Digital Home Market Segment:

The vast improvements in corporate and access networks over the last decade have been the driving force behind the global economy. Consumers are at the forefront of the next wave of economic expansion. The digitization of the world continues to deepen as more and more images, sounds, and videos convert to digital data that can be stored, shared, manipulated, and transmitted. Due to this digitization and accompanied by the advances made in communication technologies, the digital home revolution is born. This revolution will fundamentally change the way people manage, use, and share data, by driving the interaction between all digital devices conceivable, be it a PC, a cell phone, a PDA, or an entertainment device.

Cortina Systems, Inc. (Cortina™) brings networks closer to consumers by creating solutions that include low-cost, high-performance, and highly programmable network processors. These network processors manage and deliver:

• Broadband router and gateway functions
• Content sharing and streaming
• Network storage, backup, and encryption
• Multiple content-rich, high bandwidth, data streams

Target Applications

Cortina Systems^® network processors are designed for high performance applications (see Figures 1, 2, and 3) such as:

• Router Gateways
• Wireless Access Points
• Network-Attached Storage (NAS)
• Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
• Triple-Play-Capable Customer Premise Telecommunication Equipment

Digital Home Product Selector Guide