| Technology | | | Alcatel-Lucent launches next generation chip for on-line services | | | TT Correspondent | | 29 Jun 2011 | | |   Alcatel-Lucent has unveiled a next-generation chip that will dramatically enhance the infrastructure needed to access rich new online services, from broadcast-quality high-definition video conferencing to applications in the business and professional world.
The new ‘FP3’ chip will eliminate the bottlenecks preventing such services from taking off widening the Internet’s digital highways while enabling dramatically higher data speeds and improving traffic flow. At the same time, the chip will lower the energy consumption of networks, requiring up to 50 percent less power than equivalent chips in use today.
“This is the key to unlock a new world of online communications. It’s easy to think the Internet of today does all it will ever be capable of, but we have scarcely scratched the surface of its potential. This chip creates tremendous potential, not just in terms of technology, but in terms of how people connect and interact with each other.” said Ben Verwaayen, Alcatel-Lucent Chief Executive Officer.
Adds Basil Alwan, President of Alcatel-Lucent’s IP Division which developed the chip, “Alcatel-Lucent is broadening the possibilities, the value and the efficiency of what can be delivered over the Internet. We have taken a major step forward in the ability of service providers to deliver exciting and compelling applications for use by consumers and professionals alike.” |
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