October 4, 2006 -- Cortina Systems (www.cortina-systems.com) has acquired certain assets of Intel (www.intel.com) optical network components business for $115 million, which consists of a minority investment position and an undisclosed amount of cash. Included in the sale is a selection of Intel Ethernet media access controllers (MACs) and physical layer devices (PHYs), as well as its entire portfolio of transport and service framers, optical transport forward error correction (FEC) framers, and T1/E1 line interface products. Intel will retain ownership of its optical modules and transceiver products.