Company Profile

Agere Systems is the world leader in sales of communications components. Our optoelectronic components and integrated circuits form the building blocks for advanced wired, wireless and optical communications networks. Optoelectronic components transmit, process, change, amplify and receive light that carries data and voice traffic over optical networks. Integrated circuits, or chips, are designed to perform various functions, such as processing electronic signals, controlling electronic system functions and processing and storing data. We also offer wireless local area networking products, which facilitate the transmission of data and voice signals within a localized area without cables or wires. We sell our products globally to the leading manufacturers of communications and computer equipment. Effective, October 1, 2001, we realigned our businesses into two market-focused groups: Infrastructure Systems and Client Systems, which target the network equipment and consumer communications markets respectively. The Infrastructure Systems Group comprises research and development, as well as marketing, for both optoelectronic and integrated circuit devices aimed at high-speed communications systems. This allows us to more efficiently design, develop and deliver complete, interoperable solutions to equipment manufacturers for advanced enterprise, access, metropolitan, long-haul and undersea applications. The Client Systems Group includes our wireless data, computer communications, storage and wireless terminal solutions products. This business delivers semiconductor solutions for a variety of end-user applications such as modems, Internet-enabled cellular terminals and hard-disk drives for computers as well as software, systems and wireless local area network solutions through the ORiNOCO? product family.

Product Range

• ADPCM transcoder
• Arrayed waveguide grating (AWG)
• ATA controller
• ATM access processor
• Bidirectional line switched ring (BLSR)
• Broadband transmission ICs
• Buffer, general
• Buffered switch element
• Bufferless crossbar
• Clock Driver
• Clock Synthesizer
• Computer products ICs
• Controler ICs
• Fiber optic
• Microprocessor
• Microprocessor Chipset
• Modem chip set
• Optical network ICs, communication
• Optical photodetector
• Optical sensor
• Processors, general
• Receiver ICs
• Routing switch processor (RSP)
• Switch ICs
• Switching ICs, communication
• Timer ICs
• Transcoder
• Wireless network ICs, communication
• Wireline ICs, communication