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Toshiba Announces Commercial Production of FFSA(TM) for NEC iPASOLINK(TM) Microwave Backhaul ProductsToshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) today announced that NEC Corporation (NEC), having previously chosen the Toshiba (News - Alert) FFSATM (Fit Fast Structured Array) flexible custom LSI solution, has now moved to the commercial production phase of its iPASOLINKTM high capacity microwave communication equipment for mobile networks, utilizing this innovative solution.
"NEC (News - Alert) has adopted FFSATM for its water-resistant, durable,
compact microwave system iPASOLINKTM AOR (All Outdoor Radio)
and will expand the adoption of FFSATM to other iPASOLINKTM
systems," said Mr. Atsushi Noro, deputy general manager, Mobile Wireless
Solutions Division, NEC. Toshiba addresses the customer's main development criteria such as performance, power, and time to market with its FFSATM solution, using licensed technology from BaySand Inc. FFSATM offers a new and flexible custom LSI solution to replace broad FPGA series and ASICs with pre-designed masters featuring configurable I/Os, SerDes (Serializer Deserializer), and SRAMs which can be configured according to the customer's requirements. FFSATM supports various types of SerDes protocols for wired and wireless networking, as well as storage and consumer applications. Going forward, Toshiba will position FFSATM solutions as a new choice for custom LSI development to help customers optimize their system design andto enable timely product development.
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