Rishi,
Don't want to be Conexant's PR man. However,
they are entering into audio/modem combo business
with this low quality audio product. I don't know
whether Hewlett Packard's PC market share is going to have
problems with this "RipTide"...
Steve
biz.yahoo.com
Conexant's RipTide Audio/Modem Solution Selected by
Hewlett-Packard for Latest Generation of HP Pavilion
PCs
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 18, 1999--Conexant Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:CNXT - news), formerly
Rockwell Semiconductor Systems, Monday announced that its RipTide[tm] audio/modem chipset has been selected by
Hewlett-Packard Co. for its latest generation of HP Pavilion PCs.
Conexant's RipTide audio/modem solution provides a comprehensive array of communications and advanced audio capabilities, and
is included in all five models that HP recently added to its home PC line. The new HP Pavilion PCs range in price from $799 to
$1,799 (initial estimated U.S. street prices). Each new model offers an expanded feature set aimed at helping consumers quickly
and easily access the Internet.
RipTide gives HP's Pavilion PCs a full range of standard modem functions including industry-standard 56Kbps V.90. For
mainstream audio applications, RipTide provides complete legacy audio support over the PCI bus, while boosting system
performance and power-management capabilities as compared with ISA-bus audio or modem implementations.
''We are pleased that Hewlett-Packard has selected Conexant's RipTide solution for its new HP Pavilion PCs,'' said Tom
Eichenberg product line manager for audio products at Conexant. ''The new Pavilion systems exemplify the advantages of tightly
coupled audio and modem capabilities in today's consumer PCs.''
Rockwell introduced the first member of its RipTide family in November 1997 and has been in volume production since August of
1998.
Audio Leadership
Conexant is a leader in the development of modem and advanced audio technologies, and its complete RipTide solution combines
modem connectivity with mainstream audio capabilities, advanced wavetable synthesis and three-dimensional sound placement
technologies. RipTide was the first solution to fully support Intel's Audio/Modem Riser (AMR) and Mobile Daughter Card (MDC)
specifications, which Conexant helped to define. These specifications were aimed at simplifying the OEM's task of integrating
audio and modem functions directly on the system motherboard, while simultaneously reducing the cost of the PC's audio/modem
subsystem.
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. |
