Found this on Yahoo board re the 200mb chip....now as I understand it, Intellon WAS at one time the one who manufactured the TKO chip...NOT the one who created it...TKO does not have a manufacturing plant of its own...and if I understand correclty, it is GE that is now manufacturing the TKO chip, as well as upgrading it for the substations...so this PR for Intellon is not good for TKO....IF I am wrong, I am sure someone will correct me...ALSO...I am on my way out the door, for the day....and will catch up to the responses later on.
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Now Shipping in Production Volumes, the New INT6300 Offers Customers Enhanced Performance and Reduced Cost
OCALA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Intellon Corporation, a leading provider of HomePlug-compatible integrated circuits (ICs) for home networking, networked entertainment, broadband over powerline (BPL) and smart grid applications, announced today that it has released the INT6300, the world’s first second-generation HomePlug AV powerline communications (PLC) IC. Based on the 200 Mbps-PHY-rate HomePlug AV specification, the INT6300 uses architectural and design improvements to deliver enhanced performance at a lower cost compared to first generation HomePlug AV ICs.
The new architecture and lower process geometry used in the INT6300 reduces the total bill of material cost of Intellon’s HomePlug AV solution, enabling OEMs to reach lower consumer-level price points for the retail and service provider markets. In addition to a lower cost solution, the INT6300 offers a faster processor, reconfigured internal bus structure, faster memory bus and a multi-chip module package that includes both a MAC/PHY transceiver and an analog front-end. The INT6300 also offers simple push-button security for retail product applications, so that a personal computer (PC) is not required to secure a home network. The IC has MII (Ethernet) and PCI host interfaces, and does not require external flash memory for boot-from-host applications.
“With the INT6300, consumer electronics products such as a PC, broadband modem, set-top box, personal video recorder or flat-screen display can share robust high-definition video and audio by simply plugging the product into a convenient electrical outlet,” said Rick Furtney, president of Intellon Corporation. “Intellon is proud to continue its market leadership in powerline communications by being the first company to introduce a second generation IC based on the HomePlug AV specification.”
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