Cortina Systems
Encyclopedia
Cortina Systems, Inc. is a supplier of integrated circuit
s (ICs) for broadband communications founded in 2001. It is based in California
.
library, located in Silicon Valley
. It is a private company which employs over 400 people worldwide.
It has development centers in USA, Canada, India, China, Taiwan, Israel.
and telecommunication networking
: the company has products for core, enterprise, metropolitan high-speed networks, as well as products for the digital home networks. Products include:
In 2006 it announed the Interlaken
protocol with Cisco Systems
.
. It outsources all semiconductor manufacturing to merchant foundries. The company is based in Sunnyvale, California
. It also has other research and development sites in Bangalore (India), Hsinchu (Taiwan), Ottawa (Canada), Raleigh (USA) and Shanghai (China).
Integrated circuit
An integrated circuit or monolithic integrated circuit is an electronic circuit manufactured by the patterned diffusion of trace elements into the surface of a thin substrate of semiconductor material...
s (ICs) for broadband communications founded in 2001. It is based in California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
.
History
Amir Nayyerhabibi (President and CEO), Zino Chair (Vice President Marketing) and Hojjat Salemi (CTO) founded Cortina Systems, Inc in 2001 in the Menlo Park, CaliforniaMenlo Park, California
Menlo Park, California is a city at the eastern edge of San Mateo County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, in the United States. It is bordered by San Francisco Bay on the north and east; East Palo Alto, Palo Alto, and Stanford to the south; Atherton, North Fair Oaks, and Redwood City...
library, located in Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is a term which refers to the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California in the United States. The region is home to many of the world's largest technology corporations...
. It is a private company which employs over 400 people worldwide.
It has development centers in USA, Canada, India, China, Taiwan, Israel.
Products
Cortina’s product line spans computerComputer network
A computer network, often simply referred to as a network, is a collection of hardware components and computers interconnected by communication channels that allow sharing of resources and information....
and telecommunication networking
Telecommunications network
A telecommunications network is a collection of terminals, links and nodes which connect together to enable telecommunication between users of the terminals. Networks may use circuit switching or message switching. Each terminal in the network must have a unique address so messages or connections...
: the company has products for core, enterprise, metropolitan high-speed networks, as well as products for the digital home networks. Products include:
- EthernetEthernetEthernet is a family of computer networking technologies for local area networks commercially introduced in 1980. Standardized in IEEE 802.3, Ethernet has largely replaced competing wired LAN technologies....
: 1-, 2-, and 4-port 10Gbit/s Ethernet MACs; 4-, 10-, 12-, and 24-port 1Gbit/s Ethernet MACs - Transport: 2.5Gbit/s and 10Gbit/s FEC/OTN Framers; 2.5G and 10Gbit/s VCAT framer
- Framer: SONET/SDH POS, ATM, and GFP framer for OC-3 to OC-192 with integrated SerDes; RPR framer, RPR bridge
- Access: 4-port EPON OLT, EPON ONU
- PHY: 10Mbit/s transceiver; 1-, 2-, 4-, and 8-port Fast Ethernet transceivers: 6- and 8-port Fast Ethernet repeaters
- T1/E1: 1-, 4-, and 8-port T1/E1/J1 transceivers and repeaters; OC3 transceiver
- Digital Home Processor: Multi-core, Storage, Security
In 2006 it announed the Interlaken
Interlaken (networking)
Interlaken is a royalty-free interconnect protocol.It was invented by Cisco Systems and Cortina Systems in 2006, optimized for high-bandwidth and reliable packet transfers. It builds on the channelization and per channel flow control features of SPI-4.2, while reducing the number of integrated...
protocol with Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in San Jose, California, United States, that designs and sells consumer electronics, networking, voice, and communications technology and services. Cisco has more than 70,000 employees and annual revenue of US$...
.
Manufacturing
Cortina is a fabless semiconductor companyFabless semiconductor company
A fabless semiconductor company specializes in the design and sale of hardware devices and semiconductor chips while outsourcing the fabrication or "fab" of the devices to a specialized manufacturer called a semiconductor foundry...
. It outsources all semiconductor manufacturing to merchant foundries. The company is based in Sunnyvale, California
Sunnyvale, California
Sunnyvale is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is one of the major cities that make up the Silicon Valley located in the San Francisco Bay Area...
. It also has other research and development sites in Bangalore (India), Hsinchu (Taiwan), Ottawa (Canada), Raleigh (USA) and Shanghai (China).
Acquisitions
Cortina has acquired several companies.| Date | Acquired Company | Expertise |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Azanda Network Devices | Traffic management and ATM Segmentation and Reassembly products |
| 2006 | Intel Optical Networking – Component Division | Ethernet Framers, Ethernet PHYs, Optical Transport FEC framers, Ethernet over SONET service framers, and T1/E1 Line Interface Units |
| 2007 | Immensta | Passive optical networking system-on-chip technology |
| 2008 | Storm Semiconductor | Network processors for the home |