Alcatel-Lucent has reinforced its commitment to Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture technology as the foundation for its next-generation telecommunication and application platforms.

“This latest announcement builds on our strong, ongoing commitment to ATCA as a key foundation for our efforts to provide high performance networks that offer exceptional cost- and energy-efficiency profiles,” said Philippe Keryer, president of the Carrier Products Group at Alcatel-Lucent (News - Alert).

A standardized architecture, ATCA has been specifically designed to address requirements for the next generation of “carrier grade” communications equipment. Its specifications ensure support for high-speed networking technologies and next-generation processors. In addition, the specifications also provide for improved availability and serviceability in telecommunications and Internet equipment, said company officials.

Alcatel-Lucent uses ATCA-based platforms in several key areas of its portfolio, including infrastructure designed to support wireless and wireline service providers, and a wide range of software-based applications.

Additionally, the company has also announced its plans to use the forthcoming Intel (News - Alert) Xeon processor 5600 series in a wide variety of its future product offerings. The newest server-oriented processor family from Intel is based on a six-core microarchitecure, and introduces a variety of advanced virtualization and security features.

Company officials said that ATCA platforms incorporating the Intel Xeon processor 5600 series could in the future provide support for a wide range of next-generation technologies, such as Long Term Evolution (LTE (News - Alert)) mobile broadband, IP multimedia subsystem (IMS), advanced subscriber data management capabilities and more.

Intel Xeon processer 5500 series is expected to provide “significantly” improved performance/power dissipation. Company official said that by doing so can substantially reduce the carbon footprint of some of Alcatel-Lucent’s products.

“Through our early involvement with Intel in integrating the Intel Xeon processor 5600 series into our gear, Alcatel-Lucent’s customers will benefit from the highest available performance for a standards-compliant computing platform and will enjoy reduced power demands and lower operating costs,” Keryer said.