WideSail Technologies announces availability of their 10 Gb Ethernet FEC Decoder

Montreal, QC - May 20, 2009 - WideSail announces general availability of their new NIAGARAflow LDPC error correcting decoder core for 10 GbE. This core outperforms the competition in every metric including power consumption, throughput, latency and output Bit Error Rate. It is compliant with the 10 GbE standard (IEEE 802.3an) but can also be adapted to many other similar applications.

"We have spent many months polishing and perfecting this core through early customer engagements.", says Gord Harling, President and CEO of WideSail, "We are very pleased to announce its availability and to provide detailed data on its operation and benefits."

About WideSail Technologies
WideSail develops high performance error correction technology and is a world leader in the application of Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) decoding. WideSail's technology addresses the errors that occur during wired and wireless digital communications, as well as in semiconductor and magnetic storage devices. It's products provide excellent error correction performance at very high speeds with much lower power than competing technologies. For more information, visit www.widesail.com