radio. Another use was to move DS1's around within a box. The AAL1gator and acquisitions The AAL1gator played a significant role in the following four technology acquisitions: Network Synthesis by Integrated Telecom Technology in June 1996 Integrated Telecom Technology by PMC-Sierra in April 1998 OnStream Networks by 3Com in 1996 Sentient Networks by Cisco Systems in 1998 The IgT acquisition happened after the development was showing signs of success. The PMC-Sierra acquisition happened after IgT's AAL1gator began to drive the sales of T1/E1 framers from PMC-Sierra. The Onstream and Sentient acquisitions happened after successful Circuit Emulation Service (CES) product developments based on the AAL1gator. An anecdote from the AAL1gator's development is that Brian Holden and Ed Lennox made a quick, off-handed decision in a hallway to add the "PMC Mode" to the "B" version of the device in mid-1996 to provide a glueless interface to PMC-Sierra's TQUAD and EQUAD T1 and E1 framers. Little did they know then that this off-handed decision would be a key enabler of PMC-Sierra's acquisition of the company two years later. The AAL1gator-32 PMC-Sierra developed a 32 line version of the AAL1gator known as the AAL1gator32. References External links Snapshot of the AAL1gator and AAL1gator II on the internet archive Semiconductor devices Networking hardware