Sybarus was founded to develop SONET ICs and software. Its mission is “to be unsurpassed in the ability to design and apply SONET based communications technologies.” The company designs ASICs, ASSPs and cores for datacom and telecom companies, and firmware and software for SONET/SDH interfaces and networks. Sybarus is developing high capacity OC-48/192 products for DWDM networks including Packet-Over-SONET (POS), SDH-Lite (SDH-L) and direct Data-Over-Fiber (DOF) products.

Sybarus specializes in complete IC design, verification, and support services for the Telecom and Datacom community. Using its IP, Sybarus can develop ICs for SONET/SDH Section/Line Termination, STS/STM Path Termination and Payload Alignment, VT/TU Path Termination and Payload Alignment, STS and VT Cross Connects, DS1/E1 Framers and Mappers, DS3/E3 Framers and Mappers, ATM Cell Delineation and Processing, Cell/Packet Switch Fabrics, Segmentation And Reassembly, and HDLC (POS & FR) Processing.

Sybarus has also developed several toolsets, which claim to maximize code reuse, ensure compliance to industry specifications (for SONET, SDH, ATM, POS, PDH), and minimize design and verification effort.

Verilog/VHDL PreProcessor (VPP) is a productivity enhancement tool for IC designers. It enables design abstraction using simple extensions to standard Verilog/VHDL, which results in a reduction of code size (approx. 1/3 the number of lines of code), an increase in productivity (average 5x) in design and maintenance, and increased reusability through parametrization of code (for example STS-N pointer processor, where N is set to 1,3,12,48,192 at compile time). VPP is currently in use by several hundred designers and is the standard coding language at several sites within large Telecom and Datacom equipment companies.

Sybarus is bringing to market it internal communications testbench for SONET/SDH/ATM/POS. The tool enhances the ASIC development process by reducing the verification effort while increasing the level of conformance testing. Manipulating and monitoring APS bytes, payload pointers, Packet streams, etc., can be a simple as a few easy-to-use commands, due to the internal protocol engines within the testbench. Automation of test cases simplifies circuit debugging and regression testing. The tool will be available this summer.

Sybarus is developing an integrated SONET/SDH software package for Network Interface Cards. It provides configuration management, fault management, state management, performance monitoring and maintenance management in a standards compliant and fully tested package.

The company is keeping very quite and will not disclose any other details. Although the software products are nice, we’re guessing that the focus is IC development. Stay tuned for additional details.