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Wednesday September 6, 7:37 am Eastern Time
Press Release
Intersil's PRISM II Card Earns Microsoft Certification
Microsoft grants WHQL certification of PRISM II WLAN Card
IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 6, 2000-- Intersil Corporation, the world's leading developer of silicon technology for Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN), announced today that the PCMCIA card implementation of its PRISM II Reference Design has received certification from Microsoft's Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL). The purpose of Microsoft's WHQL is to ensure the compatibility of hardware with Microsoft Operating Systems.
The Microsoft certification specifies that the PRISM II, 11 Mbps Wireless LAN Card (HWB-3163) has passed Microsoft® Windows® ME and Microsoft® Windows® 98 and Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Professional Logo Testing by WHQL. This certification paves the way for Intersil customers who base their designs on the PRISM II Reference Design and want to display the Microsoft Windows logos on their packaging.
The PRISM II chip set is the current flagship of Intersil's wireless LAN portfolio. It is the world's most complete silicon solution for the design of WLANs and sits at the heart of the PRISM II Reference Design and evaluation card. This card is also approved by the FCC, received Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) interoperability certification from the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA) and now has garnered Microsoft's stamp of approval.
``Receiving Microsoft's WHQL certification further validates Intersil's commitment to provide a complete solution package for our WLAN customers,'' said Larry Ciaccia, vice president and general manager of PRISM Wireless Products at Intersil. ``We will continue to add software, firmware and other design enhancements around our PRISM portfolio and seek industry certifications such as this as a way of speeding our customers' products to market.''
Adoption of PRISM WLAN Technology
Since introducing the PRISM WLAN chip set in 1996, over fifty companies have incorporated PRISM chips in more than 100 product designs. In a May 2000 report, the Cahners In-Stat Group called Intersil ``the dominant force in the WLAN chip set marketplace with their PRISM chipsets holding the majority of market share.'' PRISM technology is designed to comply with the IEEE's 802.11 global standard, and Intersil is a founding sponsor of the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA), whose Wi-Fi(TM) brand is a mark of compatibility for 802.11-based systems. PRISM chips are used in WLAN systems from industry-leading companies including Alcatel, Cisco, Compaq, 3Com, Dell, Nortel, Samsung, Siemens, SpectraLink, Symbol, and Zoom.
About Intersil
Intersil (Nasdaq:ISIL - news) uses its semiconductor expertise to enable highly integrated voice, data and video communications. Intersil's integrated communications portfolio includes PRISM® Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) chip sets that enable mobile connectivity products for the home and office; analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits for broadband access to wireless and wired Wide Area Networks (WANs); and power management products that enable 24X7 reliability in network servers, next generation PCs and information appliances. For more information about Intersil, visit the company's Internet homepage at www.intersil.com.
This press release contains information relating to certain projections and business trends concerning the WLAN market that are forward looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward looking statements are based upon management's current expectations, estimates, beliefs, assumptions, and projections about our business and industry. Words such as ``anticipates,'' ``expects,'' ``intends,'' ``plans,'' ``believes,'' ``seeks,'' ``estimates,'' ``may,'' ``will'' and variations of these words or similar expressions are intended to identify forward looking statements. In addition, any statements that refer to expectations, projections or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward looking statements. Furthermore, any forward looking statements and projections made by others in this press release are not adopted by Intersil and Intersil is not responsible for the forward looking statements and projections of others. These forward looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, our actual results could differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward looking statements as a result of various risk factors. Important risk factors that may cause such material differences for Intersil in connection with WLAN market include, but are not limited to, the rate at which our present and future customers and end-users adopt Intersil's wireless technologies and products; the timing, rescheduling or cancellation of significant customer orders; the loss of a key customer; the qualification, availability and pricing of competing products and technologies and the resulting effects on sales and pricing of our products; silicon wafer pricing and the availability of foundry and assembly capacity and raw materials; intellectual property disputes; as well as other risk factors detailed from time to time in Intersil's filings with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission. These forward looking statements are made only as of the date of this press release and Intersil undertakes no obligation to update or revise these forward looking statements.
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