Ram,
The V.90 modem/PCI audio combo solution is a significant news.
But any shipment of this will not be on 4Q,1998 but for the 1Q, 1999.
I agree with you on what Fong could do to ESS after he is a board member,
thanks.
Steve
techweb.com
January 11, 1999, Issue: 1043
Section: Product Week -- Chips
PCI audio/modem combo joins V.90 line
Fremont, Calif. - ESS Technology Inc. has extended its V.90 SuperLink line to
audio/modem combinations and claims to be one of the first suppliers to offer
both digital signal processing and host signal processing (HSP) versions to meet
next-generation PC requirements.
The devices combine high-performance audio with V.90 56-kbit/second data,
fax and voice PCI communications for notebook, desktop and add-in card
applications. The HSP version includes a digital audio accelerator, an audio
codec and a modem codec. The DSP solution includes a high-performance DSP
to offload the host CPU and increase overall system performance. Both chip
sets feature 500-Mips equivalent processor performance and are compatible
with Microsoft's PC98/99, DirectSound and DirectSound3D standards as well
as with Intel's AMR standard.
Both chip sets are based on ESS's Maestro-2EM digital audio accelerator,
which features full ACPI support, a hardware wavetable synthesizer with
downloadable samples and DirectSound3D acceleration. Its ES2890 modem
DSP connects to the Maestro-2EM, creating both modem and audio functions
with only one PCI slot.
ESS' Maestro-2EM is available in a 144-pin thin quad flat package, the ES2890
modem DSP in a 100-pin TQFP, the ES2818 AFE in a 52-pin plastic quad flat
package, the ES1918 audio codec in a 48-pin TQFP and the ES2816 modem
AFE in a 28-pin small-outline integrated-circuit package. The DSP devices are
priced at $28 in 10,000-unit quantities. HSP solutions sell for $23 in those same
quantities.
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