ADSL2+ Chip from Infineon Sets New Standards for Power Consumption and System Costs

The German semiconductor manufacturer Infineon Technologies AG has introduced the world’s smallest and most economical chip for “ADSL2+” - the DSL data network of the future. This chip enables telecommunications companies to boost the number of super-high-speed DSL connections that they offer to their customers by approximately one third - without additional investments for cooling or for power supply and without changing cabinet sizes. With ADSL2+, which is expected to be launched as a service on a wide scale in 2006, a conventional telephone connection is sufficient to surf the Internet, receive multiple television channels and place a telephone call all at the same time.