NORWOOD, Mass., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Analog Devices, Inc.
(NYSE:ADI) today announced it has begun shipping production-level DMT-ADSL
chipsets in high-volume to leading telecommunications, data communications
equipment and modem manufacturers worldwide, the first semiconductor maker to
do so.
Analog Devices' AD20msp910 is a highly integrated, cost-effective ADSL
(Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line) chipset that promises to push the speed
of data transmission over existing copper telephone lines to 8 Mbps --
60 times faster than ISDN and more than 200 times faster than 33.6 kbps voice-
channel modems. The standards (ANSI T1.413, ETSI TR238, ITU G.adsl) compliant
chipset combines all the functions and essential software required for
implementing a complete ADSL modem, including a DMT (Discrete Multi-Tone)
co-processor, analog front end, line driver, host processor, interface/framer,
and all software for both datapump and microcontroller functions.
"Analog Devices' chipset is designed-in by nearly every major manufacturer
of xDSL equipment, ensuring it will be the benchmark by which other chipsets
will be measured," said Russ Johnsen, Vice President and General Manager of
Analog Devices' Communications Division. "We anticipate others will develop
chipsets based on the proven signal processing technology we pioneered and
announced nearly a year ago. Alternate-source products will help second- and
third-tier customers drive ADSL technology more quickly into people's homes
and onto the backbone of world's telephone infrastructure. But Analog Devices
is the only manufacturer with core competencies in the three technologies most
critical to ADSL: mixed-signal data conversion, digital signal processing, and
power management."
The AD20msp910 chipset is currently designed into equipment that improves
up/downstream subscriber access of data, voice and video from ADC
Telecommunications, Advanced Fibre Communications, Ascend Communications, DSC
Communications, Efficient Networks, Ericsson, Hayes Microcomputer Products,
Pairgain Technologies, Philips, Pulsecom, Sumitomo Electric Industries, and
TelTrend. Reflecting their advocacy of DMT as the ADSL technology standard,
the Analog Devices chipset is compliant with standards set by the American
National Standards Institute (ANSI) as well as related standards set by the
European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) and the International
Telecommunications Union (ITU). The chipset, in volume quantities, is
available for $65, well below the $80 price projected when initial samples
were offered five months ago.
Cooperatively developed with software and technology partner Aware Inc.,
the AD20msp910 chipset is bundled with data pump firmware and additional
software to provide a full protocol stack for data control and management.
The result is a complete solution with user-programmability.
The AD20msp910 is rate adaptive, assessing each line's condition and
transport capacity to optimize throughput. The AD20msp910 automatically
adapts to special line parameters and noisy environments and offers a low-
noise solution when neighborhood wires are within the same cable trunk. With
its high speed, simple deployment and preservation of "lifeline" voice
services, ADSL technology is an efficient remedy for the data communications
bottlenecks created by the growing popularity of the Internet.
About Aware, Inc.
Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE), headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts, is a leader
in "last-mile" technology for broadband communications and high speed access
to the Internet. The company's products allow users to maximize use of scarce
bandwidth resources for transmitting digitized data. Aware is developing ADSL
technology, software, modules and modems for high-speed, interactive broadband
network applications.
About Analog Devices
With sales of $1.2 billion for fiscal 1996, Analog Devices is a leading
manufacturer of precision high-performance integrated circuits used in analog
and digital signal processing applications. Analog's Communications Division
focuses on products for wireless and broadband wired communications
applications. Headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts, the company employs
approximately 7,200 people worldwide and has manufacturing facilities in
Massachusetts, California, North Carolina, Ireland, the Philippines and
Taiwan.
For more information contact:
Analog Devices, Inc.
Ray Stata Technology Center
804 Woburn Street
Wilmington, MA 01887
Tel: 617-937-1428
Fax: 617-821-4273
Or visit our web site at analog.com |
