Agere and Samsung to Develop Network-Dram Devices

ALLENTOWN, Pa., Aug. 12 -- Agere Systems Inc. and Samsung Semiconductor Inc. (SSI), today agreed to collaborate on developing high-speed Network-DRAM devices to provide network design engineers with a cost-effective solution for relieving data traffic bottlenecks in next-generation networks.

Network-DRAM is Samsung's high-speed memory technology for broadband networking applications such as 10-gigabit Ethernet and OC-192 synchronous optical networks, which require very fast, random data access. The technology will be used with Agere's PayloadPlus network processors for deep packet processing in high-speed networks. Target customers include original equipment manufacturers.