Cicada Semiconductor

Cicada Semiconductor is a fabless semiconductor company that designs, manufactures, and markets DSP and mixed-signal integrated circuits for the communications industry to send information faster and farther over existing copper cabling and system backplanes within Local, Wide and Storage Area Networks. Already recognized among an elite group of world-class digital communications players with a rare combination of digital and analog design experience, Cicada's mission is to be the worldwide leader in the design and development of high performance digital communications ICs. Now in full production with worldwide sales and applications support, Cicada's current products include the SimpliPHY™ Gigabit Ethernet Series, as well as the VaLIU™ Family of T3/E3/STS-1 Line Interface Units (LIUs), the industry's only DSP-based, multi-channel LIUs.

• Dec. 29, 2003 - Vitesse Semiconductor today announced a definitive agreement to acquire all of the outstanding equity interests of Cicada Semiconductor Corporation

profile from featured press release Feb 5, 2003

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