Atmel chip Armed embedded Linux VoIP MP3 for Internet and other digital communications appliances.
(Linux Linus Transmeta Crusoe ... hmm, Arm and co. is executing, Transmeta is giving speeches..)
Atmel Launches Single-Chip Internet Enabler Fueling Low-Cost Internet Phone, E-mail and MP3 Appliances
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 18, 2000--
A Complete Single-Chip Solution IC, Featuring
Embedded Linux and Application Software
Delivering True Telephone Sound Quality
Atmel Corporation (Nasdaq:ATML) in partnership with Aplio Inc. today announced the launch of its AT75C310 Smart Internet Appliance Processor IC.
The AT75C310, featuring an Embedded Linux operating system, VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) and Audio application software, together with an application development platform, provides a total system solution empowering manufacturers to launch Internet Phones, E-mail and MP3 Appliances at low cost with a short time to market. The AT75C310 reduces development risk, based on a proven and scalable technology.
The VoIP application software delivers true telephone sound quality featuring PacketPlus(TM) Technology. The AT75C310 is the first in a family of Atmel products for Internet-enabled voice and multimedia applications. These products are aimed at the corporate and individual end user markets. They strengthen Atmel's position as a supplier of single-chip solutions in the fast-growing market for Internet and other digital communications appliances.
The Internet Appliance Market
Internet appliances are dedicated devices, intuitive to use, enabling the user to access the Internet at the push of a button for numerous activities, including free long distance telephony (VoIP), e-mail and downloading MP3 music and audio files. They connect to the Internet through an existing phone line, without requiring a PC or additional equipment.
....The AT75C310 has been developed in collaboration with Aplio Inc., which supplies the software. The operating system is a customized port of the Linux kernel.The Linux layer supports a palette of DSP functions including modules for a V34 modem, G723.1 and G729A voice codecs, silence compression and echo cancellation.
A rich application software toolkit includes modules for popular communication protocols (such as H323, SIP, MGCP, POP/SMTP), connection processes and full featured VoIP and Audio software suites, including PacketPlus(TM) Technology which delivers true telephone sound quality. This solution reduces development risk, based on Aplio's proven and scalable Internet Telephony Technology, already in use by more than 100,000 customers in over 50 countries.
The AT75C310 single-chip architecture is the latest example of Atmel's system level integration capability. Based on an embedded ARM7TDMI(TM) core for system control and protocol stack processing, it incorporates two OakDSPCores(TM) for line-side and caller-side signal processing. All three processors deliver unmatched performance for low power consumption. |
