(3 October 2008 5:30 pm)

BANGALORE: Freescale Semiconductor's (Freescale) MSC7120 GPON system-on-chip (SoC) device has won the 2008 InfoVision Award in the category of "Enabling Silicon and Component-Level Technologies."

It was presented earlier this week at the 2008 Broadband World Forum Europe event by the International Engineering Consortium (IEC). The award recognizes advances in technologies, applications, products and services judged to be the most unique and beneficial to the information communication technology industry.

Freescale's MSC7120 device is a SoC hardware solution for GPON equipment designed to enable triple play services at the speed of light says a Freescale release. Built on third- generation Freescale PON technology, the MSC7120 device is a solution that has been deployed in large volumes worldwide. It combines the delivery of voice, video and high bandwidth data services over optical networks in a single system-on-chip.

The International Engineering Consortium is the foremost engineering society dedicated to advancing the electronics industry by facilitating partnership between industry and academia for continuing education, research and service programs.

In addition to the award-winning MSC7120 GPON solution, Freescale recently introduced the MSC7104 which it claims is a cost-effective, highly integrated solution engineered to help lower costs and spur adoption of GPON equipment in cost sensitive markets worldwide. Combining proven technologies and production-ready enablement options, the device is designed to spur adoption of GPON technology by creating multiple cost-effective entry points into the market.