1. Scalable routers for network simplicity

2. 2 Hyperchip Confidential Who is Hyperchip? Founded in 1997 $150M investment funding to date ~280 employees Broad patent portfolio Artémis Our Investors Our Heritage Hyperchip is unique in building carrier class core routers with extreme performance and scalability

3. 3 Hyperchip Confidential Technology Resources Quality & TestSystem Design Scalable Routing S/W Network Management S/W PCB Design ASIC Design Hyperchip Core Competence World-class engineering and technology partnerships building the world’s first petabit router

4. 4 Hyperchip Confidential Hyperchip Awards Hyperchip Named Hot Start-up of the Year Telecommunications Magazine June 2001 Telecommunications Magazine Selects Hyperchip for Technological Prowess, Impressive Management Team and Financial Stability Hyperchip named "Investors' Choice" Network Outlook 2001 Selected out of 89 privately-held networking companies as one of the “most likely to succeed” by a group of top-level technology investors Hyperchip nominated as "Disruptive Technology" finalist for M.I.T. awards April 2001 Hyperchip was selected from a pool of over 600 nominees finalists for its third annual Sloan eBusiness Awards (a.k.a. eBAs). The eBAs recognize successful innovation in business. Hyperchip Wins CATAAlliance Emerging Technology Award 2001 In recognition of the recent launch of an innovative new product, the Hyperchip PBR-1280.

5. 5 Hyperchip Confidential Milestones Achieved 2001 May June Sept Aug 2000 Alpha Product Intro @ SUPERCOMM Secured largest funding ever for a Cdn company Received switch fabric chip – error free! Feb Beta hardware complete Introduced PBR-1280 @ SUPERCOMM Opened Virginia-based R&D facility Secured 1st Beta trial customer

6. 6 Hyperchip Confidential Hyperchip’s Vision To simplify the network for low cost, high quality bandwidth

7. 7 Hyperchip Confidential Today’s PoP Architecture Does not scale Limited port count Enterprise-class equipment Specialized layers Diversity of suppliers Limited Potential for evolution Does not scale Limited port count Enterprise-class equipment Specialized layers Diversity of suppliers Limited Potential for evolution Optical Backbone LSR Ethernet Switch LER Access Devices/ Customers 10-100bTe, T1, DS3, OC- 3, OC-12, 1GbE 1GbE OC-48, OC-192 Optical Device Remote POP

8. 8 Hyperchip Confidential Scalability Challenge ½ Terabit solution using 100-gigabit core routing technology Usable ports = 48 x OC-192; Interconnection ports = 144 x OC-192 Port Efficiency = 25%, 12 RACKS Revenue Generating Interfaces Router Cluster Technology

9. 9 Hyperchip Confidential Hyperchip Solution 100% Port Efficiency, less than ONE FULL RACK ½ Terabit solution with a Hyperchip router Revenue Generating Interfaces

10. 10 Hyperchip Confidential The Hyperchip PoP Optical Backbone Edge Router Access Devices Core Router Hyperchip PBR-1280 Reduced Capex and Opex  fewer linecards  investment longetivity - scales to 65k ports.  simplified growth Higher quality bandwidth  fewer routing layers = lower latency Simplified Operations Rapid provisioning Reduced Capex and Opex  fewer linecards  investment longetivity - scales to 65k ports.  simplified growth Higher quality bandwidth  fewer routing layers = lower latency Simplified Operations Rapid provisioning

11. 11 Hyperchip Confidential Hyperchip Solution  Reduce costs by  Large-scale deployment of route once connections  Forklift-free scalability to keep capital costs low for traffic growth  Simplification of the PoP infrastructure (interoperability and scalability)  Increase revenue through  Simplified provisioning  High-quality bandwidth for high-revenue services Enables carriers to:

12. 12 Hyperchip Confidential Hyperchip PBR-1280 Router Cost Effective High Performance Carrier Class Massively Scalable

13. 13 Hyperchip Confidential Hyperchip PBR-1280 Major savings in both OPEX and CAPEX The PBR-1280: Enables “route once” core networks Allows POP simplification Industry leading port density Scales to 65,000 ports in one router – no forklift upgrades High PerformanceMassively ScalableCarrier ClassCost Effective

14. 14 Hyperchip Confidential Hyperchip PBR-1280 To deliver high value services The PBR-1280: Scales in-service (non-blocking) without affecting performance Intelligent Traffic Management for improved QoS Low micro-second latency switch fabric Cost EffectiveHigh PerformanceMassively ScalableCarrier Class

15. 15 Hyperchip Confidential Hyperchip PBR-1280 Prevents router failure Enables in service maintenance, upgrades, and scaling Saves OPEX and CAPEX The PBR-1280: Has redundant h/w, s/w, and control elements Has full interoperability and compatibility NEBS compliant design Carrier ClassCost EffectiveMassively ScalableHigh Performance

16. 16 Hyperchip Confidential Hyperchip PBR-1280 All ports are revenue producing as it scales Platform to last for foreseeable future The PBR-1280: Has revolutionary switch fabric based on massively parallel architecture Is cost effectively scalable from gigabits to petabits Massively ScalableCost EffectiveCarrier ClassHigh Performance

17. 17 Hyperchip Confidential Hyperchip PBR-1280 Feature List InterfacesRedundancyDensity / Scalability OC-192cController960 Gbps per 7ft rack Quad OC-48cSwitch Fabric1280 Tbps per system 10 port Gigabit EthernetPower Modules 65k ports total 10 Gigabit Ethernet OC-768c Cooling Units Routing ProtocolsMPLS SupportLoad Balancing OSPFLDPLink aggregation IS-ISRSVP-TEECMP BGP-4OSPF-TE, IS-IS-TE Fast re-route Quality of ServiceQoS ClassificationManagement WRR, DRR, PDRR DiffServ Industry Standard CLI WRED IP Precedence SNMPv2c, v3 MPLS CoS (E-LSP) RADIUS, TACACS+, SSH MPLS Label (L-LSP)

18. 18 Hyperchip Confidential Hyperchip Advantages Massive Scalability Up to 65K ports per system Maintainable efficiency Linearly scalability Intelligent Traffic Management Distributed arbitration Non-blocking guarantee across multiple stages Precise congestion control between line cards Balanced traffic load distribution Robust Software Distributed signaling Distributed processing Distributed routing information Faster convergence & routing Architecture contains built-in redundancy Resiliency / Reliability Distributed software architecture Multiplane switching architecture Link aggregation Redundant hardware

19. 19 Hyperchip Confidential Hyperchip’s Vision To simplify the network for low cost, high quality bandwidth

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