Cortina Systems, Inc. is a supplier of integrated circuits (ICs) for broadband communications founded in 2001. It is based in

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. Cortina System was bought by Inphi Corporation in 2014.

History

Cortina Systems was founded by Amir Nayyerhabibi (who served as president and CEO) in 2001 in the

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library, located in

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. It has development centers in USA, Canada, China, Taiwan, Israel. Cortina’s product line spans computer 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: *

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: 1-, 2-, and 4-port 10Gbit/s Ethernet MACs; 4-, 10-, 12-, and 24-port 1Gbit/s Ethernet MACs * Transport: 2.5Gbit/s, 10Gbit/s and 40Gbit/s FEC/OTN Framers; 100Gbit/s FEC/OTN/Ethernet Framer; 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 announced the

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protocol with

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Manufacturing

Cortina is a

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. It outsources all

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foundries. The company is based in

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. It also has other

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(China).

Acquisitions

Cortina has acquired several companies. In October 2014 Cortina was acquired by Inphi Corporation, with the exception of Cortina’s Access and Digital Home business.

References

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External links

Cortina web site

2008 Silicon Valley Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Awards
Semiconductor companies of the United States Networking companies of the United States Electronics companies established in 2001 American companies established in 2001 Fabless semiconductor companies Companies based in Sunnyvale, California 2014 mergers and acquisitions