAC, 10G Ethernet MAC, traffic management and the entire pipeline network processing architecture. Ethernity Networks targets the broadband access and mobile transport arena, which are the growth engines in telecommunications for the next ten years where Metro Ethernet, PON, SONET/SDH, and IP DSLAM will play an important part in that growth. Ethernity Networks is headquartered in Lod, Israel. More information is available at www.ethernitynet.com.

About RAD

Established in 1981, privately owned RAD Data Communications has achieved international recognition as a major manufacturer of high quality access equipment for data communications and telecommunications applications. These solutions serve the data and voice access requirements of service providers, incumbent and new carriers, and enterprise networks, by reducing infrastructure investment costs while boosting competitiveness and profitability. The company's installed base exceeds 10,000,000 units and includes more than 150 carriers and operators around the world. These customers are supported by 23 RAD offices and more than 200 distributors in 164 countries.
 
RAD is a member of the RAD Group of companies, a world leader in networking and internetworking product solutions.