Thanks for the AWRE link.
The best explanation I've seen yet.
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January 18, 2000
Analog Devices and Virata Corporation announced the joint development of a reference design kit for the deployment of ADSL customer premises equipment devices on January 18, 2000.
The solution will consist of ADI's AD20msp930 ADSL chipset, and Virata's Helium™ communications processor and networking software. ADI's chipset, which is based on Aware’s technology, provides the physical layer functionality required to implement ADSL. Virata's chip and software provide higher layer communications functionality such as, an ATM engine, IP processing, Ethernet and USB interfaces, bridging, routing, and tunneling. These are complimentary technologies that are required to manufacture ADSL modems.
The combination of solutions from both companies leverages the strengths that each has to offer. We believe that this announcement is beneficial to Aware, because it should help ADI sell more ADSL chipsets, and that should generate more royalty revenue for Aware.
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