Founded in 1996 in Austin, Texas USA, Cicada Semiconductor, Inc. is a leading supplier of DSP-based integrated circuit solutions to developers of high-speed communications systems used in:
LAN – Local Area Networks
WAN – Wide Area Networks
SAN – Storage & Server Area Networks.
Our advanced Digital Signal Processing and System-on-Chip design technologies are enabling affordable, gigabit-per-second digital communications throughout the Internet’s infrastructure over ubiquitous copper cable installations and legacy fiber optic links.
Cicada’s LAN IC products include transceivers and advanced System-on-Chip solutions for Gigabit Ethernet (1000BASE-T), and our DSP technologies will soon help make 10-Gigabit Ethernet a reality.
Our innovative WAN IC solutions include highly integrated T3/E3 and DSL transceivers and chipsets.
In the SAN market, we are driving towards the development of multi-gigabit physical layer solutions for Fibre Channel and InfiniBandSM.