Cortina Systems, Inc. is a supplier of
integrated circuits (ICs) for broadband communications founded by Iranian-American entrepreneur Amir Nayyerhabibi in 2001. It is based in
California.
Cortina Systems was founded by Amir Nayyerhabibi (who served as president and CEO) in 2001 in the
Menlo Park, California library, located in
Silicon Valley.
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:
Ethernet: 1-, 2-, and 4-port 10 Gbit/s Ethernet MACs; 4-, 10-, 12-, and 24-port 1 Gbit/s Ethernet MACs
Transport: 2.5 Gbit/s, 10 Gbit/s and 40 Gbit/s FEC/OTN Framers; 100 Gbit/s FEC/OTN/Ethernet Framer; 2.5G and 10 Gbit/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: 10 Mbit/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
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.[3]
Date
Acquired Company
Expertise
2004
Azanda Network Devices
Traffic management and ATM Segmentation and Reassembly products[4][5]