Ahh, standard compliant 100 mbit chips that we can all enjoy! Who could ask for anything more?

Infineon announced that it is extending its DSL-portfolio with Vinax, a VDSL2/ADSL2+ end-to-end solution. Infineon claims Vinax is the industry’s first chipset that is fully compliant to VDSL2/ G.993.2 (Very-High-Bit-Rate Digital Subscriber Line 2), a standard consented today by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).

VDSL2 is a key enabling technology for Triple Play services such as multi-channel HDTV, on-line/on-demand gaming and video applications, VoIP and high-speed Internet access. Vinax uses the full VDSL2 frequency spectrum of up to 30 MHz and provides a bandwidth of symmetric 100 Mbit per second over copper wires at distances greater than 350 meters or 1150 ft - which is about twice the loop reach performance of existing VDSL solutions. [Read the rest]