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Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (AppliedMicro), a major player in energy conscious communications and computing solutions for telco, enterprise, data center, consumer and SMB applications, has entered into a definitive stock purchase agreement to acquire TPACK (News - Alert) A/S of Copenhagen, Denmark.

TPACK's SOFTSILICON products support the fastest deployment of new carrier-class packet and optical network standards with the greatest flexibility for Tier 1 equipment vendors.

TPACK's solutions, which are implemented in Altera (News - Alert) FPGA devices, address the unique requirements of individual equipment vendors and accelerate time-to-market for 10, 40 and 100 Gbps OTN switching and routing solutions.

Officials with Applied said that as OTN standards evolve and mature, AppliedMicro (News - Alert) will use the early engagement work with customers and develop standard reference designs that maintain software compatibility while offering lower cost and lower power.

"While the OTN silicon market is growing rapidly, OTN standards and implementations are still evolving-- thereby offering system OEMs a broad field to uniquely differentiate their products with custom features and legacy support at various levels”, said George Jones, head of marketing and business development for transport products at AppliedMicro, in a statement.

Jones said that this has led a large proliferation of FPGA technology within the customers' platforms.

He said that these FPGA solutions sit beside the company’s products and together provide a scalable, system solution for the customers.

Jones said that TPACK's IP implemented in Altera FPGAs will provide the company with the flexibility to meet the customers' special requirements and get to market quickly with leading-edge performance.

“We believe TPACK's team of talented engineers will make AppliedMicro more nimble and responsive to a greater range of market needs as system requirements continue to evolve and grow," he added.

Founded in 2001, TPACK has 37 employees, including 28 design engineers, and brings a track record of product development and steady financial growth as a privately-held company.

Following the acquisition closing, the company will continue to operate from its Copenhagen office as a wholly-owned subsidiary of AppliedMicro.

"AppliedMicro shares our vision on how to meet the emerging OTN standards, first with soft-FPGA solutions, and then extend the lessons learned from early customer engagements to improve integration of our Framer-Mapper and Carrier Packet Processor (News - Alert) product lines," said Colin L.M. Macnab, CEO of TPACK.

Macnab said that this acquisition delivers a partnership providing customers with an industry-first, allowing OEMs to transition from first-to-market solutions, through HardCopy to volume production while maintaining a unified hardware and software architecture.