Date: 03/03/2009

Infineon's new single chip ADSL2 IAD solution

Infineon Technologies announced two new SoC class ADSL-2 single chip Integrated Access Device (IAD) solutions. The XWAY ARX182 and XWAY ARX188 single-chip ADSL2+ IAD solutions are touted as green devices with significant improvement in energy efficiency exceeding the requirements of European Union Code of Conduct (EU CoC) on Energy Consumption of Broadband Equipment by up to 35 percent. The ARX188 is targeted at feature-rich IAD designs with high throughput and Quality of Service (QoS) requirements, where as ARX182 is low-cost version for entry-level segment of Analog Telephone Adaptors with integrated DSL functionality (DSL-ATA).

"Our ARX100 architecture underscores Infineon's commitment to Green IT by significantly reducing the power consumption of home gateways. The ARX188 combines the advantages of the recently launched ARX168 for Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) with Infineon's leading VoIP technology to offer superior multi-service gateways for consumers, whereas ARX182 supports carriers in migrating to All-IP networks," said Christian Wolff, Division President of the Wireline Communications division at Infineon Technologies. "These new solutions further emphasize the commitment given to our OEM/ODM customers with the introduction of the ARX100 architecture: One Investment, Many Products."


Infineon has designed the ARX100 architecture with a dual-core networking CPU, protocol acceleration and Gigabit Ethernet support to guarantee ideal routing throughput. Together with 802.11n companion chips, ARX188 offers unique performance with WLAN data rates of well above 150Mbps. IPTV applications benefit from the high routing capabilities as well as from the many special DSL Physical Layer features such as Erasure Decoding and Re-Transmission. By supporting optimal throughput across various interfaces, ARX188 opens a fully new end-user experience when it comes to IPTV, content management and file sharing. At the same time it ensures carrier-grade voice quality even when heavy routing tasks are performed by the gateway.

For entry-level applications and emerging markets, the VoIP-enabled ARX182 provides an attractive Bill-of-Material (BOM) to help carriers in their transition to an All-IP network.


Availability: Samples of the Infineon XWAY ARX188 ADSL2+ IAD and the XWAY SLIC100 family are available. XWAY ARX182 samples will be available by the mid-2009.

Further information on the ARX188, ARX182 and SLIC100 is available at www.infineon.com/cpe