01/11 16:00 Conexant Ships 25 Millionth Device for Digital Cellular
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Conexant Ships 25 Millionth Device for
Digital Cellular Telephones; Conexant is Leading Provider of Power
Amplifiers in CDMA Market Segment
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 11, 1999--Conexant
Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:CNXT), formerly Rockwell Semiconductor Systems,
Monday announced it has shipped more than 25 million digital cellular
power amplifier devices, making it the industry's leading provider in
the Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) Cellular and Personal
Communication Systems (PCS) handset-component market.
According to Dataquest, worldwide CDMA digital handset sales are
expected to reach 17.4 million for 1998. With an estimated compound
annual growth rate of 43 percent, this market segment is projected to
grow to 72.7 million units by 2002.
More than 80 percent of today's CDMA digital cellular and PCS
telephone handsets use Conexant's gallium arsenide (GaAs) power
amplifiers, including models made by Lucky Goldstar, Motorola, NEC,
Nokia, Qualcomm, Samsung and Sony.
"This quarter, Conexant is shipping in excess of 2 million power
amplifiers per month -- a 150 percent increase over last year," said
Deepak Mehrotra, vice president, CDMA Products. "Demand continues to
accelerate for these chips, and they remain one of the most important
determinants of handset size, weight, cost and power consumption.
"As the pre-eminent supplier, we're working hard to innovate key
technologies that are quickly enabling smaller, lighter and more
power-efficient cell phone handsets."
Power amplifiers are a key component in digital cellular
telephones, determining the talk time for the handset. Conexant's
devices are based on a 50GHz heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT)
process, which enables the highly efficient power amplifiers to
provide CDMA handsets with talk times 50 to 100 percent over those
achieved by analog cellular telephones. The digital CDMA modulation
also ensures user privacy and minimizes dropped calls.
First introduced in February 1996, Conexant's family of GaAs power
amplifiers target a variety of digital cellular telephone applications
including Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) phones;
standard single-mode CDMA and TDMA (IS-36) phones; dual-mode cellular
CDMA/Advanced Mobile Phone Systems (AMPS) phones; and dual-band,
triple-mode phones that operate on Cellular CDMA, PCS CDMA and AMPS
networks.
The devices support cellular CDMA for U.S., Korean and Japanese
networks, in addition to supporting PCS CDMA for both U.S. and Korean
frequency bands.
Conexant Systems is the $1.2 billion company that was created
when Rockwell International spun off its semiconductor systems
business to shareowners in December 1998.
Conexant is the world's largest independent company focused
exclusively on providing semiconductor products for communications
electronics. The company aligns its business into five product
platforms: Personal Computing, Personal Imaging, Wireless
Communications, Digital Infotainment and Network Access.
With more than 30 years of experience in developing analog modem
technology, the company draws upon its expertise in mixed-signal
processing and communications technology to deliver integrated systems
and semiconductor products for a broad range of communications
applications.
These products facilitate communications worldwide through
wireline voice and data communications networks, cordless and cellular
wireless telephony systems, and emerging cable and wireless broadband
communications networks.
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CONTACT: Conexant Systems Inc., Newport Beach
Julie Seymour, 949/483-5287
julie.seymourconexant.com
or
Eileen Algaze, 949/483-6849
eileen.algazeconexant.com
www.conexant.com
or
The Benjamin Group Inc.
Judy Anderson, 714/245-7500
judy:andersonbenjamingroup.com
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01/07 08:20 Conexant Gives Digital Cameras High-Resolution XGA Image Quality
Using <CNXT.O>
Conexant Gives Digital Cameras
High-Resolution XGA Image Quality Using a Low-Cost Single-Chip
Solution
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 7, 1999--
Conexant Expands Its Family of Single-Chip Image Sensors and
Camera Engines That Offers Low-Cost, High-Quality Alternatives to
Traditional Charge Coupled Device Solutions
Conexant Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CNXT), formerly Rockwell
Semiconductor Systems, Thursday announced a single-chip image sensor
that provides high-resolution, XGA quality while lowering system costs
and power requirements for digital still cameras, as well as embedded
cameras in portable computing and handheld devices.
Conexant's new complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS)
image sensor with XGA 1024x768-pixel image resolution provides
superior visual quality with low noise performance, excellent color
reproduction and 10-bit digital resolution. The device reduces system
cost and power requirements as compared to traditional Charge Coupled
Device (CCD) solutions, and draws upon Conexant's heritage with CMOS
imaging technology for space exploration and telescope applications.
The XGA image sensor is the first of its kind to use a smaller,
7-micron-by-7-micron pixel size that lets OEMs develop digital cameras
with lower-cost half-inch system optics. In addition to digital still
cameras, the device is ideal for portable applications including
notebook and handheld computers, scanners, toys, and industrial
applications such as machine vision and security cameras.
"Conexant's latest offering extends our leadership in combining
low-cost, industry-standard CMOS chip manufacturing processes with our
proprietary, high-performance imaging technology," said Kevin Strong,
senior vice president and general manager for Conexant's Personal
Imaging Division. "Our XGA solution demonstrates how CMOS technology
can now match the image quality of traditional CCD technology, while
offering a significantly more attractive roadmap for adding new
functions as we develop the coming generation of camera-on-a-chip
solutions."
Key features of Conexant's XGA image sensor include the ability
to operate with a single voltage source of 3.3 volts, which simplifies
camera design, reduces power consumption and cuts the number of parts
required for a total solution. Typical CCD solutions of similar
resolution require four voltage sources and three additional support
chips.
The XGA imager is the only solution of its kind to include a
highly integrated on-chip 10-bit A/D converter for improved
performance, as well as an integrated timing generator. A special
windowing mode operates from 25 to 30 frames-per-second (fps) to
provide an output for real-time liquid crystal display (LCD) and
digital zoom functions. The device is also compatible with the
industry-standard half-inch optic format and uses the standard Bayer
color filter pattern to ensure compatibility with image-processing
hardware.
CMOS imaging technology offers a variety of benefits as compared
to traditional CCD solutions, which are generally more expensive and
difficult to produce. CCD technology was once considered to offer
superior image quality, but the latest CMOS technology now matches CCD
image quality and can be produced with the same low-cost technology
that is used to manufacture a majority of semiconductors today.
Conexant's CMOS image sensor family now spans a wide range of
image resolutions and includes a 352x288-pixel Common Intermediate
Format (CIF) image sensor for consumer video applications. The CIF
image sensor can be combined with a digital camera engine to perform
all image processing, making a complete PC video camera solution with
plug-and-play Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface.
Samples of Conexant's XGA image sensor will be available in
February 1999, as well as a low-cost evaluation system with a PC
parallel port interface. Volume production is scheduled for March
1999. The device will be packaged in a 44-pin CLCC and priced at $30
per unit in 10,000-unit volumes.
Conexant Systems is the $1.2 billion company that was created
when Rockwell International Corp. spun off its semiconductor systems
business to shareowners in December 1998. Conexant is the world's
largest independent company focused exclusively on providing
semiconductor products for communications electronics.
With more than 30 years of experience in developing analog modem
technology, the company draws upon its expertise in mixed-signal
processing and communications technology to deliver integrated systems
and semiconductor products for a broad range of communications
applications. These products facilitate communications worldwide
through wireline voice and data communications networks, cordless and
cellular wireless telephony systems, and emerging cable and wireless
broadband communications networks. The company aligns its business
into five product platforms: Personal Computing, Personal Imaging,
Wireless Communications, Digital Infotainment, and Network Access.
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CONTACT: Conexant Systems Inc.
Julie Seymour, 949/483-5287
julie.seymourconexant.com
or
Conexant Systems Inc.
Eileen Algaze, 949/483-6849
eileen.algazeconexant.com
or
The Benjamin Group Inc.
Judy Anderson, 714/245-7500
judy:andersonbenjamingroup.com
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